ASML Receives Initial Order for New 300mm Advanced Technology; New Lithography Systems to Debut on World Market in July.Business Editors & High-Tech Writers TEMPE, Ariz.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 27, 2000 ASML ASML Abstract State Machine Language ASML Anisotropic Shielded Microstrip Line (Nasdaq:ASML) has received an initial order from a major U.S. semiconductor manufacturer for its new advanced technology 300mm lithography systems. The first shipments of this new 300mm technology to this customer are scheduled to begin in the third quarter of this year. "This order from one of the industry's leading innovators in semiconductor manufacturing technology validates our technical leadership at a time when IC manufacturers worldwide are ramping up 300mm wafer fabs," said Dave Chavoustie, ASML's executive vice president of worldwide sales. "The initial systems will be used by this customer in its advanced research center for the development of 300mm manufacturing processes." The new platform is specifically designed for 300mm wafers, in addition to supporting 200mm capability, and provides fundamental innovations in system architecture and stage design to meet the highest productivity requirements. It is designed to support multiple generations of optical lithography technologies from i-line to 157nm. ASML plans a public introduction of the new platform at the industry's Semicon West trade show in San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden in July. About ASML: ASML, founded in 1984, is a world leader in advanced lithography systems that are essential in the fabrication fabrication (fab´rikā´sh  n),n the construction or making of a restoration. of integrated circuits. The company is publicly traded on both the Amsterdam Exchange Amsterdam Exchange (AEX) Exchange that comprises the AEX-Effectenbeurs, the AEX-Optiebeurs (formerly the European Options Exchange or EOE) and the AEX-Agrarische Termijnmarkt. and on the Nasdaq Stock Market Nasdaq stock market The first electronic stock market listing over 5000 companies. The Nasdaq stock market comprises two separate markets, namely the Nasdaq National Market, which trades large, active securities and the Nasdaq Smallcap Market that trades emerging growth companies. (R) under the symbol "ASML." Visit the company's web site at http://www.asml.com for more information. "Safe Harbor Safe Harbor 1. A legal provision to reduce or eliminate liability as long as good faith is demonstrated. 2. A form of shark repellent implemented by a target company acquiring a business that is so poorly regulated that the target itself is less attractive. " Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation and awards fees and of 1995: Except for historical information, the matters discussed in this news release that may be considered forward-looking statements may be subject to certain risks and uncertainties that could cause the actual results to differ materially from those projected, including uncertainties in the market, pricing competition, procurement and manufacturing efficiencies, and other risks detailed from time to time in reports filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Company assumes no obligation to update the information in this release. |
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