Brooks Automation Selected by Veeco Ion Beam as Automation Outsourcing Partner
Thursday May 5, 9:00 am ET
CHELMSFORD, Mass., May 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Brooks Automation, Inc (Nasdaq: BRKS - News) today announced it has been selected by Veeco Ion Beam Equipment, a business unit of Veeco Instruments Inc. (Nasdaq: VECO - News), to supply front-end automation systems for Veeco's ion beam product line manufactured at its Plainview, NY factory. Veeco plans to standardize its ion beam products on a common tool architecture incorporating the Brooks Marathon Express(TM) family of vacuum automation systems.
Michael Pippins, senior vice-president and chief marketing officer at Brooks Automation, said, "This new design-in win at Veeco represents a significant accomplishment for Brooks as we position our company as the premier automation partner for the capital equipment industry. There is a clear benefit to companies like Veeco to outsource their automation systems as it allows them to focus on their core process technologies and reduce cost, while staying competitive in their non-core technologies by using commercially available best-in-class systems. As the largest provider of automation to the semiconductor and related industries, Brooks has the domain expertise, size and scale to handle the potential increase in business with Veeco. We are also pleased with this win because we believe the data storage market that Veeco Ion Beam serves is poised for strong growth and Veeco is one of the segment's premier suppliers."
"We are pleased to announce that we have selected Brooks as the outsourced automation supplier for our process integration platform," said Robert P. Oates, vice president and general manager of Veeco's Ion Beam Equipment group. "Brooks, already a component supplier of ours, was the logical choice because of their engineering and manufacturing capabilities. This outsourcing model will help us maximize our business unit's growth and profitability during this period of strong capital equipment investment by our data storage customers."
About Brooks Automation, Inc.
Brooks is a leading worldwide provider of 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 customers improve throughput and yield while reducing both cost and time to market. Brooks products and services are used in virtually every fab in the world as well as by many customers in industries outside of semiconductor manufacturing. For more information, visit brooks.com.
About Veeco
Veeco Instruments Inc. provides solutions for nanoscale applications in the worldwide semiconductor, data storage, HB-LED/wireless and scientific research markets. Veeco's Metrology products are used to measure at the nanoscale and its Process Equipment tools help create nanoscale devices. Veeco's manufacturing and engineering facilities are located in New York, New Jersey, California, Colorado, Arizona and Minnesota. Global sales and service offices are located throughout the United States, Europe, Japan and Asia Pacific. Additional information on Veeco can be found at veeco.com.
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