Adept Technology Announces New 200/300 mm Flexible Front End Wafer Handling Systems At SEMICON West 2000.Business Editors/High Tech Writers SEMICON SEMICON Semiconductors Equipment and Material International Conference West 2000 SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 10, 2000 Adept FFE FFE Fédération Française d'Equitation (French governing body for equestrian sport) FFE Fédération Française des Échecs FFE Food for Education FFE Flat File Extractor FFE Frontier: First Encounters 200/300 Compact Front-End Systems Combine Wafer Sorting & SMIF SMIF Standard Mechanical Interface SMIF Stream-based Model Interchange Format SMIF Shared Materials Instrumentation Facility (Duke University) SMIF Stanford Management Internship Fund SMIF SMAD4-Interacting Transcription Factor Load Functions Adept Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : ADTK), America's largest manufacturer of industrial robots and a factory automation leader, today announced their new 200/300mm Flexible Front End Systems to be showcased starting today at the SEMICON West '00 Exposition. The Adept Flexible Front End Systems, including the Adept FFE 200 and the Adept FFE 300, combine wafer sorting and SMIF load functions into one compact tool integrated front-end system; reducing cycle times, process complexity and cost. The Adept FFE 200/300 units combine wafer value added Value Added The enhancement a company gives its product or service before offering the product to customers. Notes: This can either increase the products price or value. operations such as wafer orientation, OCR OCR in full optical character recognition Scanning and comparison technique intended to identify printed text or numerical data. It avoids the need to retype already printed material for data entry. , Sort and Merge into a compact front-end system, eliminating the need for wafer sorters in the factory. The Adept FFE 200/300 systems are the only wafer handling systems on the market today using Adept's factory proven motion and vision control technology. Also being showcased at SEMICON West '00 will be The AdeptAtlas, AdeptVicron, Adept Windows Controller, Adept SmartModules, and Adept Digital Workcell. "We've integrated discreet operations into one flexible front end system, reducing cost and time to market for our process tool customers," said Joe Campbell, vice president of marketing for Adept Technology. "Adept is unique in our ability to deliver this level of integration, given our extensive experience with robotics, machine vision and motion control." The Adept FFE 200 is designed to be a replacement for adaptive `bolt-on' SMIF solutions; it fits within the same depth as current SMIF solutions and provides up to 4 SMIF load ports for optimizing tool utilization. The Adept FFE 200 enables the use of dedicated tool cassettes, reducing the risk of cross-contamination and tool robot mis-picks. Designed to be the factory interface for 300mm tools, the Adept FFE 300 is configurable with respect to both layout and finish so that it looks like an integrated part of the process tool. The Adept FFE 300 is also 200mm configurable so that it can perform as a "bridge tool", capable of handling 200mm wafers now and 300mm wafers in the future. Adept's products can be viewed at the Adept booth No. 7303 in the east hall in the Moscone Convention Center. Adept Technology, Inc., founded in 1983, is America's largest manufacturer of industrial robots. Adept designs and manufactures intelligent automation hardware and software products for manufacturers in the semiconductor, electronics, appliances, telecommunications, pharmaceutical, food processing Food processing is the set of methods and techniques used to transform raw ingredients into food for consumption by humans or animals. The food processing industry utilises these processes. , and automotive components industries. The company provides a broad, flexible line of software intensive, computer-driven automation products for assembly, material handling and packaging applications. Adept Technology product and service information is available at its worldwide web site http://www.adept.com. This press release contains certain forward-looking statements forward-looking statement A projected financial statement based on management expectations. A forward-looking statement involves risks with regard to the accuracy of assumptions underlying the projections. that involve a number of risks and uncertainties including but not limited to, the potential delays associated with the development and introduction of new products or software releases; the potential fluctuations in the company's quarterly and annual results of operations; the cyclicality of capital spending capital spending Spending for long-term assets such as factories, equipment, machinery, and buildings that permits the production of more goods and services in future years. of the company's customers; the company's dependence on the continued growth of the intelligent automation market; the risks associated with sole or single sources of supply and lengthy procurement lead times The interval in months between the initiation of procurement action and receipt into the supply system of the production model (excludes prototypes) purchased as the result of such actions. It is composed of two elements, production lead time and administrative lead time. ; the company's highly competitive industry; and rapid technological change within the company's industry. For a discussion of risk factors relating to relating to relate prep → concernant relating to relate prep → bezüglich +gen, mit Bezug auf +acc the company's business, see the company's Form 10Q for the quarter ended October 2, 1999 and January 1, 2000 and April 1, 2000, as well as the company's annual report on Form 10K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1999, including the discussion in Management's Discussion and Analysis Management's discussion and analysis (MD&A) A report from management to shareholders that accompanies the firm's financial statements in the annual report. It explains the period's financial results and enables management to discuss topics that may not be apparent in the financial of Financial Condition and Results of Operations filed as an exhibit thereto, filed on September 28, 1999. Note to Editors: Adept and the Adept logo are registered trademarks of Adept Technology, Inc. Adept, AdeptAtlas, AdeptVicron, Adept Windows Controller, Adept SmartModules, and Adept Digital Workcell are trademarks of Adept Technology, Inc. All other trademarks are owned by their respective companies. |
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