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To: SemiBull who wrote (2720)	5/20/2002 7:33:16 PM
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FSI Surface Conditioning Division Receives 2001 Supplier Excellence Award From Texas Instruments for Adding Value and Increasing Competitiveness MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 20, 2002--FSI International, Inc. (Nasdaq:FSII - News) today announced that it has been named a recipient of Texas Instruments Inc.'s (NYSE:TXN - News) annual Supplier Excellence Award. FSI was one of 28 companies recognized by Texas Instruments as a result of outstanding performance and continuous improvement in supplying equipment, services and spares. Texas Instruments selected the recipients from its worldwide base of over 10,000 suppliers, which means that the award was only given to the top quarter of one percent this year. This is the seventh time that FSI's Surface Conditioning Division has received the Supplier Excellence Award from Texas Instruments. According to Jeff McLaughlin, Texas Instruments director of wafer fab capital equipment procurement, "FSI has demonstrated a strong commitment to developing new technologies while continuing to focus on building highly reliable products that meet the critical demand for assurance of supply." Texas Instruments established its Supplier Excellence Award in 1983 as a way to honor businesses that provide exemplary service. The awards are a key means of communicating the standards that the company expects of its suppliers. The businesses are evaluated on six criteria including technology, responsiveness, assurance of supply, quality, cost and environmental responsibility. "FSI has a long history of partnering with Texas Instruments. Receiving this award is proof that FSI's Surface Conditioning Division is committed to continued customer satisfaction," said John Ely, president of FSI's Surface Conditioning Division. "Our goal is to be responsive to our customers' technology and manufacturing needs, to ensure we meet their quality standards and that we offer reliable delivery and a dependable supply chain." FSI currently has a large installed base of over 120 150-mm, 200-mm and 300-mm wafer cleaning systems at eight Texas Instruments locations. Specifically, Texas Instruments uses the MERCURY®, ZETA®, ARIES® and ANTARES® Systems. "This award also demonstrates the maturity of the Surface Conditioning Division's 300-mm ZETA Surface Conditioning System and ANTARES Advanced Cleaning System, which are already installed and in operation at production facilities worldwide," concluded Ely. FSI International Inc., a global supplier of wafer cleaning and resist processing equipment and technology, delivers economic and technical advantages for current and emerging microelectronics manufacturing challenges. Using the company's broad portfolio of products, which include immersion, spray, vapor and CryoKinetic systems for wafer cleaning, and resist processing systems for wafer coating and developing, customers are able to efficiently achieve their goals. FSI's customers include microelectronics manufacturers located throughout North America, Europe, Japan and the Asia-Pacific region. FSI maintains a Web site at www.fsi-intl.com -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Contact: FSI International, Inc., Minneapolis Trade Media: Laurie Walker, 952/448-8066 or Financial Media and Investors: Benno Sand, 952/448-8936