DALSA Receives Custom Development Contracts For Wafer Inspection and Flat Panel Display.WATERLOO, Ontario Coordinates: Waterloo is a city in Ontario, Canada. It is the smallest of the three cities in the Regional Municipality of Waterloo, and is adjacent to the larger city of Kitchener. -- Two contracts totalling $1.3 million to be completed over next 6 months with significant follow-on potential DALSA Corporation (TSX TSX Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE before April, 2002) TSX Transfer from Stack Pointer to Index TSX True Space Extension :DSA (1) (Directory Server Agent) An X.500 program that looks up the address of a recipient in a Directory Information Base (DIB), also known as white pages. It accepts requests from the Directory User Agent (DUA) counterpart in the workstation. ) announced today that its Application Specific Contract (ASC ASC Ambulatory surgery center, see there ) group has received contracts worth $1.3 million to design and supply sophisticated image sensors and electronic cameras to two major customers in the semiconductor wafer inspection 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 industries. Both contracts will be completed over the next 6 months with the potential for significant follow-on volume production. For the first customer, DALSA will develop custom image sensors and cameras that will be used to inspect semiconductor wafers at extremely high speeds. The cameras will be the "electronic eyes" in the customer's next generation of inspection systems, enabling semiconductor wafer manufacturers to maintain better quality control, improve yield and lower costs. The second customer is a leading supplier to the flat panel display industry. The high performance DALSA cameras and components will inspect materials used in the manufacture of flat panel displays. "I am very pleased to once again provide our valued customers with custom imaging solutions," commented Brian Doody, President of DALSA Corporation's Digital Imaging Business. "These and other recent ASC contracts not only demonstrate the continued robustness in our imaging business but also the value our key customers place on DALSA's unique ability to combine one-of-a-kind custom imaging solutions with follow-on production capabilities." About DALSA Corporation DALSA is an international high performance semiconductor and electronics company that designs, develops, manufactures, and markets digital imaging products and solutions, in addition to providing wafer foundry services. DALSA's core competencies are in specialized integrated circuit and electronics technology, and highly engineered semiconductor wafer processing. Products include image sensor components; electronic digital cameras; and semiconductor wafer foundry services for use in MEMS (MicroElectroMechanical Systems) Tiny mechanical devices that are built onto semiconductor chips and are measured in micrometers. In the research labs since the 1980s, MEMS devices began to materialize as commercial products in the mid-1990s. , high voltage semiconductors, image sensors and mixed-signal 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. chips. DALSA is a public company listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE) Canada's largest stock exchange, trading approximately 1,200 company stocks and 33 options. under the symbol "DSA". Based in Waterloo, ON. Canada, the company has operations in Bromont, PQ; Colorado Springs, CO; Eindhoven, NL; Munich, Germany and Tokyo, Japan. This press release contains forward looking statements based on assumptions, uncertainties and management's best estimates of future events. Actual results may differ materially from those currently anticipated. Investors are cautioned that such forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward looking statements are detailed from time to time in DALSA's periodic reports filed with the Ontario Securities Commission The Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) is a regulatory agency which administers and enforces securities legislation in the Canadian province of Ontario. The OSC is an Ontario Crown corporation which reports to the Ontario legislature through the Minister of Finance. and other regulatory authorities. DALSA has no intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. |
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