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. |
