August Technology Doubles Taiwan Service and Applications Center.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 21, 2004 August Technology Corporation (Nasdaq:AUGT), a leading supplier of inspection and metrology solutions for the microelectronic industries, today announced the expansion of their Taiwan operations in Hsinchu to better serve the growing number of customers in this region. This expanded facility will provide August Technology's customer base in Taiwan with local customer training and support services support services Psychology Non-health care-related ancillary services–eg, transportation, financial aid, support groups, homemaker services, respite services, and other services as well as demonstration facilities all in a central location. "Taiwan continues to be one of our most strategically important regions as it is home to some of the world's most prominent chip making companies, as well as being a gateway to China. Historically, August Technology has been very successful in this region, in fact, nearly 40% of our 2003 revenues came from customers based in Taiwan and the People's Republic People's Republic n. A political organization founded and controlled by a national Communist party. of China," commented Jeff O'Dell, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of August Technology. "We have made this investment in our local Taiwan infrastructure to ensure we are providing world-class service to our existing customers, in addition to our anticipation of increased activity in this area." "Our newly expanded center features cleanrooms for local applications studies and provides for additional training of tool operators and engineers in their home region. The expansion also enables us to more quickly respond to and resolve system issues by reducing travel time with local spare parts Spare parts, also referred to as Service Parts is a term used to indicate extra parts available and in proximity to the mechanical item, such as a automobile, boat, engine, for which they might be used. Spare parts are also called “spares. and additional service engineers," explained Roger Lao, general manager of August Technology Taiwan. "These resources, which include Mandarin-speaking support personnel, are critical to providing our customers with world-class support. Around the clock support via e-diagnostics and telephone is now available, enabling us to speed our customers' integration of August Technology solutions to quickly begin driving down their costs and time to market." August Technology Taiwan is located at 7F-9, No. 81 Shuei-Li Road, Hsinchu, Taiwan. About August Technology: August Technology's automated inspection and metrology solutions provide critical product and process enhancing information, which enables microelectronic device manufacturers to drive down costs and time to market. Based in Bloomington, Minnesota Bloomington is a city in Hennepin County, Minnesota, and a southern suburb of Minneapolis. As of 2005, it had a population of 84,347, making it the largest Twin Cities suburb, and the fifth largest city in the state[1]. , August Technology is a founding member of the Advanced Packaging and Interconnect Alliance (APiA) and an active member of the Die Products Consortium (DPC DPC Department of Premier and Cabinet (Victoria, Australia) DPC Dutch Power Cows DPC Deferred Procedure Calls (Microsoft Windows NT 4. ). Additional information can be found on the company's web site at www.augusttech.com. Forward Looking Statement: This release contains 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 risks and uncertainties including statements regarding the expectation of future service levels to our customers from the Taiwan office, and actual results may differ from those set forth in the forward-looking statements, because of the risks and uncertainties, including but not limited to deterioration in general markets, outbreak of infectious diseases infectious diseases: see communicable diseases. , occurrence of terrorist attacks or outbreak of war, inaccurate market expectations, changes in the agreements or relationships with our customers, or any unforeseen difficulties in the economy in general or in the development, manufacture, shipment, delivery and/or acceptance of our products or services. Please refer to additional risk factors stated in August Technology's Annual Report on Form 10-K Form 10-K A report required by the SEC from exchange-listed companies that provides for annual disclosure of certain financial information. Form 10-K See 10-K. filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. |
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