Buckley Systems Ltd

Abstract

In 1986 Bill Buckley founded Buckley Systems Ltd. (BSL). It was a modest engineering firm based in Auckland’s Mt Wellington that was dedicated to manufacturing coil electromagnets for ion implanters. Today, Buckley Systems is a global leader supplying electromagnets to 90 percent of the world’s ion implant industry. Ion implantation is a key process in wafer fabrication plants that produce the silicon chips used in modern computer, communication equipment, automobiles and everyday appliances. The firm exports 350 tonnes of machinery each month to destinations such as the United States, Japan and the United Kingdom. According to Bill Buckley, "nearly every silicon chip [in the world]… has most likely been produced with the assistance of some of Buckley Systems products"