Brooks Automation Will Provide Complete SMIF Automation, Sorting and Tracking Solutions to Austria Mikro Systeme International AG.Business/Technology Editors CHELMSFORD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March. 21, 2001 AMS AMS - Andrew Message System selects Brooks' factory automation solutions for all automated wafer handling applications at its new 200mm ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit) Pronounced "a-sick." A chip that is custom designed for a specific application rather than a general-purpose chip such as a microprocessor. fab in Unterpremstaetten, Austria. 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) ), a leading supplier of tool and factory hardware and software automation solutions for the global semiconductor industry, today announced that it has received a multi-million dollar order from Austria Mikro Systeme International AG (AMS) to automate its new 200mm ASIC / ASSP (Application Specific Standard Part) An ASIC chip that is designed as a generic device for a particular market. Whereas an ASIC is typically used only by its creator, ASSPs are used by many different companies in the design of their products. See ASIC. fab in Unterpremstaetten, Austria. AMS will use Brooks' advanced wafer logistics solutions for all SMIF SMIF Standard Mechanical Interface SMIF Stream-based Model Interchange Format SMIF Shared Materials Instrumentation Facility (Duke University) SMIF Stanford Management Internship Fund SMIF SMAD4-Interacting Transcription Factor handling tasks for the transfer, sorting, merging and identification of wafer lots during the semiconductor production process. Brooks will provide SMIF robots, mini-environment solutions, and wafer sorters as well as applications for automatic lot identification systems and automatic work-in-progress tracking. "One of the deciding factors in AMS' choice of Brooks was the local European support Brooks offered by having manufacturing, engineering and service based in Europe. We also saw that they had the ability to manage the complex logistics of SMIF material handling and sorting," said Project Leader Gerhard Richter. "Another important factor in the AMS decision was the overall strength and quality of Brooks Automation's solutions and services. Brooks has engineering and support centers in Europe and around the world. The Brooks team is committed to ensuring that the AMS fab implements and gains the full benefits of Brooks products as quickly as possible." "We are committed to providing to Austria Mikro Systeme International a proven, fully-integrated automation system for advanced wafer fabrication," said Robert J. Therrien, president and chief executive officer of Brooks Automation, Inc. "Our relationship with AMS has significant strategic value as Austria Mikro Systeme International is a leading supplier of products for communications, automotive and industrial applications. As such, they are well positioned to weather the cyclical changes in the semiconductor industry. We look forward to continuing our relationship with Austria Mikro Systeme International, as they ramp up Ramp Up To increase a company's operations in anticipation of increased demand. Notes: A company might 'ramp up' operations if they just signed a contract creating substantially more demand for their product. See also: Demand, Economies of Scale and move to full production." Brooks Automation, Inc. Brooks Automation, Inc. is the leading global supplier of 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 tool automation and factory management software for the 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 and fab customers leverage Brooks Automation's products and 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, Mass. and has direct operations in the United States, Canada, Europe, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Singapore and Taiwan. Brooks' web-site is www.brooks.com. Austria Mikro Systeme International For nearly 20 years Austria Mikro Systeme International has specialized in developing and producing application-specific integrated circuits - ASICs - and application-specific standard products - ASSPs. Austria Mikro Systeme International offers a broad range of customer solutions for the automotive, communication and industrial markets. The company, whose headquarters are located in Unterpremstaetten near Graz, Austria, is one of Europe's market leaders in mixed analog/digital ASICs. Austria Mikro Systeme International offers a flexible interface according to the customer's requirements and provides all elements of the value chain as 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 IC- and system solutions: research and development, design, process development, mask lithography, wafer production, assembly and testing. The company provides a wide range of semiconductor processes tailored to the customer's needs, such as HV-CMOS, BiCMOS, SiGe and CMOS (Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor) Pronounced "c-moss." The most widely used integrated circuit design. It is found in almost every electronic product from handheld devices to mainframes. in structural widths down to 0.35 um. Austria Mikro Systeme International maintains design centers in Unterpremstaetten, Dresden, Stuttgart, Rapperswil and Pisa and sales offices in Paris, Milan, Stockholm, London, Munich, Hamburg, San Jose, California San Jose (IPA: /ˌsænhoʊˈzeɪ/) is the third-largest city in California, and the tenth-largest in the United States. It is the county seat of Santa Clara County. and Yokohama, Japan. Austria Mikro Systeme International's web site is www.amsint.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. " Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation and awards fees and of 1995: The foregoing discussion contains forward-looking statements relating to the expected benefits of the Brooks Automation products sold to Austria Mikro Systeme International. 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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