BOC and ATS Eco-Snow to Offer Precision Cleaning Technology in Asia.Business Editors SEMICON SEMICON Semiconductors Equipment and Material International Conference West 2002 Booth # 2739 MURRAY HILL, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 23, 2002 BOC (Bell Operating Company) One of 22 companies that was formerly part of AT&T and later organized into seven regional companies. See RBOC. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : BOX) and Eco-Snow Systems Inc., a subsidiary of ATS Automation Tooling Systems ATS Automation Tooling Systems (TSX: ATA) is a Cambridge, Ontario based company which designs and builds factory automation solutions. They have designed and built more than 10,000 automation systems in the areas of medical devices, pharmaceuticals, telecommunications, Inc. (TSX TSX Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE before April, 2002) TSX Transfer from Stack Pointer to Index TSX True Space Extension : ATA (1) (AT Attachment) The specification for IDE drives. See IDE. (2) See analog telephone adapter. ATA - Advanced Technology Attachment ), are teaming up to provide high-tech manufacturers in Asia with a one-stop shop One-Stop Shop A company or a location that offers a multitude of services to a client or a customer. The idea is to provide convenient and efficient service and also to create the opportunity for the company to sell more products to clients and customers. for carbon dioxide carbon dioxide, chemical compound, CO2, a colorless, odorless, tasteless gas that is about one and one-half times as dense as air under ordinary conditions of temperature and pressure. (CO2)-based precision cleaning technology that offers significant advantages over conventional techniques. BOC, one of the world's largest suppliers of industrial gases, including CO2, has agreed to become the exclusive distributor of Eco-Snow's precision surface process equipment in ten Asian countries to manufacturers in the semiconductor, compound semiconductor, photomask, 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 , fiber optics fiber optics, transmission of digitized messages or information by light pulses along hair-thin glass fibers. Each fiber is surrounded by a cladding having a high index of refractance so that the light is internally reflected and travels the length of the fiber , and rigid disk industries. "This agreement enables BOC - a major supplier of gases and related technology in Asia - to provide customers in this multi-million dollar market with an integrated and effective offering: high-purity CO2 snow combined with innovative technology," said Neil Greenfield, senior vice president, business development, for BOC's Process Gas Solutions line of business. Bill Robinson, general manager of Eco-Snow, says the alliance with BOC allows Eco-Snow, the leader in CO2 cleaning technology, to "combine our strengths and allow the tremendous technology advantages to be available to customers globally in North America, Europe and now Asia." As a leading innovator of dry CO2 technology, Eco-Snow Systems' unique cleaning method is cost effective, non-destructive, waste and residue free, and eliminates staining and corrosion without recontamination. The cleaning method has been applied very successfully in the rigid disk and compound semiconductor industries and is being extended to the processing of silicon wafers. Customers also gain a competitive advantage by having the ability to meet changing fabrication requirements with the following production advantages: superior cleaning performance, reduced cycle times, increased yield, small footprint and lower cost of ownership. Eco-Snow will be demonstrating its CO2-based technologies at Semicon West in San Francisco, on July 22-24. For more information, visit Booth # 2739. ATS Automation Tooling Systems Inc. (www.atsautomation.com ) is the industry's leading designer and producer of turn-key automated manufacturing and test systems, which are used primarily by multinational corporations operating in a variety of industries including: automotive, computer/electronics, healthcare, and consumer products. The Company also makes precision components, sub-assemblies and solar power products using its own custom-built manufacturing systems, process knowledge and automation technology. ATS (TSX: ATA) employs approximately 3,200 people at 26 facilities in Canada, the United States, Europe and Asia-Pacific. Eco-Snow Systems, Inc. (www.eco-snow.com) is a pioneer in the use of state-of-the-art precision surface processing technology for high-tech semiconductor (Si and GaAs), flat panel display, fiber optics, and disk media manufacturing applications. Eco-Snow's precision surface processing systems combine the Eco-Snow patented CO2 cleaning technology with ATS's extensive automation expertise to provide customers with state of the art superior cleaning solutions. Eco-Snow Systems, Inc. is located in Livermore, CA. The BOC Group (NYSE:BOX), the worldwide industrial gases, vacuum technologies and distribution services company, serves two million customers in more than 50 countries. It employs some 43,000 people and had annual sales over $6 billion in 2001. Further information about The BOC Group may be obtained on the Internet at http://www.boc.com. |
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