Brooks Automation's Factory Automation Software Selected by Samsung for its 300mm Computer Integrated Manufacturing System
Tuesday May 6, 4:05 pm ET
Brooks' Best-in-Class Software Products Facilitate Advanced 300mm Operations
CHELMSFORD, Mass., May 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Brooks Automation, Inc. (Nasdaq: BRKS - News), which delivers total automation for semiconductor manufacturing, today announced that Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., the world's leading producer of memory chips and other advanced electronics, has purchased Brooks' factory automation software products for its 300mm wafer fabrication ("fab") facility in Hwasung, South Korea. This new factory will use Brooks' manufacturing execution system (MES), real time dispatching and reporting, material control system (MCS) and equipment connectivity software as the core of its factory automation system.
Robert J. Therrien, chairman and chief executive officer of Brooks Automation, said: "We are extremely pleased that our automation software has been selected by Samsung for their new 300mm fab. Brooks developed the next generation MES system in collaboration with Samsung to support the advanced requirements of fully automated 300mm manufacturing. We value our long- standing relationship as a key supplier of automation products, both software and hardware, to Samsung's semiconductor front end manufacturing, assembly and test, and TFT-LCD production facilities. As the world's largest semiconductor automation company, Brooks endeavors to strengthen our value to our customers with superior products, outstanding quality and world-class operational excellence. We value our relationship with Samsung, the world's second largest semiconductor company, and look forward to working with them on their current and future projects."
About Brooks Automation, Inc.
Brooks Automation (Nasdaq: BRKS - News) delivers automation solutions to the global semiconductor and related industries. The company's factory and tool automation hardware, software and professional services can manage every wafer, reticle and data movement in the fab, helping semiconductor manufacturers optimize throughput and yield while reducing both cost and time to market. Brooks products and services are used in virtually every fab in the world. For more information, visit brooks.com.
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The foregoing discussion contains forward-looking statements related to future results and speaks only of the Company's expectations as of the date of this press release. These include statements concerning the technical and geographic markets for our products and services and the capabilities of those products and services, including particularly Brooks' products and services utilized in factory automation and computer integrated manufacturing systems. Those risks involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties that could cause Brooks' financial results to differ from expectations. Factors that could cause such differences include, without limitation, the continued success of Brooks in the marketplace, Brooks' dependence on the cyclical semiconductor industry, the success of our products in meeting customers' expectations, our ability to compete successfully in a variety of geographic markets, the highly competitive nature and rapid technological change that characterize the industries in which Brooks competes, our ability to more effectively align costs and revenues so as to achieve sustained profitability, further downturn in the economy of the United States and other countries brought about by hostilities in the Middle East or political tensions arising between Western nations and North Korea, the possible impact of the spread of SARS especially in Asian nations, and other risks and uncertainties described in Brooks' reports and registration statements filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Brooks expressly disclaims any obligation or undertaking to release publicly any updates or revisions to any such statement to reflect any change in Brooks' expectations or any change in events, conditions or circumstances on which any such statement is based.
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Mark Chung
Director of Investor Relations
Brooks Automation, Inc.
(978) 262-2459
mark.chung@brooks.com
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