Agility Selects Brooks Automation Solutions to Increase Production of High-Quality, Powerful, Widely-Tunable Lasers.Business/Technology Editors CHELMSFORD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 19, 2001 Pioneer of Next-Generation Optical Networking Components Chooses Brooks Automation for Ramp to High-Volume Production Brooks Automation, 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 :BRKS BRKS Brooks (street suffix) ), a leader in semiconductor tool and factory automation solutions for the global semiconductor industry, today announced that it has signed a $1 million contract to provide Agility Communications(TM), Inc., a pioneer of next-generation optical networking components, with Brooks' factory automation solutions to support volume production of Agility's high-quality lasers. Agility chose Brooks' factory automation solutions to increase both yield and throughput in its Santa Barbara, Calif. facility. Brooks Automation, Inc. specializes in helping customers optimize total factory performance in dynamic manufacturing environments such as Agility's. Brooks will implement the FACTORYworks(TM) Manufacturing Execution System – Manufacturing execution system (MES) describes a set of integrated functions within a packaged software system or it can also describe the accumulated functionality within the production management infrastructure of a manufacturing or production company. (MES (Manufacturing Execution Software) Software that provides real time access to plant activities that include equipment, labor, orders and inventory. An MES integrates the data with enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems so that management has complete control of ); APF APF, n the abbreviation for acidulated phosphate fluoride. (TM) Planning, Simulation and Dispatch; Xsite(TM) Equipment Management; STATIONworks (TM) Equipment Automation; and Patterns(TM) Fault Detection software solutions at Agility's manufacturing facilities in Santa Barbara. "The Brooks Automation solutions purchased by Agility are uniquely designed to help them control quality, optimize production to meet the needs of their customers, accurately predict future capacity requirements, and contain manufacturing costs," said Jim Pelusi, senior vice president, Brooks Automation, Inc. "We are delighted to be working with Agility to implement some of the industries' best solutions for managing these challenging automation problems. Our agreement with Agility once again demonstrates the ability of Brooks' automation solutions to support a broad range of applications outside of semiconductor manufacturing including optoelectronics, flat panel display A thin display screen for computer and TV usage. The first flat panels appeared on laptop computers in the mid-1980s, and the LCD technology became the standard. Stand-alone LCD screens became available for desktop computers in the mid-1990s and exceeded sales of CRTs for the first time and other related industries." "As Agility builds on the momentum we have generated in the rapidly emerging optical network market, we must ensure that we continue to meet the needs of our growing customer base, while keeping manufacturing costs to a minimum," said Jim Haynes, chief operating officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. of Agility. "This purchase immediately gives us an improved process and WIP WIP Work In Progress WIP Work in Process WIP World Internet Project WIP Women in Prison (movie genre) WIP World Institute of Pain WIP Wash-In-Place WIP Women in Publishing WIP Work In Place WIP Wireless Internet Protocol control in our facility and puts us in an excellent position for future expansion. Implementing this software package sends a message both internally and externally that Agility is serious about providing performance excellence." About Brooks Automation, Inc. Brooks Automation, Inc. is the leading global supplier of 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 tool automation and factory management software for the semiconductor, data storage and flat panel display manufacturing industries. As an established market leader in hardware and software automation, Brooks continues to pioneer "Best-in-Class" technologies that outperform its competitors - from vacuum and atmospheric robots, cluster tool platforms and modules, ultra-clean mini-environments for isolating processing equipment and wafers - to factory and tool automation software and integration services. Both OEM and fab customers leverage Brooks Automation's products and environments. The Company has ISO (1) See ISO speed. (2) (International Organization for Standardization, Geneva, Switzerland, www.iso.ch) An organization that sets international standards, founded in 1946. The U.S. member body is ANSI. 9001 certification, is headquartered in Chelmsford, MA and has direct operations in the United States, Canada, Europe, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Singapore and Taiwan. Information is also available on Brooks' web-site at www.brooks.com. About Agility Communications, Inc. Agility Communications, Inc., is pioneering breakthrough optical networking infrastructure solutions that dramatically reduce the costs and complexity of supporting agile networks. Developed for Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing See WDM. (DWDM (Dense WDM) The term given to wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) when significantly more channels were being added. Since WDM is increasingly more "dense" all the time, both terms are used synonymously. See WDM. DWDM - wavelength division multiplexing ) networks, Agility's first products, high-power, widely-tunable lasers, will help service providers deliver high-bandwidth services, maximize existing network resources, simplify the planning process for network growth, and dynamically provision bandwidth. By integrating optical components at the chip level, Agility creates a simpler architecture for networking equipment that increases density and allows fast automation, lowering capital and operating costs for service providers. Agility is headquartered in Santa Barbara, California Santa Barbara is a city in California, United States. It is the county seat of Santa Barbara County, California. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 92,325. and has manufacturing facilities in Allentown, Pennsylvania. For more information about Agility solutions visit www.agility.com, send email to info@agility.com or call 805-690-1700. "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: The foregoing discussion contains forward-looking statements relating to the expected benefits of the Brooks Automation products sold to Agility Communications(TM), Inc. These statements involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties including, without limitation, risks relating to the manner in which the customer uses the products and integrates the products with other components, the Company's dependence on the cyclical semiconductor industry, the ability of the Company to continue to successfully develop and market new products and product enhancements on a timely basis, the Company's dependence on relatively few customers for a significant portion of its revenues, the Company's reliance on sales to OEM customers and the lengthy sales cycles of those customers, the highly competitive nature and rapid technological change that characterize the industries in which the Company competes, and other risks and uncertainties described in the Company's reports and registration statements filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. As a result, there can be no assurance that the Company's future results will not be materially different from those projected. The forward-looking statements contained herein speak only of the Company's expectations as of the date of this press release. The Company expressly disclaims any obligation or undertaking to release publicly any updates or revisions to any such statement to reflect any change in the Company's expectations or any change in events, conditions or circumstances on which any such statement is based. |
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