Eyelit's Award-winning, Integrated Manufacturing Execution (MES) Software Selected by Umicore Electro-Optic Materials Division for Germanium WaferProduction

Sale by Eyelit`s European Partner, SYSTEMA GmbH, Builds on Eyelit`s Success in
Global Manufacturing Software Market
TORONTO--(Business Wire)--
Eyelit, Inc., a manufacturing software provider for visibility, control, and
coordination of manufacturing operations for the aerospace and defense, discrete
electronics, semiconductor, and photovoltaic (solar) industries, announced today
that Belgium-based Umicore`s Electro-Optic Materials Business Unit, has selected
Eyelit`s manufacturing software suite to support its germanium waferproduction.

Eyelit and SYSTEMA GmbH, its European partner, were selected to deliver an
integrated manufacturing execution and automation solution. Eyelit`s solution
replaces a paper-based system and provides reliable integration to SAP. Eyelit`s
system also provides a scalable solution with equipment management and product
traceability, from raw material feedstock through to germanium ingot growth and
wafer production. The project starts in Olen, Belgium with a rollout to Quapaw,
Oklahoma in the second half of this year.

"We selected Eyelit because we needed a solution that we could easily expand
across our global network of production sites. We wanted a proven solution that
we could rely on well in the future, and have both European and US support
capabilities. We felt that we could implement without custom code in order to
gain competitive advantages rapidly. SYSTEMA`s equipment integration and wafer
manufacturing modeling experience were also critical factors in our selection,"
said Mr. Ludo Vermeiren, Business IT manager at Umicore`s Electro-Optic
Materials Division.

"SYSTEMA GmbH has a successful track record of providing automation and factory
integration to our semiconductor and solar customers. Together with Eyelit`s
state-of-the-art manufacturing software suite, we can help our customers improve
their operations and dramatically drive down the cost of manufacturing. We look
forward to a successful engagement with Umicore," said Holm Fischer SYSTEMA's
Senior Consultant Manager.

"We are continuing to gain MES market share with the help of partners like
SYSTEMA. We`ve enjoyed a very successful relationship with SYSTEMA, found a
niche in the semiconductor ingot growth area, recently added three new customers
in the last five months. Whether it is concentrator solar cells (CPV), space
solar cells, solar cells (PV), high-brightness LEDs or other various
semiconductor applications, the manufacturing steps can all be modeled and
managed within Eyelit`s solution," stated Dan Estrada, Eyelit`s Vice-President
of Sales and Business Development.

About Eyelit, Inc.(www.eyelit.com)

Eyelit, Inc. is the leader in Manufacturing Execution and Business Process
Management (MES and BPM) solutions for visibility, control, and coordination of
manufacturing operations for the aerospace and defense, electronics,
semiconductor, and solar industries. Eyelit uniquely delivers a broad set of
manufacturing solutions, including Asset Management (Semi E10), Factory
Integration (Automation), Manufacturing Execution (MES), Supply Chain Execution,
Quality Management (CAPA/OCAP/SPC/APC), and Business Process Management. This
enables our customers to rapidly and cost-effectively optimize production and
company processes. With exceptional customer service, Eyelit has time and again
proven that superior innovative technology can increase efficiency and value.
More than 40 leading companies, including A123Systems, Analog Devices,
austriamicrosystems, CaliSolar, Deutsche Solar, FLIR Systems, Freescale
Semiconductor, SiCrystal, Innovalight, Nemotek, Tower Semiconductor, Umicore,
and VTI Technologies, rely on Eyelit as a trusted software partner.

About SYSTEMA GmbH (www.systemagmbh.de)

SYSTEMA GmbH is a recognized leader in manufacturing systems integration for the
semiconductor and photovoltaic industries. The company`s innovative products and
services enable its customers to quickly and cost effectively integrate,
automate, and optimize their production systems from Equipment Integration to
Manufacturing Execution System to Enterprise Resource Planning. SYSTEMA`S
product and service portfolio are built within a Service-Oriented Architecture,
using industry-standard and open-source technology stacks. Our solutions have a
proven track record to significantly reduce IT`s total cost of ownership,
manufacturing operating cost, and help avoid capital expenditure, while
maintaining the system flexibility required in today`s ever-changing business
environment. SYSTEMA`s customers, such as AMD, Hewlett Packard, Infineon,
Siltronics, Bosch, and Mikron, span the globe and are technology leaders within
their fields. SYSTEMA GmbH is headquartered in Dresden, Germany with offices and
partners in the USA and Asia.

About Umicore (www.umicore.com)

Umicore is a materials technology group. Its activities are centred on four
business areas: Advanced Materials, Precious Metals Products and Catalysts,
Precious Metals Services and Zinc Specialties. Each business area is divided
into market-focused business units.

Umicore focuses on application areas where it knows its expertise in materials
science, chemistry and metallurgy can make a real difference, be it in products
that are essential to everyday life or those at the cutting edge of new
technological developments. Umicore`s overriding goal of sustainable value
creation is based on this ambition to develop, produce and recycle materials in
a way that fulfills its mission: materials for a better life.

The Umicore Group has industrial operations on all continents and serves a
global customer base; it generated a turnover of € 9.2 billion in 2008 and
employs some 15,000 people.

About Electro-Optic Materials (www.eom.umicore.com)

The business unit Electro Optic Materials of Umicore is the worldleading
supplier of Germanium based material solutions. The company supplies GeCL4 for
the optical fiber industry, infrared optics for night vision applications and
germanium substrates used in the production of LED`s and high effient solar
cells for space and concentrator photovoltaic solutions. The Unit has operations
in Europe (Belgium, UK and France) and the US.

Eyelit, Inc.
Amy DeHeer, +1-905-502-6184
adeheer@eyelit.com

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