NEWS DESK
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Rudolph Technologies
sells lead scanner
assets
RUDOLPH TECHNOLOGIES, a provider of process
characterisation equipment and software used by semiconductor
manufacturers, announced it has sold its lead scanner assets and
licensed related intellectual property acquired from RVSI
Inspection in January 2008, to privately held BKM Technology
Partners. Under the terms of the agreement, BKM will provide
global sales and service for the RVSI lead scanner product line.
“We are excited about adding the lead scanner to our
semiconductor solutions portfolio,” said Barton A. Katz, BKM
partner. “BKM is committed to providing world class support.
Following a seamless transition of this business from Rudolph to
our organisation, we intend to deliver this same level of support
for lead scanner customers.”
Under terms of the agreement, the transfer of assets and
inventory will be completed during the third quarter. BKM will
provide global support, and all inquiries related to the lead
scanner products will be redirected to BKM.
“Our screening process involved an extensive review of
candidates to help ensure this business would be handled by an
entity that could capably support lead scanner customers on a
global scale,” said Nathan Little, executive vice president and
general manager of Rudolph’s Inspection Business Unit. “As
such, we will work closely with BKM to facilitate a smooth hand
off of the assets and related product support.”
Entegris to acquire Poco
Graphite
ENTEGRIS announced that it has signed a definitive agreement
to acquire privately held Poco Graphite, in an all cash
transaction valued at $158 million. Based in Decatur, Texas,
POCO is a provider of process critical graphite based
consumables and finished products used in a variety of markets,
including semiconductor, EDM (electrical discharge machining),
medical, optoelectronic, aerospace and specialty industrial. In
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2007, POCO generated revenues of more than $60 million, of
which approximately 40 percent was from sales to
semiconductor related customers.
“This transaction adds to our core materials science
competencies, significantly broadens our range of high-
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performance consumable offerings, and enables us serve more
customers in more ways,” said Gideon Argov, president and chief
executive officer of Entegris.
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Corey Rucci, president and chief operating officer of Poco
Graphite, said: “Highly engineered graphite and silicon carbide
consumables are currently an expanding market that is more
than 90 percent recurring and that is expected to grow by more
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than 10 percent a year. We’re excited to become part of
Entegris, a relationship that should create new opportunities for
our products, our customers and, above all, our people.”
Products offered and industries served by POCO include such
semiconductor related consumables as electrodes, crucibles and
wafer handlers; consumables used in Electrical Discharge
Machining (EDM), a process utilised in applications that require
very fine tolerances and geometries difficult to achieve with
standard machining techniques.
August 2008 www.euroasiasemiconductor.com
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