"We are pleased to announce these major follow-on orders for our advanced Opti-Probe tools which expand upon this customer's significant installed base of Therma-Wave metrology solutions. Our leading edge tools provide seamless tool-to-tool and fab-to-fab matching and are backed by a proven field and applications support team with resources located world-wide. These orders and deliveries reflect our customer's ongoing confidence in expanding their deployment of Therma-Wave metrology solutions to support their front-end and back-end metrology applications throughout the fab," commented Brian Renner, vice president of sales at Therma-Wave.
About Therma-Wave, Inc.
Since 1982, Therma-Wave, Inc. has been revolutionizing process control metrology systems through innovative proprietary products and technologies. The Company is a world-wide leader in the development, manufacture, marketing and service of process control metrology systems used in the manufacture of semiconductors. Therma-Wave currently offers leading-edge products to the semiconductor manufacturing industry for the measurement of transparent and semi-transparent thin films; for the measurement of critical dimensions and profile of IC features; and for the monitoring of ion implantation and activation processes. Further information about Therma-Wave, Inc., is available from the Company's web site at: www.thermawave.com.
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Note: Opti-Probe is registered trademark of Therma-Wave, Inc.
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