Cymer Expands Japanese Operations
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Cymer Expands Japanese Operations
New Facility To Meet Future DUV Market Demand; Provide Enhanced Service and Support
For Japanese Customer Base
SAN DIEGO, Sept. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Cymer, Inc. (Nasdaq: CYMI - news), the world's leading supplier of excimer
laser illumination sources essential for deep ultraviolet (DUV) photolithography, today announced it has expanded its
Japanese sales and marketing operations to a new 14,000-square-foot facility in the greater Tokyo area. The recent
addition to the Cymer Japan, Inc. organization will provide chipmakers and lithography manufacturers in this key region
with service and spares, training and tech support.
According to Pascal Didier, Cymer's senior vice president of worldwide customer operations and president of Cymer
Japan, the move to a larger facility is part of Cymer's ongoing effort to expand its global service and support
infrastructure to further its worldwide market leadership position in the DUV laser market. ''Leading market analysts
agree that as the industry rebounds, there will be great demand for sub-quarter micron DUV lithography equipment. We
are managing our business carefully at this time to ensure that we continue to offer superior worldwide customer
support,'' noted Didier.
Cymer reports that it currently holds an installed base of over 160 systems in Japan alone, and over 330 systems
throughout the Asian region. ''This new facility will further enhance our real-time service and support capabilities to
accommodate our international customers' requirements, now and in the future,'' noted Didier.
The facility houses five laser bays, four of which provide hands-on training for Cymer's 4000 and 5000 Series lasers,
including the newly-released ELS-5010 248nm krypton fluoride (KrF) laser. The training facility will also accommodate
Cymer's 6000 Series laser to be introduced at SEMICON Japan in December. Training courses at the facility
commenced in late August of this year.
The new Cymer Japan facility is located in the Cosmos Motoyawata Building, 4-17-8, Minamiyawata, Ichikawa-shi,
Chiba 272-0023 Japan. In addition to its customer support functions, the office houses sales and marketing, human
resources and administrative staff. Phone: 81-47-393-5668; fax: 81-47-393-5672
Cymer, Inc. is the leading provider of excimer laser illumination sources for use in deep ultraviolet (DUV)
photolithography systems targeted at the pilot and production segments of the semiconductor manufacturing market.
Further information on Cymer may be obtained from the Company's SEC filings, via the Internet at
cymer.com or by contacting the Company directly.
SOURCE: Cymer, Inc. |
