Brooks Automation Acquires CCS Technology, Inc.; Test and Certification Software Provider Complements Brooks 300 mm Initiative.

Business/Technology Editors

CHELMSFORD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 26, 2001

Brooks Automation, Inc. (NASDAQ:BRKS), a leading supplier of tool and factory hardware and software automation solutions for the semiconductor industry, announced today that it has acquired CCS Technology of Williston, VT, a leading supplier of 300 mm automation test and certification software. The deal is structured as a purchase transaction for a combination of cash and Brooks' Common Stock totaling approximately $5.35M.

"Our customers, both IC manufacturers and equipment suppliers alike, are scrambling for objective and independent testing to SEMI standards and customer specific manufacturing requirements. CCS Technology enables Brooks to support this critical customer need", said Robert J. Therrien, CEO of Brooks Automation. "The 300 mm communications market is strategic to Brooks because it is the connection between the factory and the tool. CCS Technology's test solutions are not only applicable to 300 mm and 200 mm semiconductor equipment testing and certification, but are applicable to other forms of communication testing, such as e-diagnostics. By extending Brooks' 300 mm offerings we simplify the task for customers implementing automation for 300 mm, advanced 200 mm and e-diagnostics, and we can provide the test tools that validate their implementation to their customer. This combination enables Brooks equipment supplier customers to implement the SEMI standards and customer specific manufacturing requirements with clear objective criteria for acceptance by their customer."

Semiconductor equipment suppliers utilize CCS Technology's software to ensure that their equipment meets the stringent requirements of 300 mm and highly automated 200 mm fabs. In addition, several IC manufacturers currently specify independent certification using CCS Technology's test plans as a part of their equipment purchase specifications. According to Gino Crispieri, Project Manager, Guidelines and Standards at International SEMATECH, "CCS Technology and International SEMATECH have worked closely together on 300 mm compliance testing, and have developed a complete set of test plans that are used for certification of 300 mm equipment." CCS Technology is currently a leading supplier of 300 mm compliance testing software.

"We are excited to be joining the growing family of Brooks solutions aimed at the 300 mm market. A key benefit Brooks brings to CCS Technology is worldwide distribution channels to both IC manufacturers and equipment manufacturers," said David Walsh, CEO and President of CCS Technology, Inc. "We founded CCS Technology in response to the growing need for reliable and repeatable equipment communication testing. Our goal was to develop a next generation third party independent test application, which provides IC manufacturers and equipment suppliers with a new level of quality assurance testing. We believe, like Brooks, that CCS Technology applications and services raise the bar on testing, and will continue to provide the industry with objective and independent testing to SEMI standards and manufacturing requirements".

Brooks Automation, Inc.

Brooks Automation, Inc. is a leading global supplier of OEM tool automation and factory management software for the semiconductor, data storage and flat panel display 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 and fab customers leverage Brooks Automation's products and environments. The Company has ISO 9001 certification, is headquartered in Chelmsford, Mass. and has direct operations in the United States, Canada, Europe, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Singapore and Taiwan. Brooks' web site is www.brooks.com.

CCS Technology, Inc.

CCS Technology, Inc. is a leading supplier of 300 mm test automation software for the semiconductor industry. As a pioneer in 300 mm test software, CCS Technology offers a suite of test products based on SEMI standards, International Sematech/Selete operational scenarios and factory-specific requirements. CCS Technology believes the CCSEnvoy(TM) test enabler to be the semiconductor industry's first automated, quality assurance level test solution based on an SQL database. CCSTests(TM) are off-the-shelf executable test plans, developed in cooperation with International Sematech and leading semiconductor IC manufacturers, which provide a highly detailed level of testing for factory automation interfaces. In addition, CCS Technology offers third party independent testing services and certifications testing to SEMI standards. The company is headquartered in Williston, Vermont. CCS Technology's web site is www.ccstechnology.com.

"Safe Harbor" Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995: The foregoing discussion contains forward-looking statements related to future financial results. These statements involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties including, without limitation, risks relating to the benefits to Brooks Automation of purchasing CCST, the continued success of CCST in the marketplace, the ease of integrating CCST into the Brooks business unit structure, the Company's dependence on the cyclical semiconductor industry, 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 ability of the Company to continue to successfully develop and market new products and product enhancements on a timely basis, the ability to integrate recent acquisitions into the Company, 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 than those projected. The Company also operates in an industry sector where securities' values are highly volatile and may be influenced by economic and other factors beyond the Company's control. 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.