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Photonic and laser systems demonstrated in Korea
ESI announces new demonstration centre in Korea for its semiconductor products.
Electro Scientific Industries, a provider of photonic and laser systems for micro engineering applications, announced the opening of its new demonstration centre in Anyang, Korea, situated approximately twenty five miles south of Seoul. The centre will be used by ESI to demonstrate the process capabilities of its Cignis tool, as well as other semiconductor products. The facility will be supported by both Korean and U.S. personnel on a rotational basis, and will enable the Company to better train and instruct its Asian based employees on the various semiconductor systems it offers.
"This demo centre will allow us to demonstrate the benefits and capabilities of our newly launched Cignis product, as well as our other semiconductor products, in a hands on, cleanroom environment. We selected this site primarily for its proximity to our customers," said Nick Konidaris, president and CEO of ESI. "Conducting product demonstrations close to a major customer base enables us to perform more in depth process studies with multiple customers. This type of arrangement will foster direct customer feedback. It will also assist us in establishing closer collaborations with our customers’ technology developments, while providing us with additional traction in the eastern Asia Pacific region."
ESI’s Korea demo centre features a Class 1000 cleanroom, a necessary component in today’s successful semiconductor manufacturing facilities. As a result, the demo centre will also be used as a customer co-development site, enabling ESI to continue penetrating the thin wafer dicing, CMOS image sensor dicing, and wafer scribing markets. The new demo centre is located in the Venture Digm building, a site that is currently occupied by several other technology oriented companies. This location was selected most notably for its optimal geographic location that will enable ESI to more readily support its customers in Korea, Taiwan and Japan.
"This demo centre will allow us to demonstrate the benefits and capabilities of our newly launched Cignis product, as well as our other semiconductor products, in a hands on, cleanroom environment. We selected this site primarily for its proximity to our customers," said Nick Konidaris, president and CEO of ESI. "Conducting product demonstrations close to a major customer base enables us to perform more in depth process studies with multiple customers. This type of arrangement will foster direct customer feedback. It will also assist us in establishing closer collaborations with our customers’ technology developments, while providing us with additional traction in the eastern Asia Pacific region."
ESI’s Korea demo centre features a Class 1000 cleanroom, a necessary component in today’s successful semiconductor manufacturing facilities. As a result, the demo centre will also be used as a customer co-development site, enabling ESI to continue penetrating the thin wafer dicing, CMOS image sensor dicing, and wafer scribing markets. The new demo centre is located in the Venture Digm building, a site that is currently occupied by several other technology oriented companies. This location was selected most notably for its optimal geographic location that will enable ESI to more readily support its customers in Korea, Taiwan and Japan.
