Bruce Technologies wins $2.5 million order from Unitrode Corporation; Unitrode purchases Bruce furnaces and APEX software for Merrimack, NH fab.NORTH BILLERICA, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 24, 1996-- Bruce Technologies International, a leading supplier of advanced horizontal and vertical furnaces and process control software to semiconductor manufacturers, today announced that Unitrode Corporation (NYSE-UTR) has purchased several BDF-41 horizontal furnaces and APEX software for its 150mm fab currently under construction in Merrimack, New Hampshire Merrimack is a town in Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, United States. As of the 2000 census, the town population was 25,119 (including the East Merrimack Census-Designated Place [1]), making it the eighth largest municipality in New Hampshire. . Bruce's furnaces and software will be used for wafer processing of both atmospheric and LPCVD LPCVD Low Pressure Chemical Vapor Deposition films and are scheduled for delivery in early 1997. "We are very pleased with this repeat order from Unitrode and look forward to working closely with them as they expand their fab in New Hampshire New Hampshire, one of the New England states of the NE United States. It is bordered by Massachusetts (S), Vermont, with the Connecticut R. forming the boundary (W), the Canadian province of Quebec (NW), and Maine and a short strip of the Atlantic Ocean (E). ," says Bob McAuliffe, President and Chief Operating Officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. of Bruce. "Repeat orders continue to be strong for Bruce and we are proud of the fact that we have long-standing relationships with the top manufacturers in the industry." Unitrode designs and manufactures analog/linear and mixed-signal integrated circuits, principally to perform power management, motion control, and interface functions. Its products are sold throughout the world for a variety of computer/telecommunications, data processing data processing or information processing, operations (e.g., handling, merging, sorting, and computing) performed upon data in accordance with strictly defined procedures, such as recording and summarizing the financial transactions of a , defense/aerospace, and industrial applications. Bruce Technologies International is a leading supplier of furnace technology and process control software to semiconductor manufacturers. The Company manufactures state-of-the-art horizontal and vertical diffusion/LPCVD furnaces which layer films for circuitry onto the surface of a silicon wafer during chip making, and also offers the most advanced process control software available. Founded in 1992, Bruce Technologies is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Kokusai Electric Ltd. of Japan. An engineering-driven company known for its technological achievements, Bruce pioneered the first integrated software Separate software components or applications that have been combined into one package. See integrated software package. systems for chip furnaces and was the first furnace maker to utilize CAD software in designing its equipment. -0- APEX, BDF-41 and Bruce Technologies are trademarks of Bruce Technologies International, Inc. CONTACT: Tim McCarthy Timothy J. McCarthy (born c. 1949) is the police chief of Orland Park, Illinois but is most famous for leaping in front of US President Ronald Reagan to stop one of John Hinckley, Jr.'s .22 caliber bullets on March 30, 1981 (see Reagan assassination attempt for details). Bruce Technologies International 508/670-5501 or Kerry Bard, ext. 241 Sean Kegelman, ext. 240 Schwartz Communications, Inc. 617/431-0770 |
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