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To: Henry Eichorszt who wrote (3608)	1/7/2000 11:26:00 PM
From: Rarebird	Respond to of 5482

Orient Semiconductor Orders 300 K&S Wire Bonders: WILLOW GROVE, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 3, 2000--Kulicke & Soffa Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ: KLIC - news) today announced that Orient Semiconductor Electronics, Ltd., a major assembly subcontractor, has ordered 300 K&S Model 8028 automatic ball bonders for its production facility in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. The bonders will ship during FY 2000. According to Orient Semiconductor Vice President of IC Assembly Operations N.C. Chiang, the automatic ball bonders were purchased to support a continuing ramp-up in the production of plastic ball grid array (PBGA) semiconductors. ''Kulicke & Soffa's 8028 ball bonder has kept pace with our fine pitch roadmap for PBGAs,'' Chiang said. ''The machines we purchased last year have demonstrated the ability to produce extremely complex devices with very high throughput and yields.'' ''We are pleased that OSE is continuing to populate its factory with 8028 wire bonders,'' said K&S Senior Vice President Dave Leonhardt. ''This order is part of an increase in demand for the 8028 resulting from the recent upturn in business along with the 8028's industry-leading throughput and fine-pitch production capability.''