Fusion Systems Corp. officially opens Fusion Pacific and announces Samsung orders.ROCKVILLE, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 19, 1995--Fusion Systems Corp. (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 :FUSN) announced that it officially opened its Fusion Pacific, Ltd. subsidiary with a ceremony and reception today at the Hotel Intercontinental in Seoul, Korea. Officials of the Korean semiconductor industry were in attendance together with senior officers of Fusion Semiconductor Systems. Fusion Pacific, located in Seoul, was created to support Fusion's current customers and to expand the operations of its growing semiconductor equipment business throughout the Pacific Rim Pacific Rim, term used to describe the nations bordering the Pacific Ocean and the island countries situated in it. In the post–World War II era, the Pacific Rim has become an increasingly important and interconnected economic region. and Southeast Asia Southeast Asia, region of Asia (1990 est. pop. 442,500,000), c.1,740,000 sq mi (4,506,600 sq km), bounded roughly by the Indian subcontinent on the west, China on the north, and the Pacific Ocean on the east. . The subsidiary has an experienced nine-person sales and service staff, headed by Kevin Kinam Choi. Fusion Semiconductor Systems today also announced that it had received major orders for single-wafer ashers and photostabilizers for Samsung's Line 6 and Line 7 fabs in Keihung, Korea. Several of these orders have been filled; the balance of the systems will be shipped by early 1996. Shipments to Line 6 have totalled over $5.2 million, while orders for Phase I and Phase II of Line 7 have totalled over $5.3 million. Together they mark the increasing acceptance of Fusion's products among key semiconductor chip manufacturers worldwide. Samsung selected Fusion Semiconductor's equipment after comparing the performance of Fusion's ashers to those of other leading suppliers. Fusion is able to "mix and match" processes in a fab using its ozone and microwave plasma Microwaves, being high frequency electromagnetic radiation in the GHz range, are capable of exciting electrode-less gas discharges. Microwave-excited plasmas have two appealing properties: If applied in surface-wave-sustained mode, they are especially well suited to generate downstream ashers and photostabilizers to provide its customers more cost-effective operation with Fusion's production-proven wafer handling platform. Fusion Systems Corporation is the leading worldwide supplier of ultraviolet curing systems and a leading supplier of photostabilizers and single-wafer ashers. The Company's UV curing systems are used in manufacturing, printing and coating applications in a broad cross-section of industries. The Company's operating subsidiary An operating subsidiary is a business term frequently used within the United States railroad industry. In the case of a railroad, it refers to a company that is a subsidiary but operates with its own identity and rolling stock. , Fusion Semiconductor Systems, produces photostabilizers and single-wafer ashers used in the fabrication fabrication (fab´rikā´sh  n),n the construction or making of a restoration. of semiconductor devices. The Company is headquartered in Rockville and has offices throughout the United States, Europe, Japan and Korea. CONTACT: Fusion Systems Corp., Rockville Kirk Winkler Winkler may refer to:
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