Cymer Opens Customer Training Center in Korea
PR Newswire - August 31, 1998 11:15
First DUV Excimer Laser Company to Establish Dedicated Training Facility in Region
SAN DIEGO, Aug. 31 /PRNewswire/ -- Cymer, Inc. (Nasdaq: CYMI), the world's leading supplier of excimer laser illumination
sources essential for deep ultraviolet (DUV) photolithography, today announced the opening of a customer training center within
its sales and support office in Seongnam, Korea. The office will provide local training for the company's customer base in this key
region, which is one of the largest users of DUV steppers and scanners.
Reflecting Cymer's continuous commitment to support its growing installed base of DUV lasers, this new center will provide
comprehensive excimer laser training in the Korean language to both chipmakers and DUV equipment manufacturers. Opened in
late June of this year, the training facility offers courses through a seasoned field-experienced instructor, spanning such topics as
laser theory and system operation, basic maintenance and advanced troubleshooting. Additionally, the center will house a fully
operational ELS-5000 excimer laser for hands-on instruction, and will accommodate Cymer's recently introduced ELS-5010 and
its next-generation laser, the Orion 6000, slated for shipment this quarter.
"With the establishment of this center, our customers can learn how to optimize the performance and process capability of both
our excimer lasers and their DUV photolithography systems to produce faster, smaller, higher performance chips," said Pascal
Didier, Cymer's senior vice president of worldwide customer operations. "In addition, the center offers significant cost savings for
Korean customers, since process engineers can obtain comprehensive training on our lasers without leaving the country."
As the fastest growing sector of the lithography market, DUV is still a relatively new technology in the marketplace -- representing
only a modest portion of the total stepper and scanner market. However, as chipmakers continue to transition to 0.25 micron and
below line widths, analysts predict an increasing percentage gain of DUV lithography utilization.
Didier concluded that the opening of the training center in Korea is the latest milestone in Cymer's global expansion effort. "Our
Korean training center takes our efforts one step further by allowing us to quickly respond to customers' training needs in this key
area, which constitutes 15 percent of our total installed base. In addition to demonstrating our commitment to Korea, this latest
investment will allow us to establish stronger partnerships with our customers to further entrench our position as the excimer laser
market leader and increase our value as the preferred supplier."
Strategically situated close to several leading Korean fabs, the training center is located at:
Cymer Korea, Inc.
Daewoo Engineering Building, Third Floor
9-3 Soonae-Dong, Pundang-Ku
Seongnam, Kyunggi-Do
Korea
Phone: 82-342-738-1500
Fax: 82-342-738-1510
Cymer, Inc. is the world's leading supplier of excimer laser illumination sources, the essential light source for deep ultraviolet
(DUV) photolithography systems. DUV lithography is a key enabling technology, which has allowed the semiconductor industry to
meet the exact specifications and manufacturing requirements for volume production of today's advanced semiconductor chips.
Further information on Cymer may be obtained from the Company's SEC filings, the Internet at cymer.com or by
contacting the Company directly.
SOURCE Cymer, Inc.
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Cymer, Inc.; or Agency: Terry Anderson, Account Manager of MCA, Inc.,
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