The following press release came out yesterday. The Matheson & ATMI marketeers should also try to sell SDS to the Tylan General / Span Instruments division of Milipore for incorporation into their MFCs and intelligent gas panels, which have a bigger market share than Unit, if they haven't already.
Christina Young
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Unit Instruments Releases SDS Safe Delivery Source MFCs For Ion
Implantation Under Trademark License Agreement
YORBA LINDA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 28, 1997--Unit Instruments Inc. (Nasdaq:UNII) Wednesday
announced it has signed a trademark license agreement with Matheson Gas Products Inc. and Advanced Technology Materials
Inc. that authorizes Unit to utilize the SDS Safe Delivery Source trademark for two new models of mass flow controllers
(MFCs) specially designed for use with SDS.
These two new MFCs, Models 1662 and 8162, are designed to maximize the performance of SDS for ion implant processes.
The SDS process utilizes a solid adsorbent medium to achieve low pressure packaging of toxic process gases for ion implant.
The SDS cylinders deliver more than 5 times the gas of conventional gas sources, which increases tool uptime. This important
new technology also makes delivery of these highly toxic gases safer and significantly lowers the operating expenses for ion
implant processes. Units' Models 1662 and 8162 are the only MFCs that have demonstrated consistent performance at the
very low atmospheric pressure required by the SDS process.
Michael J. Doyle, president and chief executive officer of Unit Instruments, said: ``The market for SDS is expected to grow
dramatically over the next several years. Our specially designed MFCs allow recovery of up to 20 percent more process gas
per SDS cylinder than other competitive MFCs, which lowers the operating costs for the semiconductor manufacturer.''
This news release contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to
differ materially from those projected. Such risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, the successful development
and industry acceptance of Models 1662 and 8162, performance of the company's products, new technology developments
and competitive conditions within the company's markets, including product pricing pressures and new product introductions by
other MFC manufacturers.
Certain of these and other risks are detailed from time to time in Unit Instruments' filings with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, including the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended May 31, 1996, and its Quarterly Report on
Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 1, 1997.
Unit Instruments is a leading manufacturer of mass flow controllers, ultra high purity gas isolation boxes and ultraclean gas
panels that are critical to the semiconductor manufacturing process. The company maintains support and service centers
throughout North America, Europe and the Pacific Rim. Unit Instruments is traded on the Nasdaq National Market under the
symbol UNII. Unit's Web site is unit.com . |
