Tokyo Electron Limited (TEL) and Integrated Materials, Inc. (IMI) Announce Joint...
Tokyo Electron Limited (TEL) and Integrated Materials, Inc. (IMI) Announce Joint Strategic Marketing Alliance ProgramTOKYO--(Business Wire)--Tokyo Electron Limited (TEL) and Integrated Materials, Inc. (IMI)announced plans to jointly promote their most advanced furnace systemsand SiFusion(TM) furnace consumables. Under this agreement, TEL designates IMI as a strategic suppliermaking IMI products as its preferred furnace consumables and has anexclusive right to use IMI's SiFusion(TM) 100% pure poly siliconfurnace consumables for LPCVD Poly applications. It is expected thatIMI's SiFusion(TM) products will enable customer to improve TCO (TotalCost of Ownership) by reducing preventive maintenance (PM) cycles, andcleaning costs, while increasing furnace availability. IMI'sproprietary SiFusion(TM) surfaces allow TEL furnace systems toaccumulate 5 to 20 times more Poly LPCVD film deposition before a PM. "TEL is always interested in adopting a new technology that willbenefit customers," said Hiroshi Takenaka, Corporate Director of TELand Senior Vice President and General Manager of Thermal ProcessingSystem Business Unit. "We expect this alliance will provide betteroverall furnace system performance to customers at lower overall costof ownership." Daniel Rubin, President and CEO of IMI, commented, "IMI is thefirst and the only company that has technologies to manufactureproduction proven furnace consumables with 100% pure poly siliconmaterial. Together with TEL's most advanced furnace systems, we expectto provide high purity, low maintenance, and improved cost ofownership furnace solutions to IC manufacturers worldwide." TEL and IMI believes this alliance will provide customers withvalue added furnace solutions and both parties are currentlydiscussing expansion of the alliance for other applications. About TEL TEL, established in 1963, is a leading supplier of innovativesemiconductor and FPD production equipment worldwide. In Japan, TELalso distributes computer network related products and electroniccomponents of global leading suppliers. To support this diverseproduct base, TEL is strategically located around the world. TEL is apublicly held company listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange. www.tel.com About Integrated Materials, Inc. With its patented SiFusion(TM) technology, Integrated Materials,Inc., Sunnyvale, Calif., is the first and only company to perfect thepoly silicon furnace fixtures solution sought for years by thesemiconductor industry. Integrated Materials' unique family ofSiFusion(TM) poly silicon furnaceware eclipses traditional quartz andsilicon carbide consumables by its ability to increase yield byreducing particles in LPCVD as well as trace metal contamination andslip reduction in high temperature processes. SiFusion(TM) furnacewareimproves productivity and reduces cost with the significant reductionof routine cleaning. www.sifusion.comIntegrated Materials, Inc.Ilsong Lee, +1-408-437-7591 ext. 242ilee@integratedmaterials.comAtsushi Kishida, +1-408-437-7591 ext. 232akishida@integratedmaterials.comorTEL Thermal Processing Systems Business UnitShingo Tada, +81-3-5561-7381teddy.tada@tel.comCopyright Business Wire 2007
