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Technology Stocks : PRI Automation (PRIA) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: KC who wrote (441)	6/4/1998 3:43:00 PM
From: HB	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1214

Heh heh... I meant PRIA would be supplying whoever else is giving Intel a run for their money. Yes, I've heard Daifuku is a major competitor but I've also heard (believe the source was Carl Johnson's infrastructure, and this was over a year ago so things could have changed although I doubt the situation in Japan is encouraging bold R&D spending) that they were not as good as PRIA and appealed more to Asian, especially Japanese, chipmakers. Currency should not be neglected though... but isn't choice of automation supplier somewhat of a long-term choice for a fab lifetime? I'm no expert here, so defer to those with more knowledge. Speaking of automation, BRKS thread has been dead for awhile, now that the stock looks to have followed it I may start buying... comments? thanks KC, Ian for your posts today