RIBER GmbH was founded end of 1997 in Germany as a daughter company of RIBER S.A., following the management buy out of RIBER from the Instruments S.A. group in France. After the going public of RIBER S.A. in the year 2000, Mr. Rudolf Lenz bought RIBER GmbH from RIBER S.A. in France and renamed the company to EpiServe GmbH end of 2001. Mr. Lenz holds a degree for technical physics from the University of Applied Science in Munich. He was working on a RIBER MBE 32 machine at the Technical University of Munich before he started working for RIBER in 1985. Since then he held different positions in the company from sales engineer to managing director of RIBER GmbH before creating EpiServe GmbH.

EpiServe GmbH is the exclusive representative of RIBER in the German speaking countries in Europe. Furthermore we are representing LayTec's optical in-situ sensors for the MBE and similar markets all over Europe. In addition we supply specialized products for the MBE market like RHEED oscillation systems, all kind of standard or customized parts made of refractory materials, any kind or shape of crucibles for effusion cells plus in house designed periscope solutions for optical in situ measurements and special UHV chambers.

Based on our long experience in the semiconductor and surface analysis market we also offer on request import services for foreign products and systems including CE certification process and necessary technical adaptations.