re: DSA.TO - Another nice order chunk $5mn (Can$) for silicon image sensor chips. This order alone is almost 10% of FY2001 revenues..
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DALSA Reports Large Order for High Resolution Image Sensors
Toronto Stock Exchange Symbol: DSA
WATERLOO, ON, Jan. 14 /CNW/ - DALSA Corporation (TSE:DSA - news) announced a major order for its high resolution image sensor products. The order was placed by a major international imaging system manufacturer.
Although all details of the transaction have not been released, the production order is for a large number of silicon image sensor chips, for a total contract value of $4.5 million.
First shipments take place in the first half of 2002, with the remainder to be shipped on a regular basis over the following two years. The order is the most recent in a long and successful relationship between DALSA and this customer. The order includes an option for the customer to increase the size of the order by over $2.2 million.
"This order shows DALSA's technology and market leadership, delivering enabling performance with our silicon image sensor chip product line to our customers," commented Savvas Chamberlain, CEO of DALSA Corporation. "This achievement also underlines how DALSA's market focussed technology leadership for high performance applications is continuing to drive our growth, even with the present economic downturn."
About DALSA Corporation
DALSA is an international digital imaging solutions company, which designs, develops manufactures and markets high performance image sensors, electronic cameras and vision systems. DALSA products are designed to replace human vision and act as high performance "electronic eyes" in machine vision. DALSA's continually expanding markets include Vision for Machines, Life Sciences, Vision Systems and Digital Cinema. DALSA sells to Original Equipment Manufactures (OEMs), end users and to the scientific and research communities in Canada, the United States, Europe, Japan and Asia Pacific. Based in Waterloo, Canada, with operations in Colorado Springs, Tucson, Munich, and Tokyo, DALSA is a public company listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol "DSA".
This press release contains forward looking statements based on assumptions, uncertainties and management's best estimates of future events. Actual results may differ materially from those currently anticipated. DALSA has no intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
For further information
please contact - Dr. Savvas Chamberlain, Chief Executive Officer, DALSA Corporation, 519-886-6000, 519-886-0185 (fax), E-mail: investor@dalsa.com, Internet: www.dalsa.com |
