ASM Receives Order for Multiple Systems from Inotera Memories, Taiwan5 July 2006
BILTHOVEN, The Netherlands, July 5, 2006 - ASM International N.V.(Nasdaq: ASMI and Euronext Stock Exchange in Amsterdam: ASM) todayannounced that its subsidiary ASM Europe B.V. has received an orderfor multiple 300 mm A412™ vertical furnaces from Taiwan-basedInotera Memories, Inc. Most of the equipment will be delivered toInotera in Q3 and Q4 this year.
ASM, a supplier to the world's largest chip manufacturers since 1968,is a leading vendor of 300 mm vertical furnaces for processes such asoxidation, diffusion, Low Pressure Chemical Vapor Deposition (LPCVD)and, more recently, Atomic Layer and Atomic Layer CVD Deposition (ALDand ALCVD). The A412 vertical furnace is the latest member of theAdvance® 400 Series, which has a total installed base of over 1200reactors. The A412 vertical furnace offers its users uniqueadvantages such as:
- two reactors per system combined with dual boat operation to obtainhigh throughput with a small footprint, and- the capability of processing both 200 mm and 300 mm wafers at thesame time.
Inotera selected ASM's A412 for its high throughput and low cost ofownership, next to its advanced process capabilities, which areparticularly important in the memory manufacturing.
"We are grateful for Inotera's confidence in ASM," said TanjaClaasen-Vujcic, ASM's Vertical Furnace Product Manager, "and we arelooking forward to our future co-operation. In the last few years ASMhas invested heavily in the Taiwan region to strengthen our sales,and especially our service organization. As part of these efforts wehave recently opened a customer training centre in the region, andwe're pleased to see these investments being recognized with theorder from Inotera."
About ASM International
ASM International N.V. and its subsidiaries design and manufactureequipment and materials used to produce semiconductor devices. Thecompany provides production solutions for wafer processing (Front-endsegment) as well as assembly and packaging (Back-end segment) throughfacilities in the United States, Europe, Japan and Asia. ASMInternational's common stock trades on NASDAQ (symbol ASMI) and theEuronext Amsterdam Stock Exchange (symbol ASM). For more information,visit ASMI's web site at www.asm.com
About Inotera
Inotera Memories, Inc. was incorporated on January 23rd, 2003.Inotera was founded as a joint venture by Qimonda AG (formerly thememory products division of Infineon Technologies AG) and NanyaTechnology Corporation. Inotera's production facility has beendesigned to manufacture high-density and high-performance commodityDRAM (Dynamic Random Access Memory) products using state of the arttrench technology. The collaboration of Qimonda's world leadingtechnology and Nanya's cost efficiency in mass production havedeveloped an innovative facility which are highly productive, highlycompetitive and leading edge in the DRAM industry. For moreinformation please visit http://www.inotera.com
Safe Harbor Statement under the U.S. Private Securities LitigationReform Act of 1995: All matters discussed in this statement, exceptfor any historical data, are forward-looking statements.Forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that couldcause actual results to differ materially from those in theforward-looking statements. These include, but are not limited to,economic conditions and trends in the semiconductor industrygenerally and the timing of the industry cycles specifically,currency fluctuations, the timing of significant orders, marketacceptance of new products, competitive factors, litigation involvingintellectual property, shareholder and other issues, commercial andeconomic disruption due to natural disasters, terrorist activity,armed conflict or political instability, epidemics and other risksindicated in the Company's filings from time to time with the U.S.Securities and Exchange Commission, including, but not limited to,the Company's reports on Form 20-F and Form 6-K. The Company assumesno obligation nor intends to update or revise any forward-lookingstatements to reflect future developments or circumstances.
Contacts: Willem Vermeulen - Director Central Marketing: +31 30 229 8411 Mary Jo Dieckhaus - US Investor Relations; +1 212 986 29 00
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