Varian Semiconductor Ships VIISta High Current and Medium Current Single Wafer Ion Implanters to 300mm Fab in China
Wednesday July 28, 9:30 am ET
GLOUCESTER, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 28, 2004--Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates, Inc. (NASDAQ: VSEA - News) announced today that it has shipped single wafer VIISta 80HP high current and VIISta 810EHP medium current ion implanters to a 300mm fab in China. This shipment is the first in a series of ion implanter orders that will ship in the next two quarters to this customer's fabs in China.
"This customer selected our VIISta 80HP high current and VIISta 810EHP medium current ion implanters based on their single wafer architecture, high throughput, productivity and cost of ownership advantages," said John Aldeborgh, Varian Semiconductor's vice president of sales and marketing. "Their aggressive expansion and technology leadership will give them significant leverage in China's competitive market. We are honored that our single wafer VIISta tools have been chosen to equip this fab to develop advanced devices."
"Semiconductor manufacturers choose our VIISta single wafer platform of ion implanters based on its high throughput and productivity advantages," added Ernest Godshalk, Varian Semiconductor's president and chief operating officer. "We are thrilled to be supporting our customer's advanced technology development and look forward to working together on meeting their future production requirements."
The VIISta platform of ion implanters is the only single wafer platform solution for all production applications available. All of the VIISta products feature the Varian Control System (VCS(TM)), the Varian Positioning Systems (VPS(TM)) and a common single wafer endstation. This high degree of commonality across the VIISta platform facilitates process matching throughout the tool set and provides flexibility in managing capacity, product mix changes, spare parts and training.
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.
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