Varian Semiconductor Wins Best Supplier Award from Samsung Electronics
Wednesday July 23, 9:21 am ET
GLOUCESTER, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 23, 2003--Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates, Inc. (NASDAQ: VSEA - News), a leading supplier of ion implantation systems, today announced that it has received the Best Supplier Award from Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., the world's largest memory chipmaker. Varian Semiconductor won the award for achieving the highest score in Samsung Electronics' annual rating of equipment suppliers, which focuses on excellence in service and support, equipment performance and cost of ownership. Varian Semiconductor won top ratings in the areas of technical leadership, service and support, on-time delivery and cost of ownership advantage.
Jong-Yong Yun, vice chairman and chief executive officer of Samsung Electronics, presented the award to Richard A. Aurelio, chairman and chief executive officer of Varian Semiconductor, who accepted the award on behalf of the Company. "Varian Semiconductor is honored to receive this award," said Richard A. Aurelio. "For over 20 years, we have worked closely with Samsung Electronics to supply them with ion implanters that deliver high productivity and advanced process capabilities. This award reflects our commitment to providing leading technology for higher productivity and performance."
Varian Semiconductor's single wafer VIISta(TM) platform offers specific advantages in terms of integrated circuit performance. For high current implants, the VIISta 80HP features a patented dual magnet, broad beam architecture that provides the highest 300mm decel mode productivity. In addition, the VIISta 80HP also has high tilt capability enabling advanced device development and medium current back-up capability. The VIISta 810EHP medium current ion implanter provides the highest overall throughput for the full range of medium current applications and has unique, dual filter beamline design that delivers the lowest contamination levels. For high-energy implants, the VIISta 3000HP's high conductance end station ensures dose accuracy and high productivity, plus its single wafer platform provides seamless process matching with medium current implanters. All of the tools in the VIISta platform offer the closed loop Varian Positioning System (VPS(TM)) to ensure implant angle accuracy.
About Varian Semiconductor
Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates, Inc. is a leading producer of ion implantation equipment used in the manufacture of semiconductors. The company is headquartered in Gloucester, Massachusetts, and operates worldwide. Varian Semiconductor maintains a web site at www.vsea.com. The information contained in the company's web site is not incorporated by reference into this release, and the web site address is included in this release as an inactive textual reference only.
Note: This release contains forward-looking statements for purposes of the safe harbor provisions under The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. For this purpose, the statements concerning the company's performance, market share and technology leadership, technological capabilities and benefits are forward-looking statements and any statements using the terms "believes," "anticipates," "expects," "plans," or similar expressions are forward-looking statements. There are a number of important risks and factors that could cause actual events to differ materially from those suggested or indicated by such forward-looking statements. These include, among others, volatility in the semiconductor equipment industry; economic conditions in general and as they affect the company's customers; significant fluctuations in the company's quarterly operating results; the impact of rapid technological change; the company's dependence on the development and introduction of new products; the company's concentration on ion implantation systems and related products; concentration in the company's customer base and lengthy sales cycles; the highly competitive market in which the company competes; risks of international sales; foreign currency risks; and general economic conditions; and other factors identified in the company's Annual Report on Form 10-K, and the most recent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The company cannot guarantee any future results, levels of activity, performance or achievement. The company undertakes no obligation to update any of the forward-looking statements after the date of this press release. |
