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To: Proud_Infidel who wrote (729)	1/7/2003 9:42:14 AM
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Major U.S. Semiconductor Manufacturer Standardizes on Brooks-PRI Software For its Assembly and Test Facilities Worldwide Tuesday January 7, 9:29 am ET Multi-site software order affirms new opportunity in semiconductor backend operations CHELMSFORD, Mass., Jan. 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Brooks-PRI Automation, Inc. (Nasdaq: BRKS - News), which delivers total automation for semiconductor manufacturing, today announced that it received a multi-site software order from a top U.S. semiconductor manufacturer for its Advanced Productivity Family (APF) software solution. The customer selected Brooks- PRI's APF as its worldwide standard for improving productivity in its 300mm and 200mm assembly and test facilities, starting with a facility in Asia. Brooks-PRI's APF Real Time Dispatcher software automates the complex decision logic unique to assembly and test operations, helping to address the crucial issue "What should we work on next?" By monitoring production flow, equipment availability and changing deadlines, and then automatically scheduling jobs in real time, APF can help increase factory output and on-time shipments, thus improving customer satisfaction. According to the customer, Brooks-PRI was selected for a number of reasons: -- Brooks-PRI APF software is already used extensively in the customer's fabs worldwide. -- It is pre-integrated with the customer's systems, can be deployed in a matter of days and has a proven track record of increasing factory productivity. -- It can be integrated with the customer's Manufacturing Execution System (MES) at each site to provide production reporting/business intelligence, and data feeds for capacity analysis and planning. In addition, by choosing the same APF software as its worldwide standard for advanced assembly and test productivity, the customer can ensure quality and consistency across facilities. Jeff Cassis, Senior Vice-President of the FAB Systems Group at Brooks-PRI, noted that this customer also uses a number of other Brooks-PRI products, including its Automated Material Handling Systems (AMHS), Xsite equipment management software and Guardian® bare reticle stockers -- the last of which is also a worldwide standard for the customer. "Brooks-PRI has expanded its offerings significantly over the past year," said Cassis. "This order not only signifies the opportunities we have to expand our business with existing customers, but also the growth market in the back end of the semiconductor manufacturing process. Nearly all of the world's leading chipmakers rely on Brooks-PRI to optimize productivity in their frontend manufacturing facilities. Our experience has shown that additional productivity gains can be found in the often-overlooked backend assembly and test areas. We believe this is an area with great market potential for Brooks- PRI." About Brooks-PRI Automation, Inc. Brooks-PRI (Nasdaq: BRKS - News) delivers total automation. The company's hardware, software and services can manage every wafer, reticle and data movement in a fab, helping semiconductor manufacturers accelerate time-to- market while reducing their risk. Brooks-PRI products can be found in virtually every fab in the world. For information, visit brooks-pri.com. "Safe Harbor" Statement under Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934: The foregoing discussion contains forward-looking statements related to future results and speaks only of the Company's expectations as of the date of this press release. These include statements concerning the technical and geographic markets for our products and the capabilities of those products, and they involve several known and unknown risks and uncertainties that could cause Brooks-PRI's financial results to differ from expectations. Factors that could cause such differences include, without limitation, the continued success of Brooks-PRI Automation, Inc. (the "Company") in the marketplace, the Company's dependence on the cyclical semiconductor industry, the success of our products in meeting customers' expectations, our ability to compete successfully in a variety of geographic markets, the highly competitive nature and rapid technological change that characterize the industries in which the Company competes, our ability to more effectively align costs and revenues so as to achieve sustained profitability and other risks and uncertainties described in the Company's reports and registration statements filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Company expressly disclaims any obligation or undertaking to release publicly any updates or revisions to any such statement to reflect any change in the Company's expectations or any change in events, conditions or circumstances on which any such statement is based. Investor Contact: Mark Chung Director of Investor Relations Brooks-PRI Automation, Inc. P: (978) 262-2459 mark.chung@brooks-pri.com Media Contact: Rachel G. Mann Account Executive Gray & Rice Public Relations P: (617) 367-0100 ext. 114 rgmann@gr2000.com -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Source: Brooks-PRI Automation, Inc.