Brooks Automation Corp. Announces Name Change to Brooks Automation Software Corp.RICHMOND, British Columbia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 19, 1998--Brooks Automation (Canada) Corp., a subsidiary of Brooks Automation Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :BRKS BRKS Brooks (street suffix) ), announced that their name has been legally changed to Brooks Automation Software Corp. Brooks Automation Software remains a wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. of Brooks Automation Inc., with a mandate to independently service the semiconductor, flat panel, and data storage industries' equipment controls needs, including integrated software Separate software components or applications that have been combined into one package. See integrated software package. solutions for Brooks' cluster tool platforms. Brooks Automation Software's premises will remain the same at No.100-13777 Commerce Parkway, Richmond, B.C. Canada V6V 2X3. "Since our acquisition by Brooks Automation Inc. we have continued to expand our equipment control software operations and increase our installed customer base worldwide. This expansion has included the development of software support expertise in the USA, Japan, and Korea, as well as Canada. The name change was made to reflect the global nature of these efforts, and to strengthen our market positioning as the leading 3rd party supplier of advanced equipment control software for our industry," said Richard McMahon, President of Brooks Automation Software. The Brooks Automation Software organization centralizes all Brooks system software and advanced equipment control engineering and support efforts, to provide a single customer interface for all equipment control projects. Brooks Automation Software has been providing equipment controls solutions to the semiconductor industry for over 15 years. Brooks' ControlVision software environment is field-proven with an installed base of 1,500 systems worldwide. ControlVision(TM) is the foundation for ClusterLink(TM) 3 cluster tool control solutions designed to integrate seamlessly with Brooks Automation cluster tool platforms; and ControlPower(TM) equipment control upgrade solutions that improve productivity of existing process tools operating in the semiconductor production environment. Brooks Automation Software Corp. (formerly Brooks Automation Canada), is a subsidiary of Brooks Automation, Inc. of Chelmsford, MA, and the leading supplier of equipment control solutions to the semiconductor industry. With over 1,500 installations worldwide and 15 years of field-proven experience working with R&D, production, and equipment manufacturing facilities, Brooks Automation Software is dedicated to providing low-risk, dependable control solutions. Brooks Automation, Inc. is an independent supplier of substrate material handling robots, modules, software controls and fully integrated cluster tool platforms to semiconductor, 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 and data storage manufacturers worldwide. Founded in 1978, the Company has distinguished itself as a technology and market leader, particularly in the demanding cluster tool vacuum-processing environment. By working with and focusing on increasing the productivity of our customers' device fabrication fabrication (fab´rikā´sh  n),n the construction or making of a restoration. equipment, the Company has been able to set and constantly upgrade industry substrate material handling, thermal conditioning and software controls standards. In addition to corporate facilities in Chelmsford, Massachusetts Chelmsford is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts in the Greater Boston area. It is located 24 miles from Boston and, bordering on the City of Lowell, it is part of the Greater Lowell metropolitan area. , Brooks Automation maintains a software subsidiary in Richmond, British Columbia This page is for the city of Richmond, British Columbia. For the federal electoral district in this locality see Richmond (electoral district); for the provincial electoral district see Richmond (provincial electoral district). as well as sales and service offices located in the United States, Europe, Japan, Korea and Taiwan. For further information on Brooks Automation, Inc., see their Web site at: www.brooks.com CONTACT: Brooks Automation Software, Richmond MARKETING CONTACT: Richard McMahon, 604/214-5010 E-mail: Richard_McMahon@brookscanada.com or PR CONTACT: Tami Yendley, 604/214-5285 E-mail: Tami_Yendley@brookscanada.com or Kehoe, White, Savage & Co., Inc., New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of INVESTOR RELATIONS Investor relations The process by which the corporation communicates with its investors. 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