BOC Edwards Supports Novellus INOVA CoO Reduction Initiative.SAN FRANCISCO San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden -- Company now licensed to manufacture/distribute INOVA XT(TM) disposable shield sets BOC (Bell Operating Company) One of 22 companies that was formerly part of AT&T and later organized into seven regional companies. See RBOC. Edwards, through its chamber component cleaning and management services unit, BOC Edwards Kachina kachina (kəchē`nə), spirit of the invisible life forces of the Pueblo of North America. The kachinas, or kachinam, are impersonated by elaborately costumed masked male members of the tribes who visit Pueblo villages the first half of the , has entered into a licensing agreement with Novellus, Inc. to manufacture 300 mm INOVA XT(TM) disposable shield sets and distribute them directly to end-user customers worldwide. The 300 mm disposable shield is a key component of the PVD PVD abbr. peripheral vascular disease PVD Peripheral vascular disease, see there chamber process kit enabling the deposition of Cu and Ta-based films. The new aluminum shield set design is part of the Novellus initiative to reduce the cost of ownership of its INOVA PVD product line by significantly lowering the acquisition cost. "We are excited to be collaborating closely with Novellus on addressing the cost challenges of our customers' fab operations," said David Camp, president of BOC Edwards Kachina. "Clearly, lowering operating costs operating costs npl → gastos mpl operacionales has become an imperative for our customers in the current maturing stage of our industry." BOC Edwards will leverage its worldwide network of manufacturing, distribution and support sites as well as its market-leading capabilities in surface preparation, texturing, coatings, and recycling/refurbishment to provide the growing number of Novellus INOVA XT(TM) customers with a best-in-class level of service and lower cost of operation. The INOVA XT(TM) shields are available from BOC Edwards for either tantalum tantalum (tăn`tələm) [from Tantalus], metallic chemical element; symbol Ta; at. no. 73; at. wt. 180.9479; m.p. 2,996°C;; b.p. 5,400±100°C;; sp. gr. 16.65 at 20°C;; valence +2, +3, +4, or +5. or copper applications, and can be ordered as piece parts or as an entire shield set. BOC Edwards also provides full kit management services, delivering the entire 300 mm chamber kit for the INOVA XT(TM) to its customers. As part of this service, BOC Edwards can also manage the replacement and-for non-disposable parts-the recycling of parts on the kit, ensuring the availability of kits during scheduled tool maintenance. Editor Background Novellus Systems, Inc., an S&P 500 company, manufactures, markets and services advanced deposition, surface preparation and chemical mechanical planarization equipment for today's advanced integrated circuits. Our products are designed for high-volume production of advanced, leading-edge semiconductor devices at the lowest possible cost. Headquartered in San Jose, Calif., with subsidiaries throughout the United States, as well as in the United Kingdom, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Ireland, Italy, Israel, India, China, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Singapore and Taiwan, we are a publicly traded company publicly traded company A company whose shares of common stock are held by the public and are available for purchase by investors. The shares of publicly traded firms are bought and sold on the organized exchanges or in the over-the-counter market. on the Nasdaq stock exchange (Nasdaq:NVLS NVLS Novellus Systems (stock symbol) ) and a component of the Nasdaq-100 Index(R). Additional information about Novellus is available on our home page at www.novellus.com BOC Edwards, part of The BOC Group plc, is a leading supplier of materials, process-enabling subsystems and services to fabs and OEMs involved in the manufacture of microelectronics devices. Serving two million customers in more than 50 countries, The BOC Group is one of the largest and most global of the world's leading gases companies, with annual sales of over GBP GBP In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the British Pound. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. 4.3 billion (more than US $7 billion) in 2003. Information on the BOC Group can be accessed by visiting the Group web site, www.boc.com. Specific information on BOC Edwards can be accessed directly on www.bocedwards.com or e-mail: info@bocedwards.com. |
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