Trikon Announces the Election of Robert R. Anderson to Board of Directors
NEWPORT, Wales, U.K.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 13, 2000--Trikon Technologies, Inc. (OTC-BB: TRKN) a technology leader in semiconductor processing equipment today announced the election of Mr. Robert R. Anderson to its board of directors.
Mr. Anderson was a co-founder of KLA Instruments, serving, until retirement in 1994, in various capacities including chief operating officer, chief financial officer, vice chairman and chairman. He presently serves as a director of several public and private companies including Applied Science & Technology Inc., and Metron Technology N.V. From 1992 to 1996, Mr. Anderson was a member of the Nasdaq corporate advisory board. Currently, he also serves on the board of trustees of Bentley College.
"I am very pleased to be joining Trikon Technologies Inc. at this time," said Mr. Anderson. "Management have done an excellent job of positioning Trikon at the leading edge of high speed silicon interconnect development and as a supplier of choice to many broadband and wireless device makers. I look forward to being part of Trikon's continuing success."
"Bob Anderson brings a wealth of experience to the board" said Nigel Wheeler, president and chief executive officer. "In addition to his management of KLA, Mr. Anderson has been very active in the business community since retirement. We welcome him to our board and look forward to his valuable contributions."
Trikon's new technology products include:
Planar fxP(TM) Low K Flowfill(TM). An advanced low-k dielectric deposition system capable of both gap fill and planarization enabling the low-k advantage of increased device speed to be brought to existing aluminum metalization devices as well as copper.
Sigma(R) fxP(TM) PVD. A metalization system offering high throughput and reliability with advanced process modules for high uniformity PVD, metal plug (Forcefill(R)) and advanced barrier deposition processes including ionized PVD.
M0RI(TM) Omega(R). An advanced high density plasma etch chamber on a small footprint platform. The Omega(R) etcher can be configured with two chambers offering plasma etching and dedicated post etch processing or dual chambers for higher throughput.
About Trikon Technologies
Trikon, www.trikon.com offers a broad range of semiconductor processing equipment for silicon and compound device production. Trikon has patents and patents pending on processes and equipment including Flowfill(R) and Low K Flowfill(TM) and continues to develop low-k chemistries and processes for advanced applications. Trikon's systems are used for three of the major processing steps in the manufacture of a semiconductor device: plasma etching and dielectric and metal vapor deposition.
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