United Silicon Signs Agreement To Purchase Promis MES Solutions
New Sale Builds On Success At Earlier Competitive Win
TSE Symbol: PSW
HSINCHU, Taiwan, Nov. 13 /CNW-PRN/ - Promis Systems Corporation Ltd.
(Promis Systems), a leader in semiconductor and precision electronics
manufacturing software and automation solutions and United Silicon, Inc.
(USIC), a United Microelectronics Corp. (UMC) company, in a signing ceremony
here today announced an agreement worth in excess of U.S.$1.5 million dollars
for the purchase of Promis Systems' Manufacturing Execution Software (MES)
system PROMIS(R), Promis Encore!(R) products and associated services.
This foundry, an 85,000 square foot joint venture between UMC Taiwan,
Alliance Semiconductor, RealTek, SanDisk and Xilinx, will produce eight-inch
ULSI wafers and is scheduled to ramp to 10,000 wafers per month by the end of
1998, and eventually to a production volume of 25,000. USIC shares a building
in the Hsinchu Science Park with another UMC venture UICC which suffered a
fire in September. The fire did not damage the planned USIC foundry.
Ian McKinnon, Chief Executive Officer and President of Promis Systems
said, ''As you might remember, UMC had historically used a competitive system.
Winning, first at UICC and now at USIC demonstrates the relative strengths of
our PROMIS and Promis Encore! products. Further, USIC illustrates the impact
the MASE acquisition will have for Promis Systems as we move forward. MASE
products, FAbuilder in particular, provided profound synergy with PROMIS in
the solution and our sales success.''
Promis Systems partnered with Digital Equipment to provide a complete MES
solution in this new foundry. This success demonstrates the value of the
DIGITAL and Promis Systems' global semiconductor manufacturing solution
''SemiSuite'' by which DIGITAL and Promis Systems provide the systems
integration, MES and Equipment Control Level automation respectively, along
with proven third party applications as required.
Promis Systems provides its MES solution to four out of the top five
semiconductor wafer-foundries in Taiwan. Promis Systems' MES solution is the
choice of UICC (also a UMC foundry), Vanguard International Semiconductor
Corporation, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) and Mosel
Vitelic.
About Promis Systems Corporation:
Promis Systems, Canada's 11th largest software company, develops and
markets an integrated set of functionally-rich software products and services
which help semiconductor and precision electronics manufacturers plan,
monitor, automate, and control production at over 270 of the world's leading
manufacturing sites in 24 countries. The company is headquartered in Toronto,
Canada and maintains sales and support offices throughout North America,
Europe, and Asia Pacific.
For more information contact: Herv Sguin, Vice President Finance and
Chief Financial Officer, Promis Systems Corporation Ltd., Tel. (416) 977-0599
Ext. 202, Email: herve.seguin(at)promis.com; or contact Buck Howe, Director of
Marketing Communications, Promis Systems Corporation, 6 Trafalgar Square,
Nashua, NH 03063, Tel. (603) 886-1230 Ext. 146, Fax. (603) 886-4799, Email:
buck.howe(at)promis.com. Visit the Promis web site at promis.com.
/NOTE TO EDITORS: When referring to the company, please use Promis
Systems, or Promis Systems Corporation. When referring to the products, please
use PROMIS (all caps) and/or Promis Encore! (with exclamation point)./
PROMIS and Promis Encore! are registered trademarks of Promis Systems
Corporation. FAbuilder is a trademark of Promis Systems Corporation. All other
trademarks are those of their respective owners.
SOURCE Promis Systems Corporation Ltd.
CONTACT: Herve Seguin, Vice President Finance and Chief FinancialOfficer, Promis Systems Corporation Ltd., Tel. 416-977-0599 Ext.202, Email: herve.seguin(at)promis.com; or contact Buck Howe,Director of Marketing Communications, Promis Systems Corporation,6 Trafalgar Square, Nashua, NH 03063, Tel. 603-886-1230 Ext. 146,Fax. 603-886-4799, Email: buck.howe(at)promis.com. Visit thePromis web site at promis.com. |
