Mykrolis Names Peter S. Kirlin as Vice President of Business Development

Mykrolis Names Peter S. Kirlin as Vice President of Business
Development 


BILLERICA, Mass., June 10  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Mykrolis Corporation
(NYSE:MYK), a leading supplier of components and subsystems to the
semiconductor industry, today appointed Peter S. Kirlin to the newly created
position of vice president of business development responsible for strategic
planning activities including mergers and acquisitions.

Kirlin served from 2000 to 2003 as chief executive officer and chairman of the
board for Dupont Photomasks, Inc. (NASDAQ:DPMI), a developer and producer of
advanced photomasks for the semiconductor and microelectronics industry.
Previously, he spent 12 years at ATMI, Inc., a supplier of semiconductor
manufacturing materials, where he served in increasingly responsible management
roles, including the post of group vice president of ATMI's Technologies and
Services Group.  In that role, he was responsible for significant merger and
acquisition activities as well as corporate research, human resources and
administration.  Before ATMI he worked at American Cyanamid Corporation as a
project leader and conducted post-graduate research projects at the University
of Munich's Institute of Physical Chemistry.

C. William Zadel, chairman of the board and chief executive officer, said,
"Peter brings a wealth of technical and managerial expertise to Mykrolis, along
with an excellent understanding of the semiconductor industry.  We are
committed to grow Mykrolis to greater levels of performance for our customers,
our employees and our shareholders.  Peter will help us develop and implement
the growth strategies that will yield these results." "I am very pleased to
join Mykrolis," Kirlin said. "As the largest worldwide supplier of
contamination control technologies in the semiconductor industry, Mykrolis is
poised to capitalize on a number of growth opportunities.  With semiconductor
device dimensions continuing to shrink and with the introduction of new
manufacturing materials and processes, the role of contamination control to the
semiconductor industry should continue to grow in importance. I look forward to
working with the team at Mykrolis to help identify and realize opportunities to
expand its business."

Kirlin serves on the board of Akrion Corporation, a privately held suppler of
batch immersion and single wafer wet processing equipment.  He holds a Ph.D.
degree in chemical engineering from the University of Delaware and a B. S. in
chemical engineering from Pennsylvania State University.

About Mykrolis

Mykrolis is a worldwide developer, manufacturer and supplier of liquid and gas
delivery systems, components and consumables used to precisely measure,
deliver, control and purify the process liquids, gases and chemicals, as well
as the deionized water, photoresists and vacuum systems utilized in the
semiconductor manufacturing process. In addition, the Company's products are
used to manufacture a range of other products, such as flat panel displays,
high purity chemicals, photoresists, solar cells, gas lasers, optical disks and
fiber optic cables. Based in Billerica, Massachusetts, Mykrolis is formerly
Millipore Microelectronics, Inc.  The Company acquired certain assets of
Aeronex Corporation in October 2003.  For more information, visit
http://www.mykrolis.com/.

  Mykrolis is a registered trademark of Mykrolis Corporation.

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   Craig Lazinsky
   Mykrolis Corporation
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