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To: FJB who wrote (25139)	10/2/2000 12:20:14 PM
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Semiconductor Industry Veteran Motohiko Tahara Joins Cymer As President, Cymer Japan, Inc. SAN DIEGO, Calif., Oct. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Cymer, Inc. (Nasdaq: CYMI - news), the world's leading supplier of excimer laser illumination sources essential for deep ultraviolet (DUV) photolithography, today announced that Motohiko Tahara, 58, a semiconductor industry veteran with more than 20 years experience in management, sales and marketing, has joined Cymer as president of Cymer Japan, Inc. (CJI). Prior to joining Cymer, Tahara served for more than nine years with wholly owned subsidiaries or joint ventures of Applied Materials. From 1999 until joining Cymer, he served as vice president and Japan representative of AKT Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Applied Materials, and the successor company to Applied Komatsu Technology, Inc., a joint venture between Applied Materials and Komatsu, where he served as vice president for two years. From 1991 to 1997, he served in positions of increasing responsibility with Applied Materials Japan, Inc., where he rose to the position of vice president. Prior to that, he served for five years as president of ULVAC-BTU Japan, a supplier of vertical furnaces and other equipment to the semiconductor industry. During the first 19 years of his career, he served in a variety of positions with Sumitomo Corporation, including one year as a director of sales and marketing in a joint venture with GCA Corporation, and five years as a director in the semiconductor manufacturing equipment division at Sumisho Electronics Systems. Tahara holds a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from Osaka University, Japan. Pascal Didier, Cymer's president and chief operating officer, noted, ``We are pleased to have a manager with the broad experience of Tahara-San join us to oversee our operations in Japan, which is a very significant region for Cymer. Throughout his career in the semiconductor industry, Tahara-San has proven his ability to understand and meet customer needs, to manage effectively, and both to recognize and to create opportunities to grow relationships and businesses. His leadership of Cymer Japan enhances our presence in this key region and augments the already strong team we've built at CJI. Cymer is better positioned to take advantage of and effectively manage the growth we anticipate both in Japan and throughout the world.'' Cymer, Inc. is the world's leading supplier of excimer laser illumination sources, the essential light source for deep ultraviolet (DUV) photolithography systems. DUV lithography is a key enabling technology, which has allowed the semiconductor industry to meet the exact specifications and manufacturing requirements for volume production of today's advanced semiconductor chips. Further information on Cymer may be obtained from the Company's SEC filings, the Internet at cymer.com or by contacting the company directly.