Brooks' CLASS MCS 5 Material Control System Demonstrates Interoperability With Independent Automated Material Handling System Equipment at a 300mm Samsung Facility in South Korea
CHELMSFORD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 10, 2002--Brooks Automation, Inc. (NASDAQ: BRKS - news), a leading supplier of tool and factory hardware and software automation solutions for the global semiconductor and related industries, offers manufacturers the flexibility to inter-operate with multiple-vendor automated material handling system (AMHS) hardware using the CLASS MCS(TM) 5 material control system. CLASS MCS 5, recently installed at a 300mm facility of Samsung Electronics in South Korea, is providing interoperability of independent AMHS equipment. This ensures that Samsung -- and other semiconductor manufacturers that use CLASS MCS 5 -- will be able to select the best vendors for different components of material handling without being concerned about whether the vendor's equipment is compatible with their MCS.
``As manufacturing environments become more complex and automation requirements grow, our customers are combining AMHS equipment from multiple vendors within the same facility. This allows manufacturing facilities more flexibility in designing and operating automated material movement systems in the clean room environment. An MCS that is compatible with and able to control equipment from multiple AMSH vendors within the same facility supports this trend,'' said Mike Thompson, vice president and general manager of Brooks Planning and Logistics Solutions.
CLASS MCS 5, installed in semiconductor facilities worldwide, meets industry challenges with capabilities that include interbay and intrabay movement, dynamic configuration, and an easy and intuitive administrator interface. CLASS MCS 5 has one of the most highly available systems in the industry and provides support for all major AMHS equipment. It employs SEMI standards for AMHS equipment automation (IB SEM, E-82 and Stocker SEM, E-88).
CLASS MCS 5 manages the scheduling, transportation, and storage of carriers in a manufacturing environment. It controls the AMHS equipment through the management of stockers, transport equipment, automatic identification systems and by tracking the movement of material in the facility.
With approximately 125 automated facilities in operation, Brooks Automation is recognized as a world leader in MCS solutions.
Brooks Automation, Inc.
Brooks Automation, Inc. is a leading global supplier of OEM tool automation and factory management software for the semiconductor, data storage and flat panel display manufacturing industries. As an established player in hardware and software automation, Brooks continues to pioneer ``Best-in-Class'' technologies that outperform their competitors -- from vacuum robots, cluster tool platforms and modules, ultra-clean mini-environments for isolating processing equipment and wafers -- to factory and tool automation software and integration services. Both OEM and fab customers leverage Brooks Automation's products and environments. The Company has ISO 9001 certification, is headquartered in Chelmsford, Mass., and has direct operations in the United States, Canada, Europe, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan and China. Brooks' web site is www.brooks.com.
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The foregoing discussion contains forward-looking statements relating to the expected benefits of the Brooks Automation products sold to Samsung Electronics. These statements involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties including, without limitation, risks relating to the manner in which the customer uses the products and integrates the products with other components, the Company's dependence on the cyclical semiconductor industry, the ability of the Company to continue to successfully develop and market new products and product enhancements on a timely basis, the Company's dependence on relatively few customers for a significant portion of its revenues, the Company's reliance on sales to OEM customers and the lengthy sales cycles of those customers, the highly competitive nature and rapid technological change that characterize the industries in which the Company competes, and other risks and uncertainties described in the Company's reports and registration statements filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. As a result, there can be no assurance that the Company's future results will not be materially different from those projected. The forward-looking statements contained herein speak only of the Company's expectations as of the date of this press release. The Company expressly disclaims any obligation or undertaking to release publicly any updates or revisions to any such statement to reflect any change in the Company's expectations or any change in events, conditions or circumstances on which any such statement is based.
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