Adept Technology Selected by Zygo Corporation to Provide Semiconductor Automation Hardware.SAN JOSE San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 25, 1999-- Zygo Corporation Zygo Corporation (NASDAQ: ZIGO)is a company that specializes in optical systems & equipment for areas such as optical metrology. Zygo's metrology systems are based on optical interferometry measuring displacement, surface figure, and optical wavefront. To Automate Semiconductor Industry Using Adept Robots, Minienvironments and SMIF Interfaces Adept Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq:ADTK), America's largest manufacturer of industrial robots and a factory automation leader, today announced that Zygo Corporation (Nasdaq:ZIGO), a leading metrology manufacturer based in Middlefield, Connecticut Middlefield is a town in Middlesex County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 4,203 at the 2000 census. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 34.5 km² (13.3 mi²). 32.9 km² (12.7 mi²) of it is land and 1.6 km² (0. , has selected Adept to provide semiconductor automation hardware for their wafer handling solutions. The new automation solutions will include Adept's new AdeptVicron robot, Standard Mechanical Interfaces (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 ) and minienvironments. "We are extremely pleased that Zygo has expressed such confidence in Adept by forming this OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and partnership," said Charlie Duncheon, senior vice president of marketing and sales for Adept Technology. "With our combined expertise the resulting wafer handling solutions will shorten production ramp-up times, increase productivity, and improve our customer's yields." "All of us at Zygo Automation Systems are excited about combining Adept's robot and control technologies with our system design expertise. This partnership continues to strengthen our leadership position in photo mask handling and inspection systems. Our automation solutions in wafer and flat panel handling will also benefit from this strategic partnership with Adept and will continue to deliver competitive advantages to our customers," said John Clark John Clark is the name of:
Under the agreement Adept will provide Zygo with the recently announced AdeptVicron robot as well as minienvironments and SMIF interfaces. The AdeptVicron robots are atmospheric three-axis (single arm) and four-axis (dual arm) robots that feature absolute encoders. The units are clean room Class 1 robots specifically designed for handling 200mm and 300mm wafers. Adept's custom designed minienvironments allow for upgrading and implementation of isolation technology in new and existing facilities. Adept will also provide SMIF interfaces for both z-axis robot handling systems and indexing elevator type handling. In addition to a faster production ramp up Ramp Up To increase a company's operations in anticipation of increased demand. Notes: A company might 'ramp up' operations if they just signed a contract creating substantially more demand for their product. See also: Demand, Economies of Scale time and higher yields the use of minienvironments and SMIF interfaces reduces the requirement for restrictive cleanroom clothing, improves tool access and shortens maintenance procedures. The combination of these products and Zygo's integration services will give the semiconductor industry a truly complete wafer and reticle ret·i·cle n. A grid or pattern placed in the eyepiece of an optical instrument, used to establish scale or position. [Latin r handling solution. Zygo Corporation designs, develops, manufactures, and markets high performance measurement and yield improvement instruments, systems, and accessories used in high technology industries. The Company is headquartered in Middlefield, Connecticut, and also has operations in Asslar, Germany; Longmont, Colorado The City of Longmont is a home rule municipality located in Boulder County and Weld County, Colorado, United States. Longmont is the 13th most populous city in the State of Colorado. The word "Longmont" comes from Longs Peak, a prominent mountain named for explorer Stephen H. ; and in Newbury Park and Sunnyvale, California Sunnyvale ([sʌniveil]) is a city in Santa Clara County, California, United States. It is one of the major cities that make up the Silicon Valley. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 131,760. . Zygo is traded on the Nasdaq National Market under the symbol ZIGO. 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, 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. The Adept logo is a registered trademark of Adept Technology, Inc. Adept and AdeptVicron are trademarks of Adept Technology, Inc. All other trademarks are owned by their respective companies. |
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