Electroglas Expands Presence in Japan With Exclusive Distribution Agreement.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SAN JOSE San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. , CALIF.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 20, 2002 Hakuto Co., Ltd., to Become Exclusive Japanese Japanese (jăp'ənēz`), language of uncertain origin that is spoken by more than 125 million people, most of whom live in Japan. There are also many speakers of Japanese in the Ryukyu Islands, Korea, Taiwan, parts of the United States, and Distributor of Electroglas' Entire Line of Hardware Products Electroglas, Inc. (Nasdaq:EGLS EGLS Eastside German Language School (Issaquah, WA) ), a leading supplier of process management tools for the semiconductor industry, today announced that it has signed an exclusive distribution agreement with Hakuto Co., Ltd., a leading distributor of electronic equipment and industrial chemicals in Japan. Based on the terms of the agreement, Hakuto will distribute Electroglas' entire line of hardware products, including wafer probers The introduction to this article provides insufficient context for those unfamiliar with the subject matter. Please help [ improve the introduction] to meet Wikipedia's layout standards. You can discuss the issue on the talk page. , inspection systems and test-handling systems for the Japanese market. The agreement enables Electroglas to expand its presence in the Japanese market by extending a previous arrangement by which Hakuto was distributing Electroglas' inspection systems to customers in Japan. "Improving our ability to serve customers throughout the Asia-Pacific The term Asia-Pacific generally applies to littoral East Asia, Southeast Asia and Australasia near the Pacific Ocean, plus the states in the ocean itself (Oceania). region is a priority, and this agreement brings us another step closer to that goal by providing Japanese customers direct access to our hardware," said Conor Conor is an Irish male first name that may have been derived either from the Irish name Conchubhair. The name "Conchobhar" literally translates as "Consciousness like a Barr (top of a hill or a hill fort) (in modern spelling Conchúr or Cnochúr O'Mahony O'Mahony is a surname, and may refer to:
This page or section lists people with the surname O'Mahony. , vice president of global customer operations at Electroglas. "As a leading distributor of electronics for nearly 50 years, Hakuto has built up a legacy of trust and quality with the Japanese market, and we are proud to be partnering with them in offering our products in Japan." In addition to the hardware distribution agreement, Hakuto will sell Applied Precision, LLC's waferWoRx(R) Probing Process Analysis System tool in Japan. That arrangement is an extension of a partnership that Electroglas and Applied Precision announced earlier this year. "Providing the best possible service and support while meeting our customers' technology needs have always been our guiding principles," said Ken Uchida, executive vice president of Hakuto's Equipment Business Division. "Partnering with Electroglas aligns us with a world-class world-class adj. 1. Ranking among the foremost in the world; of an international standard of excellence; of the highest order: a world-class figure skater. 2. supplier whose offerings will greatly benefit our customers." About Electroglas, Inc. Electroglas delivers essential tools for process management to enhance the profitability of semiconductor manufacturers. The company's wafer probers, inspection systems and software solutions serve as data collection, management and analysis tools that semiconductor manufacturers depend upon to improve their productivity and process control by optimizing sort-floor efficiency. Electroglas has been a leading supplier of wafer probers for over 40 years and has an installed base of more than 15,000 systems. The company's stock trades on the Nasdaq National Market under the symbol "EGLS". The company's Web site is located at www.electroglas.com. |
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