Electroglas Inc. and Siemens AG announce installation of testing area network.SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 21, 1994--Electroglas 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 :EGLS EGLS Eastside German Language School (Issaquah, WA) ) and Siemens AG announced Monday the successful installation of an advanced factory automation network (AFAN AFAN Association for Astrological Networking (Beverly Hills, CA) AFAN Angel Flight America Network AFAN Airman, Aircraft Maintenanceman Striker (Naval rating) AFAN Ammonium Fluoride/Ammonium Nitrate ) at the Siemens Semiconductor facility in Villach, Austria. The Siemens part of the project was funded in part by the Joint European Submicron Silicon Initiative (JESSI JESSI Joint European Submicron Silicon Initiative JESSI Joint European Semiconductor Consortium JESSI Joint European Submicron Silicon Institute ). Based on Electroglas' Station Controller (ESC) technology, the new system links all testers and probers into a global factory network. The Station Controller allows users to send and receive wafer maps and set up files electronically. ESCs also communicate directly with Siemens production WIP Track Systems for process control and monitoring. Data collected in Villach is shared throughout Siemens worldwide through a global database and communication network in support of other automation programs. "The goal of the cooperation between Siemens Villach and Electroglas was to fully automate the wafer test area with improved efficiency and data collection on the test floor," said Electroglas Director of Sales Conor O'Mahony. "With the successful installation of the AFAN, we have automated the data collection process to enable test floor production personnel to concentrate on even greater productivity improvements." "By linking Electroglas' ESC and Siemens' process software, the productivity has been strongly pushed ahead with respect to increasing capacity, reducing personnel expenditure, controlling output target and yield data, avoiding human errors, and improving quality through total quality management (TQM (Total Quality Management) An organizational undertaking to improve the quality of manufacturing and service. It focuses on obtaining continuous feedback for making improvements and refining existing processes over the long term. See ISO 9000. )," stated Siemens/Villach Plant Manager Dr. Albrecht Renz. About Siemens/Villach: Siemens AG's semiconductor plant in Villach is a high-volume and high-product-mix front-end production facility, contributing a third of total sales of the worldwide Siemens semiconductor group. The plant produces about 600 different products in 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. , NMOS (N-Channel MOS) Pronounced "n-moss." A type of microelectronic circuit used for logic and memory chips. NMOS transistors are faster than their PMOS counterpart and more of them can be put on a single chip. It is also used in CMOS design. See MOSFET. , SiPMOS, Bipolar and BiCMOS technologies. About Electroglas: Electroglas Inc. is a world leader in the development and manufacture of fully automatic wafer probing systems. Headquartered in Santa Clara, with field support and sales offices located worldwide, Electroglas specializes in the development, manufacture and distribution of state-of-the-art wafer probing solutions for the world's leading semiconductor manufacturers. Founded in 1960, Electroglas is listed 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 trading symbol "EGLS." CONTACT: Electroglas Inc., Santa Clara
Yolanda Ruiz, 408/727-6500
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Lisa Gillette, 415/968-8900
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