Asyst Technologies Inc. Books Over $35 Million in Orders from Manufacturers in Asia.FREMONT, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 15, 1996--Asyst Technologies 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 :ASYT), a leading supplier of automated material management systems for the global semiconductor industry, today announced that it recently booked a record of over $35 million in orders from several manufacturers based in Asia. Company officials report that the orders stem from both new and repeat customers purchasing additional Asyst systems. New customers include Macronix International Co. Ltd.; Mosel Vitelic Inc.; and Winbond of Hsinchu City, Taiwan. Repeat customers include Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC TSMC Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd TSMC Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation TSMC Traffic Systems Management Center TSMC Toll Station Management Controller TSMC Transportation Supply Maintenance Command TSMC Technical Services Manager Code ) of Hsinchu City and Chartered Semiconductor of Singapore. The orders cover purchases of the Asyst-SMIF System of sealed minienvironments and robotic transfer mechanisms that protect wafers in a sub-Class 1 environment during storage and transport, as well as the company's SMART-Traveler System (STS (Synchronous Transport Signal) The electrical equivalent of the SONET optical signal. In SDH, the European counterpart of SONET, STS is known as STM (Synchronous Transport Module). ) for factory floor management. STS is a paperless production lot tracking system that facilitates error-free wafer tracking throughout the fab, virtually eliminating costly misprocessing. Asyst reports that long-time customer, TSMC, was the first company to fully equip a fab with 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 technology in the late 1980s. TSMC has subsequently published widely the benefits of Asyst's SMIF technology. Asyst officials credit TSMC and its successes with helping to open doors to additional orders from other manufacturers in this key region. Commenting on the heightened Asian activity, Asyst's Vice President Asia-Pacific Operations Kenneth Leung said, "We are extremely encouraged about the level of acceptance of SMIF technology in Taiwan. Twelve months ago, two factories in the region employed the technology. This year, that will increase to eight." About Asyst: Asyst Technologies Inc. is a leading provider of process control and automation systems that help semiconductor manufacturers reduce their integrated circuit integrated circuit (IC), electronic circuit built on a semiconductor substrate, usually one of single-crystal silicon. The circuit, often called a chip, is packaged in a hermetically sealed case or a nonhermetic plastic capsule, with leads extending from it for (IC) production costs. The company's Asyst-SMIF System combines state-of-the-art minienvironments with advanced robotics robotics, science and technology of general purpose, programmable machine systems. Contrary to the popular fiction image of robots as ambulatory machines of human appearance capable of performing almost any task, most robotic systems are anchored to fixed positions to create ultraclean processing environments that are both comprehensive and flexible. The SMART-Traveler System (STS) works in tandem Adv. 1. in tandem - one behind the other; "ride tandem on a bicycle built for two"; "riding horses down the path in tandem" tandem with SMIF to eliminate misprocessing. Both Asyst-SMIF and its companion STS products are integral to seamless factory automation of the future. Asyst's subsidiary, Asyst Automation Inc., focuses on material handling control software and inter-bay/intra-bay automation systems. Founded in 1984, Asyst Technologies Inc. is headquartered in Fremont, with facilities in Europe and the Far East. Asyst Automation Inc. is located outside Boston. The company's common stock trades 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. under the symbol ASYT. About SMIF: SMIF stands for Standard Mechanical InterFace, the material handling approach that enables wafer transfer to and from the sealed SMIF environments without exposure to ambient conditions. SEMI standards exist for 150mm and 200mm wafer sizes and are now being defined for 300mm. CONTACT: Asyst Technologies Inc., Fremont William Hansen, 510/661-5225 Doug McCutcheon, 510/661-5000 (investor) or MCA MCA in full Music Corporation of America Entertainment conglomerate. It was founded in Chicago in 1924 by Jules Stein as a talent agency. In the 1960s it bought Decca Records and Universal Pictures, and today it produces films, music, and television shows. Inc. Margaret Pereira, 415/968-8900 |
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