Kulicke & Soffa Announces Order
For 350 Max£gm Ball Bonders
Willow Grove, PA, September 4, 2002¡XKulicke & Soffa Industries, Inc. (Nasdaq: KLIC) today announced that Advanced Semiconductor Engineering, Inc. (ASE), a leading semiconductor assembly subcontractor, has ordered 350 MaxƒÝm automatic ball bonders. K&S expects to ship the machines in the September and December 2002 quarters to ASE¡¦s Kaohsiung, Taiwan production facility.
According to ASE Vice President of Operations T.S. Chen, the ball bonders will be used to manufacture ultra-fine-pitch, high-lead-count advanced ball grid array (BGA) semiconductor packages. Mr. Chen commented, ¡§These machines will help ASE maintain its position as a leading semiconductor assembly subcontractor by meeting customers¡¦ needs for smaller, more functional packages."
K&S Vice President of Marketing Jack Belani added, ¡§We are pleased to announce this new order. Our MaxƒÝm bonder, which now is in full production at our Singapore ball bonder factory, will allow ASE to assemble 45 micron pad pitch packages with the complex wire loops that are typically required for BGA packages.¡¨
Kulicke & Soffa is the world¡¦s leading supplier of semiconductor interconnect equipment, materials and technology. Chip and wire solutions combine wafer dicing and wire bonding equipment with saw blades, die collets, wire and capillaries. Flip chip solutions include wafer bumping technology. Chip scale and wafer level packaging solutions include Ultra CSP„µ technology. Test interconnect solutions include standard and vertical probe cards, ATE interface assemblies and ATE boards for wafer testing, and test sockets and contactors for all types of packages. Kulicke & Soffa¡¦s web site address is www.kns.com.
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This press release contains forward-looking statements which are found in various places throughout the press release. While these forward-looking statements represent our judgments and future expectations concerning the development of our business, a number of risks, uncertainties and other important factors could cause actual developments and results to differ materially from our expectations. These factors include, but are not limited to, those listed or discussed in Kulicke & Soffa Industries' 2001 Annual Report on Form 10-K and: the risk that anticipated orders may not materialize or that orders received may be postponed or canceled, generally without charges; the risk that anticipated cost savings will not be achieved; the volatility in the demand for semiconductors and our products and services; acts of terrorism and violence; overall global economic conditions; risks, such as changes in trade regulations, currency fluctuations, political instability and war, associated with a substantial foreign customer and supplier base and substantial foreign manufacturing operations; potential instability in foreign capital markets; the risk of failure to successfully manage our diverse operations; and other key factors that could adversely affect our businesses and financial performance contained in past and future filings and reports, including those with the SEC. Kulicke & Soffa Industries is under no obligation to (and expressly disclaims any such obligations to) update or alter its forward-looking statements whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
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215-784-6436
nkyle@kns.com
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