Corporate Profile for Asyst Technologies Inc., dated Sept. 27, 1996.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The following Corporate Profile is available for inclusion in your files. News releases for this client are distributed by Business Wire and also become part of the leading databases and information services See Information Systems. . These include Dow Jones Dow Jones the best known of several U.S. indexes of movements in price on Wall Street. [Am. Hist.: Payton, 202] See : Finance News/Retrieval, Bloomberg Financial Markets, Reuter Company Newsyear, Reuter Business Briefing, DataTimes, Nexis, Dialog, NewsNet, America OnLine See AOL. , CompuServe, Delphi, Individual's HeadsUp and First!, Desktop Data's NewsEdge, UMI UMI University Microfilms International UMI United States Minor Outlying Islands (ISO Country code) UMI University of Miami UMI Universal Management Infrastructure (IBM) Data Courier, NewsBank, Information Access Company, Prodigy, Comtex, and many others. -0- Published Date: Sept. 27, 1996 Company Name: Asyst Technologies Inc.
Address: 48761 Kato Road
Fremont, CA 94538
Main Telephone Number: 510/661-5000 Chief Executive Officer: Mihir Parikh Investor Relations Contact: Doug McCutcheon Business number: 510/661-5003 Home number: 408/737-9909 Public Relations Contact: Jean Lemoin/MCA Business number: 415/968-8900 Home number: 408/739-2930 Trading Symbol: ASYT Industry: Semiconductor Equipment -0- Company description: Asyst is a leading supplier of integrated manufacturing systems to the worldwide semiconductor and related industries. Asyst's products include Standard Mechanical InterFace (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 ) minienvironments, SMART-Traveler System (STS (Synchronous Transport Signal) The electrical equivalent of the SONET optical signal. In SDH, the European counterpart of SONET, STS is known as STM (Synchronous Transport Module). ), material tracking and validation systems, factory-wide logistics control software, and inter-bay/intrabay automation systems. The company's Asyst-SMIF System combines state-of-the-art minienvironments with advanced robotics to create ultraclean processing environments that are both comprehensive and flexible. The Asyst-STS works in tandem Adv. 1. in tandem - one behind the other; "ride tandem on a bicycle built for two"; "riding horses down the path in tandem" tandem with SMIF to eliminate misprocessing. The company's solutions help device makers minimize their capital and operating expenses Operating expenses The amount paid for asset maintenance or the cost of doing business, excluding depreciation. Earnings are distributed after operating expenses are deducted. , improve their time-to-market capability, and maximize their profitability by increasing production yields. Asyst and its subsidiaries, Asyst Automation Inc. and Asyst Software Inc., participate in the estimated $300+ million (1994) "semiconductor manufacturing systems" market, which includes minienvironments, automation products and factory logistics management systems. Asyst commands a 90 percent share of its primary technology market: SMIF-based minienvironments. Currently 37 wafer fabrication facilities worldwide use the Asyst-SMIF System with another seven under development. Additionally, the Asyst System interfaces with over 500 different semiconductor tool models. The company holds over 19 product patents. Founded in 1984, Asyst Technologies Inc. is headquartered in Fremont, with facilities in Europe and the Far East. Asyst Automation Inc. is located outside Boston. Asyst Software Inc. is located in San Jose. The company's common stock trades on the NASDAQ Stock Market Nasdaq stock market The first electronic stock market listing over 5000 companies. The Nasdaq stock market comprises two separate markets, namely the Nasdaq National Market, which trades large, active securities and the Nasdaq Smallcap Market that trades emerging growth companies. under the symbol ASYT. CONTACT: Asyst Technologies Inc. |
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