Brooks Software Sees Growth in China
Monday November 7, 9:00 am ET
Recent Customer Wins and Expanded Partnership with Systems Integrator Position Division for Continued Growth in Fast Growing Manufacturing Region
CHELMSFORD, Mass., Nov. 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Brooks Software, a division of Brooks Automation, Inc. (Nasdaq: BRKS - News), and a leading provider of real-time applications for discrete manufacturing environments, today announced several new and recent customer wins in China, including Advanced Semiconductor Engineering, Agape Package Manufacturing (Shanghai), United Automotive Electronic Systems and Wuxi China Resources Micro-Assembly Technology. The recent wins demonstrate Brooks' market strength in semiconductor manufacturing and progress in penetrating other discrete manufacturing industries such as automotive and high tech. Brooks also announced that it has expanded its partnership with AdvancedTek, an integrator that serves the fast growing high tech and discrete manufacturing sector in China. Brooks has been operating in China for more than five years and has established market leadership in China's semiconductor industry, as well as a growing market presence in other discrete industries.
"The Chinese manufacturing market is strategically important to our future growth and we continue to see momentum for our real-time manufacturing applications in a number of market segments," said Joe Bellini, president and chief operating officer of Brooks Software. "We have a mature base of operations already in place in China including sales, service and support resources. As manufacturing in China continues to grow, our experienced local team along with our breadth of product offerings allows us to be extremely responsive to the needs of our growing base of customers."
Partnerships with business solution providers are critical to the successful penetration of the Chinese market. Brooks Software has recently expanded its relationship with AdvancedTek, a leading integrator focusing on the fast growing high tech and discrete manufacturing industry. "Our decision to renew and expand our partnership with Brooks Software was based on the value Brooks' products and services bring to our clients in the Chinese market," stated Dr. Lee, President of AdvancedTek. "Our clients rely on us to implement automation solutions that enable them to take their products to market as efficiently and profitably as possible. We have enjoyed a productive working relationship with Brooks, knowing that Brooks' real-time applications provide proven value to meet and exceed our clients' expectations."
Brooks Software serves more than 50 percent of the Chinese semiconductor market and is currently automating China's only 300mm fab as well as other advanced 200mm and 150mm fabs. The Chinese semiconductor industry relies on Brooks for manufacturing execution systems (MES), including Brooks' industry- leading FACTORYworks®, as well as other equipment automation products such as Xsite(TM) for automating equipment maintenance and RS/1(TM) for exception management. Brooks has also grown market share for its AutoMod(TM) simulation software for manufacturing, warehousing and material handling applications and equipment automation applications.
About Brooks Software
Brooks Software, a division of Brooks Automation, provides real-time applications that support enterprise-wide initiatives for greater efficiency and productivity in collaborative, complex manufacturing. Brooks' Sense Decide Respond(TM) manufacturing software solutions are the foundation for enterprise initiatives in supply chain execution, closed loop automation, lean manufacturing and enterprise performance management. Installed in the majority of Fortune 500 manufacturers, Brooks Software delivers competitive advantage to aerospace & defense, automotive, high tech, life sciences and semiconductor manufacturers worldwide. For more information, visit brookssoftware.com.
About Brooks Automation
Brooks Automation (Nasdaq: BRKS - News) delivers automation solutions to the global semiconductor and related industries. The company provides hardware, software, and professional services to help manage every wafer, reticle and data movement in the fab, improving throughput and yield while reducing cost and time to market. Brooks' products and capabilities are used in virtually every semiconductor fab in the world. For information, visit the company's web site at brooks.com.
"Safe Harbor" Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995: The foregoing discussion contains forward-looking statements related to future results and product capabilities and speaks only of Brooks Automation's expectations as of the date of this press release. The forward- looking statements involve several known and unknown risks and uncertainties including, without limitation, the continued success of Brooks Automation, Inc. (the "Company") in the marketplace, the Company's dependence on the cyclical semiconductor, the highly competitive nature and rapid technological change that characterize the industries in which the Company competes, the performance of the Company's products and services, and other risks and uncertainties described in the Company's reports and registration statements filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The forward-looking statements include statements concerning Brooks' software products and their capabilities, the Company's software marketing capabilities and its ability to continue to expand worldwide market share in geographies such as China. As a result, there can be no assurance that the Company's future results will not be materially different from those projected. The Company expressly disclaims any obligation or undertaking to release publicly any updates or revisions to any such statement to reflect any change in the Company's expectations or any change in events, conditions or circumstances on which any such statement is based.
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