The year to year growth, Multi-million dollar order for China 200mm and continued interest in 300mm.
Stan
From the report,
All of our business divisions will grow on a fiscal year over year basis
"Our optimistic outlook is tempered in the short run by the impact of the slowdown in 200mm semiconductor capital equipment spending on Brooks Automation.
Q3 FY01 Major Accomplishments
-- Quarterly revenues of $93.8M, up 7% over Q3 FY00;
-- EPS before amortization of acquired intangible assets and
acquisition-related charges of $0.22;
-- Completed key acquisitions: SimCon, a distributor of Brooks
Software in Europe; CCS Technology, a leading provider of
300mm testing software and e-Diagnostics, a bold initiative in
remote diagnostics;
-- Achieved product delivery milestones: 10,000th robotic module;
3000th 300mm load port module; 1000th cluster tool platform;
100th fab express;
-- Key appointments: Jeff Cassis, SVP of the Factory Automation
Software Division; Santo Dinaro, SVP of Global Operations;
-- Joe Martin, Executive Vice President and CFO of Fairchild
Semiconductor, was appointed to Brooks Board of Directors;
-- Completed private placement of $175M in convertible
subordinated notes;
-- 300mm products represented 38% of Q3 sales, 37% of Q3 orders;
-- New product rollout continues with APCadapter(TM),
FABready(TM) suite, MapTrack Express(TM), InLine Express(TM),
300works(TM), Reliance 4-Axis and Reliance 5-Axis atmospheric
robots;
-- Second office in Japan opened in Nagoya;
-- Multi-million dollar order for integrated fab software
received from SMIC Corporation, intended for a 200mm fab in
China. |
