SAN JOSE, Calif., Nov. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- SDL, Inc. (Nasdaq: SDLI)
announced today that Ismeca SA, Le Chaux de Fonds, Switzerland, has selected
SDL as its exclusive supplier of laser marking equipment to be integrated onto
its standard semiconductor package handling equipment.  Ismeca SA is the
leading manufacturer of package handling equipment in the discrete
semiconductor component marketplace with an estimated 40 percent market share
worldwide.
    The SDL FLM1 laser marking system utilizes SDL's award winning fiber laser
technology to provide dramatic improvements in size, reliability, cost of
ownership and cost of integration.  The technical advantages of the SDL system
and its ability to mark a wide variety of IC packages, including discrete
devices, integrated circuits, and micro ball grid arrays, has resulted in
rapid acceptance of the FLM1 marking system.
    "SDL supplies the smallest, most reliable, lowest operating cost laser
marking system available worldwide.  These features will further improve the
marketability and performance of our equipment," said Remy Degen, Corporate
Marketing Director for Ismeca SA.
    "We are very excited to be selected by Ismeca as their exclusive
supplier," said Donald R. Scifres, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer.
"Ismeca's products maintain a leadership position in the discrete
semiconductor markets.  And this relationship will further expand our
penetration in this exciting market segment."
    Statements in this press release which are not historical, including
statements regarding SDL's or management's intentions, hopes, beliefs,
expectations, representations, projections, plans or predictions of the future
are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995.  Such statements include statements regarding
SDL's award winning fiber laser technology, its improvements in size,
reliability, cost of ownership, cost of integration, its technical advantages
and ability, the rapid acceptance of the new marking systems, and the belief
that SDL's market penetration will be enhanced through its relationship with
Ismeca.  It is important to note that the Company's actual results could
differ materially from those in any such forward-looking statements.  Factors
that could cause actual results to differ materially include risks related to
marketplace acceptance of new product introductions and product introductions
by rival manufacturers, new and continuing customer qualification of products,
customer acceptance of new products, delays or cancellations of customer
orders, and the risk factors listed from time to time in the Company's SEC
reports including but not limited to the annual report on Form 10-K for the
year ended December 31, 1997, and quarterly reports on Forms 10-Q.
    SDL designs, manufactures and markets semiconductor optoelectronic
integrated circuits, semiconductor lasers, fiber optic related products and
optoelectronic based systems.  The company's products are used in a diversity
of markets such as telecommunications, cable television, dense wavelength
division multiplexing, satellite communications, printing, medical, and
materials processing markets.
    For shareholders and investment professionals who would like more
information on SDL, Inc., at no cost, please call 1-800-PRO-INFO (U.S.) or
908-544-2850 (Int'l), ticker symbol, SDLI.

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