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SEZ Picks Up New Customer in Europe Targeting 300 mm Production
300mm Consortium Selects SEZ Tools for 300 mm Backside and Bevel Clean Applications
VILLACH, Austria—July 17, 2002— Wet wafer surface preparation leader, the SEZ Group (SWX: SEZN), announced today it has received an order worth CHF 4.8 million for multiple Spin-Processors 304 from an European 300 mm consortium. The 304s, which will be used for backside film removal and decontamination including bevel clean, are SEZ's first tools ordered from this fab. Delivery is scheduled for the current business year.
"Europe has been a front-runner in 300 mm production and SEZ's single-wafer Spin-Process technology has been a critical component to the successful adoption of 300 mm worldwide," said Kurt Lackenbucher, chief marketing officer at SEZ. "With our variety of platforms and numerous process applications, SEZ continues to win new customers around the world for single-wafer technology, which is essential for the critical cleaning applications in future-generation processes especially for 70 nanometers and beyond."
The 304 specifically targets next-generation device production requiring highly advanced process control for specific applications, with the lowest available materials consumption and low cost of ownership. The 304 is a leading-edge 300 mm single-wafer process tool capable of combining frontside and backside etching, stripping, cleaning and wafer reclaim. An optional endpoint detection system can increase process control, lowering cost of ownership through shorter process steps, easier process setup and reduced chemical consumption.
About SEZ
The SEZ Group is a leading supplier of wet wafer surface preparation equipment to the global semiconductor manufacturing industry. The company's proprietary Spin-Processor technology (single wafer technology) as well as its wet bench equipment for batch processing forms the basis of a broad equipment solution portfolio for wafer cleaning and decontamination. SEZ maintains development, manufacturing, sales, marketing and service operations in Europe, Asia and North America. Registered in Zurich, Switzerland, SEZ Holding AG is listed on the Swiss Exchange under the symbol SEZN since 1996.
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