Unit Instruments expands Austin MFC service center.AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 12, 1996--Unit Instruments, consolidating its support for the growing Austin semiconductor community has enlarged its mass flow controller A mass flow controller (MFC) is a device used to measure and control the flow of gases. A mass flow controller is designed and calibrated to control a specific type of gas at a particular range of flow rates. service center in Austin. To better serve major OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and and end-user customers, the company has increased its staff, brought in a new applications engineer and moved its regional sales office from Florida to Austin. The grand opening for the new facility, at 2324 Ridgepoint Drive, Suite F1, Austin, is scheduled for Thursday, Feb. 22, from 5 to 8:30 p.m. This catered event will include hors d'oeuvres, tours of the facilities and the exhibition of new equipment. The Austin Chamber of Commerce will hold a ribbon-cutting ceremony at noon the next day, Feb. 23. Unit, the world's foremost manufacturer of MFCs, has more than doubled the size of its service center cleanroom, from 460 to 1200 square feet, increased its hours of operation from one shift per day to two shifts and added 24-hour on-call emergency service. "We needed to provide a major service center for the growing semiconductor industry in Austin," said John Leggat, Unit's vice president of sales and marketing. "We are doing this around the world. Wherever the semiconductor industry is growing, we are adding or expanding our local centers to match our customer's requirements for 'round-the-clock' service." The new Austin service center covers a total of 6500 square feet and includes an analytical laboratory and a raised-floor "ballroom" style Class 100 cleanroom, which features new state-of-the-art leak detection equipment and vacuum exhaust system Noun 1. exhaust system - system consisting of the parts of an engine through which burned gases or steam are discharged exhaust automobile engine - the engine that propels an automobile . All plumbing in the cleanroom is ultraclean and orbitally welded. New personnel at the center include Keith Peterson Alan Keith Peterson was born 2 February 1956 in Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada and lives in Cambridge Bay, Nunavut. Peterson is currently the Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for the electoral district of Cambridge Bay having won the seat in the 2004 Nunavut election. , regional sales manager, who transferred from Florida; Robert A. Miller Robert A. Miller is a former chief justice of the South Dakota Supreme Court. Miller attended the University of South Dakota, earning both his Bachelor of Science and his Juris Doctor there. , service center manager, who was with IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) for 23 years and recently joined Unit Instruments form SubMicron Systems, a manufacturer of semiconductor wet process equipment; Don Rabenaldt, account manager to serve Applied Materials; Ron Dare, applications engineer, who transferred from San Jose to help provide 24-hour customer support; and Gina Watson, recently promoted to operations manager. Unit Instruments, with headquarters in Yorba Linda, Calif., is the world's leading manufacturer of mass flow controllers and other gas process equipment, including the recently released SmartCable(tm) mass flow signal translator, which adds digital capabilities to existing analog MFCs, and the Model 1660, which uses a new patented Z-seal design to offer six times the reliability of elastomer elastomer (ĭlăs`təmər), substance having to some extent the elastic properties of natural rubber. The term is sometimes used technically to distinguish synthetic rubbers and rubberlike plastics from natural rubber. sealed MFCs. Founded in 1980, Unit Instruments also manufacturers computerized calibration systems, digital power supplies, mass flow meters, pressure controllers and programmable ratio controllers. In 1995, Unit won the "Supplier of the Year" award from Lam Research Corp. a leading supplier of wafer processing equipment for the worldwide semiconductor industry. Unit is publicly held and 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 symbol UNII UNII Unlicensed National Information Infrastructure UNII Undistributed Net Investment Income (closed-end mutual funds) . Units's Internet address is http://www.unit.com, for on-line product information and application support. CONTACT: Unit Instruments Larry Gaines, 714/921-2640 or The Schraff Group Roger Angle, 714/556-6800 |
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