Brooks Automation, Inc. Demonstrates Fab-Ready --TM-- Factory and Tool Automation Solutions at SEMICON West 2000, Booth # 5268.Business/Technology Editors SEMICON SEMICON Semiconductors Equipment and Material International Conference West 2000 CHELMSFORD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 7, 2000 Brooks will showcase top-to-bottom automation solutions for optimizing factory performance. Brooks Automation, Inc. (Nasdaq: BRKS BRKS Brooks (street suffix) ), a leader in semiconductor tool and factory automation solutions for the global semiconductor industry, will showcase integrated automation solutions to optimize factory performance at the SEMICON West 2000 show, taking place July 10-12 at the Moscone Center The Moscone Center is San Francisco, California's largest convention and exhibition complex. The complex consists of two main underground halls underneath Yerba Buena Gardens, Moscone North and Moscone South, as well the three-level Moscone West exhibition hall across 4th Street. in 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 . Visitors will get a first-hand look at the breadth and depth of Brooks' fully integrated automation portfolio, including: --Advanced Semiconductor Software: solutions for 200mm and 300mm manufacturing with advanced equipment management; single wafer tracking and execution; and automated execution control and material handling. --Factory Tool Interfaces: Area One includes load-port modules, software and hardware for automated 200mm and 300mm wafer handling, transfer and wafer process control. Area Two presents Brooks' Gemini Express(TM) bridge and hybrid tool, our next-generation equipment control engine, our family of field-proven controllers, and our leading micro/macro inspection, wafer handling and sorting and control technology. --Vacuum and Atmospheric Robotic Systems: with the highest throughput, reliability and contamination control Procedures to avoid, reduce, remove, or render harmless (temporarily or permanently) nuclear, biological, and chemical contamination for the purpose of maintaining or enhancing the efficient conduct of military operations. featuring the new Reliance(TM)CMP CMP (cytidine monophosphate): see cytosine. (1) (CMP Media LLC, Manhasset, NY, www.cmp.com) Part of United Business Media, CMP is a leading integrated media company that offers a wide variety of publications and services in the information wet robot, the Reliance(TM)ATR ATR Achilles tendon reflex, see Ankle reflex Robot, as well as the MagnaTran(TM)7 vacuum robot. --Throughput and Tracking Solutions: for automated material tracking and control, equipment control, factory planning, 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 balancing, capacity analysis, scheduling and real-time dispatching. --Advanced Process Control: real-time fault detection, process monitoring and maintenance management software for semiconductor companies. --Worldwide Services: Brooks' global support organization, an experienced team of service and technical support professionals ready to respond to customer needs around the world. "In addition to the completeness of our product line, we offer automation solutions that are easy and fast to configure and deploy," said Robert J. Therrien, President and 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 Brooks Automation, Inc. "Brooks' proven, integrated factory and tool automation solutions enable semiconductor equipment manufacturers to deliver Fab-Ready(TM) tools to their customers. For semiconductor, flat-panel and storage manufacturers, Brooks' factory and tool automation solutions enable them to get to volume production faster while controlling costs. This show provides an excellent opportunity for us to demonstrate the completeness of our factory and tool automation solutions, the extent to which they are integrated, and the ease with which they are deployed. We look forward to a successful show for Brooks and our many customers." New products from Brooks Automation include: --FabExpress(TM), a self-contained equipment front-end module (EFEM EFEM Equipment Front End Module ) for semiconductor processing equipment. --ExpressLink(TM), an EFEM control software package that works with FabExpress to integrate seamlessly with any existing process tool design. --Reliance(TM) CMP Robot, a wet robot that combines Brooks' extensive wafer handling experience in wet, corrosive environments with Brooks' next-generation Reliance(TM) robot family. --Brooks Automation Load Port Family, the industry's most complete family of BOLTS compatible load port modules. --ControlVisionJ(TM), the next generation equipment control engine, based on the field-proven ControlVision(TM). --TEC-3000 (TM), Brooks' PC-based family of controllers, comprised of a single module controller and a multi-module system and offering a high-performance, cost-effective control solution. --APF Active Execution Control Module, a new addition to the AutoSimulations Productivity Family(TM) (APF APF, n the abbreviation for acidulated phosphate fluoride. ), for managing real-time scheduling decisions in 300mm and other fully automated facilities. --CLASS MCS 2000, the Brooks material control system, now integrated with the AutoSimulations Productivity Family to dynamically optimize lot movement throughout the fab. --Patterns(TM), a real-time fault detection, end-point detection and process monitoring software solution for advanced process control. --ReticleTrax(TM), a reticle ret·i·cle n. A grid or pattern placed in the eyepiece of an optical instrument, used to establish scale or position. [Latin r management system for tracking the location and status of all reticles throughout the fab and in off-site storage locations via a web-based user interface. Visit Brooks at booth # 5268 for more information about these new products, and to view ongoing demonstrations of the company's fab-ready solutions. Brooks Automation, Inc. Brooks Automation, Inc. is a leading supplier of integrated automation solutions for the global semiconductor, data storage and 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 manufacturing industries. As an established market leader in hardware and software automation, Brooks continues to pioneer "best-in-class" technologies that outperform their 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 (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 and fab customers leverage Brooks Automation's products and services to optimize total fab performance in dynamic manufacturing 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, Taiwan and Singapore. Brooks' web site is www.brooks.com. "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. 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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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