domainLogix Awarded Multi-Million Dollar Contract Largest Single Contract in the Company's History
AUSTIN, Texas, Sep 18, 2000 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- domainLogix Corporation today announced that it has been awarded a multi-million dollar Phase I contract from Brooks Automation (Nasdaq: BRKS chart, msgs) to provide systems integration services to Atmel Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML chart, msgs).
Atmel named domainLogix the preferred integration partner under a prime contract awarded to Brooks Automation to integrate Brooks' StationWorks(TM) in Atmel's new 200mm Standard Mechanical Interface (SMIF) fab 8 located in Irving, Texas. StationWorks is an automation solution that provides the main communications link between each individual process tool and device on the factory floor FACTORYworks, enabling direct access and distribution of information across a factory automation network.
"State-of-the-art wafer fab operations require intelligent manufacturing execution control systems software, and experienced systems integration experts within the domain to both enable and maximize productivity gains," stated Jim Macek, chairman and chief executive officer of domainLogix Corporation. "As a relatively new company, it is encouraging to receive recognition from industry leaders such as Atmel Corporation and Brooks Automation. Being selected as the preferred integration partner for this exciting and technically challenging project supports our vision for domainLogix as a widely recognized and trusted industry leading company in the factory integration arena."
Phase I of the engagement began August 2000, whereby domainLogix will integrate StationWorks with Atmel's primary fab process tools to get fab production under way. The factory ramp and final tool integration phase is expected to be completed by mid-2002.
"Atmel evaluated several vendors for this project and we believe we have selected the top systems integrator in domainLogix, and the top product company in Brooks Automation, to help build this factory," said Pat Ryan, automation manager at Atmel Corporation. "Our fab will be up and running quicker and more efficiently with the help of domainLogix's integration expertise and the field proven StationWorks product from Brooks Automation."
Jeff Cassis, Brooks Automation vice president of factory automation solutions, commented, "This contract continues to validate the growing market acceptance of StationWorks(TM) and FactoryWorks(TM) as the premier manufacturing automation solution today. This suite of products combined with domainLogix's knowledge of fab automation processes will allow Brooks to deliver a world class CIM solution to Atmel, enabling Atmel to continue its leadership position in semiconductor manufacturing."
"An exceptional team of developers and engineers has been assembled for this project and is led by Charles Baylis, domainLogix's vice president of engineering, who brings extensive domain expertise in Brooks' StationWorks, having successfully installed Brooks' products at other SMIF factory sites," stated Mike Field, chief administrative officer of domainLogix Corporation. "This highly experienced team will be influential in increasing overall equipment effectiveness (OEE) and decreasing Atmel's total cost of ownership (TCO)."
About Atmel Corporation
Atmel Corporation, founded in 1984, is a worldwide leader in the design, manufacturing and marketing of advanced semiconductors, including logic, nonvolatile memory, mixed signal and RF (radio frequency) integrated circuits. It is also a pre-eminent provider of system-level integrated solutions, enabling its customers to lead the markets they serve with electronic products that are smaller, smarter, less expensive and more versatile than ever before. Atmel is a multi-national company with worldwide revenues balanced between North America, Europe and Asia, and significant development and manufacturing operations in each region. Headquartered in San Jose, California, the company operates fabrication facilities in the United States and Europe, including 8-inch, class one, 0.18-micron wafer fabrication plants in Texas and Rousset, France. Atmel products are manufactured using the most advanced wafer processes, including BiCMOS, CMOS and Silicon Germanium (SiGe) technologies. The company is one of the first manufacturers to offer SiGe, a new technology that cost-effectively addresses the manufacturing requirements of the RF and high-frequency wireless communications markets.
About Brooks Automation, Inc.
Brooks Automation, Inc. is a leading supplier of integrated automation solutions for the global semiconductor, data storage and flat panel display manufacturing industries. As an established market leader in hardware and software automation, Brooks continues to pioneer "best-in-class" technologies that outperform their competitors -- from vacuum and atmospheric robots, cluster tool platforms and modules, ultra-clean mini-environments for isolating processing equipment and wafers -- to factory and tool automation software and integration services. Both OEM and fab customers leverage Brooks Automation's products and services to optimize total fab performance in dynamic manufacturing environments. The Company has ISO 9001 certification, is headquartered in Chelmsford, MA and has direct operations in the United States, Canada, Europe, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Singapore and Malaysia.
About domainLogix Corporation
domainLogix Corporation serves the semiconductor marketplace by offering a wide range of Solutions and Services for Semiconductor Manufacturers that allow us to penetrate multiple segments of the industry. The Company focuses on the integrated circuit (semiconductor) sector which also affords penetration of related high technology markets, such as silicon wafer, flat panel display, storage media and ink-jet manufacturing, with focus in the higher value segments within those markets. domainLogix provides an array of professional software/systems integration services and software products with focus and application in the areas of manufacturing and engineering. We are information technology architects, offering consultation, design, development, integration and implementation services, as well as factory-wide automation service solutions cross-cutting business and manufacturing systems via the factory network infrastructure. Additional information about domainLogix Corporation is available on the Company's World Wide Web site on the Internet located at domainlogix.com .
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