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ADE Corporation (NASDAQ: ADEX) announced today that it
has received a large multi-million dollar order for WaferSight(TM)
wafer quality certification systems from a major Japanese silicon
wafer supplier. Delivery of these tools is scheduled to support this
customer's 300mm silicon wafer capacity expansions in the last half of
2006 and first half of 2007.
Gartner Dataquest has estimated that 300mm wafer demand will grow
by 41% in 2006, 18% in 2007 and 40% in 2008. Silicon wafer
manufacturers have announced significant capacity expansions in 300mm
wafer production in Japan, Taiwan and the United States. The ADE
WaferSight wafer geometry metrology system is the tool of choice for
65nm node silicon wafer production and is extendable to the 45nm
technology node for advanced 300mm process development.
"To support this latest round of 300mm wafer capacity expansion,
we are seeing new construction of wafer fabs by the silicon suppliers
along with orders for ADE's wafer dimensional and inspection tools,"
said Dr. Chris L. Koliopoulos, ADE's president and chief executive
officer. "Device yield and performance begin with the quality of the
bare wafer. Wafer suppliers and device manufacturers worldwide rely on
ADE metrology and inspection systems to provide the highest quality of
product certification and process control results."
ADE will be demonstrating the WaferSight wafer flatness, shape and
edge roll-off metrology system, as well as its full line of silicon
wafer production and semiconductor process control systems, at Semicon
West, July 11 -13, Moscone Center, South Hall, Booth 1302, in San
Francisco. For more information, contact ADE at www.ade.com.
About ADE Corporation
ADE Corporation is a leading supplier of metrology and inspection
systems for the semiconductor wafer, semiconductor device, magnetic
data storage and optics manufacturing industries. The Company's
systems analyze and report product quality at critical manufacturing
steps for yield enhancement, providing quality certification data that
is relied upon by semiconductor wafer, device and computer disk
manufacturers. The Company's systems also are used for production
measurements in the semiconductor chip fabrication process. To learn
more about ADE, visit the Company's Web site at www.ade.com.
Safe Harbor
This news release contains certain forward-looking statements that
are subject to known and unknown risks and uncertainties that could
cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or
implied by such statements. Those statements that make reference to
the Company's expectations, predictions, beliefs, assumptions and
anticipations should be considered forward-looking statements. These
statements include, but are not limited to, those associated with the
shipment of product to the aforementioned silicon wafer supplier, the
effect of ADE products on customer product quality and production
rates, and expected 300mm silicon wafer demand. These statements
involve risks and uncertainties including those associated with wafer
pricing and wafer demand; the results of its product development
efforts; and the success of ADE's product offerings to meet customer
needs within the timeframes required by customers in these markets.
Further information on potential factors that could affect ADE
Corporation's business is described in the Company's reports on file
with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including its Form 10-K
for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2005.