ALLENTOWN, Pa., June 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Akrion, Inc. ("Akrion"), a
supplier of batch-immersion semiconductor surface preparation equipment,
today announced the receipt of several orders for automated wet process
equipment. The orders, all received this month, totaled over $6 million and
will ship to customers in the second half of this year.
The equipment to be shipped includes a GAMA Series combination oxide
etch/photo resist strip system for a US manufacturer of power management
devices and a GAMA pre-gate clean system for a US manufacturer of analog
and mixed-signal products. In addition, two refurbished AWP wet stations
were sold to a European manufacturer of semiconductor devices for the
automotive industry and will be used for front end cleaning applications.
Akrion's wet station platforms E200/9400, AWP, GAMA, i-clean and V3
have an install base of over 1400 systems. These reliable and flexible
platforms utilize advanced technologies including megasonics, ozonated
chemical solutions, in situ processing, and chemical concentration control.
Two recent additions to the ICE chemical concentration control system are
methods of controlling sulfuric acid/peroxide and phosphoric acid
processes. This combination of features makes Akrion wet stations well
suited for a variety of surface preparation applications.
James S. Molinaro, Akrion President and CEO said, "To be chosen for
these applications is affirmation that Akrion is viewed as a technology
leader who is also able to deliver systems that maximize capital
investments. It is Akrion's wide array of batch immersion solutions that
allow us to find the right solution for our customers' applications and
budgets."
About Akrion
Akrion is a provider of advanced surface preparation systems used in
the manufacture of semiconductor devices. The company's products, which
include single-wafer and batch-immersion cleaning systems, are used in the
production of a wide variety of semiconductor devices, including logic
devices, analog devices, flash memory, DRAM and MEMS and are used to clean
bare silicon and test wafers as well as photomasks and PV/Solar.
Headquartered in Allentown, Pa., Akrion's Allentown production facility is
ISO 9001:2000 and ISO 14001:2004 certified for quality and environmental
management and by OSHA's VPP STAR program for safety management. For
further information, please visit Akrion's Web site: http://www.akrion.com.
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