Deventer, July 27, 2022 – RoodMicrotec N.V., a leading independent company for semiconductors supply and quality services, and Rohde & Schwarz GmbH & Co. KG, a market leader in the fields of measurement technology and communications, today announce the continuation of their longstanding partnership through several new projects in ASIC development.

The two companies have been working together for over 10 years and in this period RoodMicrotec has carried out the test development for various high frequency ASICs used by Rohde & Schwarz in their products. RoodMicrotec performs wafer and component level tests as well as qualifications prior to product launch. For the coming years, further projects of this kind are already scheduled.

"At Rohde & Schwarz, we rely on our own in-house expertise to develop our high-performance ASICs and therefore count on partners who share our high standards. We appreciate the quality RoodMicrotec offers - from quotation to test development, qualification and volume testing," says Bastian Nagel, Senior Director Mixed Signal ASIC Development at Rohde & Schwarz.

RoodMicrotec also appreciates the collaboration with Rohde & Schwarz, especially the respectful interaction and the high level of professional expertise.

Jan de Koning Gans, Managing Director of RoodMicrotec GmbH says: "Our projects with Rohde & Schwarz constantly pose new technical challenges, thus allowing us to broaden our know-how and the quality of our work from project to project."

About Rohde & Schwarz
The Rohde & Schwarz technology group develops, produces and sells a wide range of electronic capital goods. The company’s entire product portfolio represents a valuable contribution to a secure and networked world. In the markets of test & measurement, secure communications, networks & cybersecurity, as well as broadcast & media, customers around the world rely on Rohde & Schwarz and its technologically leading solutions. In addition to its well-established business areas, the Group invests in future technologies such as artificial intelligence, Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), 6G, cloud, and quantum technology.

Further Information
Email: [email protected], Web: www.rohde-schwarz.com
 
About RoodMicrotec
RoodMicrotec is a leading independent company for semiconductor supply and quality services. With more than 50 years of experience in the semiconductor and electronics industry, RoodMicrotec is well-established as a highly valued partner for many companies worldwide. The Company provides full-turnkey ASIC services for complex microchips that are customized to handle specific applications for individual customers. In cooperation with strong partners, RoodMicrotec manages the entire development and production flow of ASICs in the target volume, ranging from low quantities up to multiple millions per year. The turnkey solution includes project management, wafer test, assembly, final test, qualification, failure analysis and logistics. All services comply with the industrial and quality requirements of the high reliability, aerospace, automotive, healthcare and industrial sectors. RoodMicrotec’s headquarters are located in Deventer, Netherlands, with operational units in Nördlingen and Stuttgart, Germany
For more information visit https://www.roodmicrotec.com

Further information
Martin Sallenhag - CEO, Arvid Ladega – CFO
Telephone: +31 570 745623 Email: [email protected] Web: www.roodmicrotec.com

This press release is published in English and German. In case of conflict between these versions the English version shall prevail.

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Rolla, Mo. – July 20, 2022 – Brewer Science, Inc., a global leader in developing and manufacturing next-generation materials and processes for the microelectronics and optoelectronics industries, is named a Greater St. Louis Top Workplace winner for 2022, marking the eighth consecutive year the company has received this recognition.

The St. Louis Dispatch published the list of 23 companies that were named a 2022 Top Workplace, with Brewer Science being the only manufacturing company on the list and the only company based in Rolla, MO.

Winners of the Top Workplaces are determined solely on employee feedback gathered through an employee engagement survey issued by Energage, a research company with more than 16 years of experience surveying over 27 million employees at 70,000 organizations. Results are calculated by comparing the survey’s research-based statements, including 15 Culture Drivers proven to predict high performance against industry benchmarks.

Brewer Science ranked above average in three culture drivers, thus earning a separate Culture Excellence Awards for Innovation, Work-Life Flexibility, and Compensation & Benefits, described by Energage as the following recognition:

Innovation:
The Innovation Top Workplaces award will celebrate organizations that have embedded innovation into their culture and create an environment where new ideas come from all employees.

Work-Life Flexibility:
The Work-Life Flexibility Top Workplaces award celebrates the organizations that provide options to their employees in how and where they work and have managers who care for their employees’ concerns.

Compensation & Benefits:
The Compensation & Benefits Top Workplaces awards celebrate the organizations that provide employees not only with material rewards but also with an appreciation for their work.

“Receiving the Innovation Culture Excellence Award by Top Workplaces exemplifies our employees’ commitment to providing the most innovative solutions in the industry,” states Dan Brewer, Executive VP Corporate Resources of Brewer Science. “It epitomizes our culture where everyone feels welcome to share their novel ideas, so we can transform those to practical implementation, bringing the most cutting-edge solutions to our customers.”

In addition to receiving the regional Greater St. Louis Top Workplace, Brewer Science was named a 2022 National Top Workplace, announced earlier this year.

Brewer Science is on the list of Top Five Manufacturing & Production Companies to Work for in the USA, published in March 2022, recognizing that amidst a national labor shortage and global supply chain crisis, companies with strong company cultures proved to be successful in retaining employees and mitigating risk to assist in building a more robust economy. The hire-to-retire development model emphasizes growth. Recently, a Printed Electronics Intern published an article on 3D Incites sharing his internship experiences at Brewer Science.

Learn more about Brewer Science’s company culture and explore career opportunities by visiting their website: https://www.brewerscience.com/about-us/company/careers/

About Brewer Science
Brewer Science is a global leader in developing and manufacturing next-generation materials and processes that foster the technology needed for tomorrow. Since 1981, we’ve expanded our technology portfolio within advanced lithography, advanced packaging, smart devices, and printed electronics to enable cutting-edge microdevices and unique monitoring systems for industrial, environmental, and air applications. Our relationship-focused approach provides outcomes that facilitate and deliver critical information. Our headquarters are in Rolla, Missouri, with customer support throughout the world. We invite you to learn more about Brewer Science at www.brewerscience.com.

About Energage
Making the world a better place to work together.™
Energage is a purpose-driven company that helps organizations turn employee feedback into useful business intelligence and credible employer recognition through Top Workplaces. Built on 14 years of culture research and the results from 23 million employees surveyed across more than 70,000 organizations, Energage delivers the most accurate competitive benchmark available. With access to a unique combination of patented analytic tools and expert guidance, Energage customers lead the competition with an engaged workforce and an opportunity to gain recognition for their people-first approach to culture. For more information or to nominate your organization, visit energage.com or topworkplaces.com.

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MRSI Systems is delighted to announce a new collaboration with Lumentum Operations LLC (“Lumentum“, NASDAQ: LITE), a leading global photonic chip and module supplier for the automotive LiDAR industry. This collaboration promises to generate innovative LiDAR solutions for the industry.

LiDAR (light detection and ranging) technology is becoming the standard equipment in medium-end and high-end vehicles. In the next five years, the demand for automotive LiDAR in advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) applications will grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 94%. Compared to optical transceivers, automotive LiDAR needs to pass more stringent reliability verification, in which both the reliability of the photonic chips and their assembly technologies are critical. Assembling photonic chips with high reliability and zero-defect in large-scale productions is one of the great challenges facing the emerging automotive LiDAR industry.

Both companies bring decades of expertise to the collaboration. Based on its expertise in providing reliable diode laser solutions for communication and consumer applications, Lumentum has developed a series of diode laser products that meet the quality, scope, and reliability requirements of the automotive industry. Lumentum provides 1550 nm narrow linewidth DBR diode lasers for the frequency modulated continuous wave (FMCW) coherent LiDAR, 905 nm and 940 nm VCSEL array laser with corresponding power for long-distance LiDAR and in-cabin monitoring.

MRSI Systems is a global leading supplier of fully automated high-accuracy die bonders, providing high-precision, high-flexibility, high-reliability, and high-speed fully automatic chip assembling solutions for the optoelectronic and microelectronic industries. In the automotive LiDAR industry, MRSI provides high reliability and fully automated assembling solutions for different die bonding processes.

To be announced at the 2022 Compound Semiconductor Conference for Advanced Technology and Applications (Suzhou, Taicang), MRSI’s collaboration with Lumentum will provide high-reliability photonic chip assembly solutions and services for the automotive LiDAR industry. The conference presentation titled, “Discussion on Photonic Chips and Assembling Technologies in Automotive LIDAR”, will be delivered by Dr. Limin Zhou of MRSI on behalf of both companies. Dr. Zhou’s speech will focus on the companies’ collaborative work, including key assembly requirements and technologies, best mass production solutions for high-reliability and zero-defect, and experimental results.

“Reliability is critical for automotive LiDAR applications and both the laser chip and the module assembly technology are essential to passing the strict reliability requirements for vehicles,” said Mr. Lu Yong, Senior Product Line Manager of Lumentum. “We are excited to continue our work with MRSI Systems, Mycronic Group. Our combined efforts will better support customers with a complete solution that includes high-reliability laser chip and assembly products.”

Dr. Yi Qian, Mycronic Group’s Vice President and General Manager for MRSI Systems, said, “We are happy to collaborate with Lumentum in the automotive LiDAR industry. MRSI Systems, Mycronic Group will have more opportunities to work with the global leading photonics company to develop high-reliability chip assembly solutions for the fast-growing Industry. The end-to-end solutions from chip to module assembly provided by our collaboration will shorten time-to-market and play a very important role in enabling mass production of automotive LiDAR solutions.”

For additional information, please contact:
Dr. Limin Zhou
Senior Director, Strategic Marketing, MRSI Systems, Mycronic Group and General Manager of MRSI Automation (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.
Tel: +86 135 0289 9401
E-mail: [email protected]

About MRSI Systems
MRSI Systems (Mycronic Group) is the leading manufacturer of fully automated, high-speed, high-precision and flexible eutectic and epoxy die bonding systems. We offer solutions for research and development, low-to-medium volume production, and high-volume manufacturing of photonic devices such as lasers, detectors, modulators, AOCs, WDM/EML TO-Cans, Optical transceivers, LiDAR, VR/AR, sensors, and optical imaging products. With 30+ years of industry experience and our worldwide local technical support team, we provide the most effective systems and assembly solutions for all packaging levels including chip-on-wafer (CoW), chip-on-carrier (CoC), PCB, and gold-box packaging. For more information visit www.mrsisystems.com

About Mycronic
Mycronic is a Swedish high-tech company engaged in the development, manufacture and marketing of production equipment with high precision and flexibility requirements for the electronics industry. Mycronic’s headquarters are located in Täby, north of Stockholm and the Group has subsidiaries in China, France, Germany, Japan, the Netherlands, Singapore, South Korea, United Kingdom, the United States and Vietnam. Mycronic is listed on Nasdaq Stockholm. www.mycronic.com

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RoodMicrotec N.V. publishes the unaudited Interim Report for 2022

• Total income EUR 7.3 million (HY1 2021: EUR 7.3 million)
• EBITDA EUR 1.4 million (HY1 2021: EUR 1.3 million)
• Net profit EUR 0.6 million (HY1 2021: EUR 0.4 million)

Deventer, July 21, 2022 – RoodMicrotec N.V., a leading independent company for semiconductors supply and quality services, today publishes the unaudited Interim Report and the half-year results for the period ended on June 30, 2022.

The total income in the first half-year of 2022 is EUR 7.3 million, which is equal to the total income reported for the first half-year of 2021 and for the second half of 2021. The stable total income is driven by a continued strong delivery level, especially in the test operations unit. In the first half of 2021 we ordered and received wafers for one of our SCM customers to manage the supply chain during a planned change of an assembly house. About EUR 0.4 million was realized for these wafers as total income and approximately the same amount was accounted for in the cost for raw materials and consumables. This resulted in a higher total income and a higher cost of materials in the first half of 2021 without an impact on the net profit. These parts will be delivered during the second half of 2022 where only part of the selling price will be recognized in the total income. The profit will therefore be positive.

EBITDA increased from EUR 1.3 million for the first half of 2021 to EUR 1.4 million for the first half of 2022. The lower cost of raw materials together with a good cost control have continued to reduce the overall costs in the first half-year of 2022.

Compared to the first half of 2021, the depreciation was lower in the first half of 2022 due to lower investments during 2021. The financing costs remained unchanged.

The net profit for the first half-year of 2022 increased by 47% to EUR 0.6 million compared to the first half-year of 2021.

(x EUR 1,000) Unaudited
HY1 2022 Unaudited
HY1 2021
Total Income 7,317 7,282
EBITDA 1,440 1,317
Net profit 644 437

 
Net cash flow from operating activities was positive with EUR 0.3 million (2021: positive with EUR 0.9 million). The change is the result of an increase in working capital during the first half of 2022. Net cash flow was negative with EUR 0.6 million (2021: positive with EUR 0.6 million). This was mainly due to the lower net cash from operating activities as well as investments and redemption of the 2012 perpetual bond during the first half of 2022.

The order book increased considerably compared to December 31, 2021, which is encouraging and indicates that a big part of the forecasted increase in total income for 2022 over last year is now covered with orders.

“Despite the general supply chain situation in the world, we have been able to continue our test operations at a high utilization level. This shows that we have logistics under control and are well prepared for the future increase in demand”, says Martin Sallenhag, CEO of RoodMicrotec. “The global shortage of semiconductor supplies as well as logistic challenges may still impact our ability to meet our plan for the full-year 2022, but we are closely monitoring the situation to be able to act if necessary.”

Unaudited Interim Report 2022
You will find the complete unaudited Interim Report 2022, which is available only in English and as an electronic version, on our corporate website: www.roodmicrotec.com/en/investor-relations-en/financial-publications.

Conference call
CEO Martin Sallenhag and CFO Arvid Ladega will present the unaudited Interim Report 2022 and respond to questions. You are invited to join RoodMicrotec’s conference call for media, analysts and shareholders (a Microsoft TEAMS event) on Thursday, July 21, 2022 at 9:30 CEST

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Financial calendar
July 21, 2022 Conference call for media, analysts and shareholders
October 13, 2022 Trading update quarter 3-2022
January 26, 2023 Publication (preliminary) annual total income 2022

Forward-looking statements
This press release contains a number of forward-looking statements. These statements are based on current expectations, estimates and prognoses by the Board of Management as well as on the information currently available to the Company. The statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties which are hard to evaluate, such as the general economic conditions, interest rates, exchange rates and amendments to statutory laws and regulations. The Board of Management of RoodMicrotec cannot guarantee that its expectations will materialize. Furthermore, RoodMicrotec does not accept any obligation to update the statements made in this press release.

About RoodMicrotec
RoodMicrotec is a leading independent company for semiconductor supply and quality services. With more than 50 years of experience in the semiconductor and electronics industry, RoodMicrotec is well-established as a highly valued partner for many companies worldwide. The Company provides full-turnkey ASIC services for complex microchips that are customized to handle specific applications for individual customers. In cooperation with strong partners, RoodMicrotec manages the entire development and production flow of ASICs in the target volume, ranging from low quantities up to multiple millions per year. The turnkey solution includes project management, wafer test, assembly, final test, qualification, failure analysis and logistics. All services comply with the industrial and quality requirements of the high reliability, aerospace, automotive, healthcare and industrial sectors. RoodMicrotec’s headquarters are located in Deventer, Netherlands, with operational units in Nördlingen and Stuttgart, Germany.

For more information visit https://www.roodmicrotec.com
Further information
Martin Sallenhag - CEO, Arvid Ladega - CFO
Telephone: +31 570 745623 Email: [email protected] Web: www.roodmicrotec.com

This press release is only published in English. This communication contains information that qualifies as inside information within the meaning of Article 7(1) of the EU Market Abuse Regulation. The company’s managing director and CEO Martin Sallenhag, is responsible for arranging the release of this document on behalf of RoodMicrotec.

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Established in July of 1982 by Sig, Kail, and Mariellen Wathne (hence the name, “SiKaMa”), Sikama was founded to design, develop, and manufacture high quality reflow soldering and curing systems utilizing a first of its kind high efficiency conductive heating technology to support the demands of the electronics industry.

After nearly 40 successful years, Sikama was purchased by Herb Weigel. Keeping with the mission originated by the founders, Herb’s goal is to elevate Sikama’s products to keep pace with the demands of the industry and exceed customer expectations. With an enhanced product roadmap and a growing number of services to support customers, Sikama is positioned better than ever to meet the increasing demands of its customers.

Sikama continues to grow its production space and team to meet the increasing demand for small footprint, high efficiency, and long-lasting products. In addition, with the launch of the fluxless EA UP1200, the company is positioned better than ever to meet the needs of the most demanding applications.

Here’s what was happening in 1982 when Sikama was founded:

• Time Magazine’s Machine of the Year was The Computer
• Biggest Blockbuster of 1982 was E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial
• Superbowl XVI Champions were the San Francisco 49ers
• Billboard’s #1 Song was Physical by Olivia Newton-John
• Adobe was founded in California by Chuck Geschke and John Warnock

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TEMPE, Ariz. and Austin, Texas—July 19, 2022—Moov, a data-fueled marketplace for used semiconductor manufacturing equipment, today welcomed David Arkow as the company’s head of global sales. The hiring of Arkow further expands the leadership team at Moov, which in April announced Rajiv Chegu as the company’s head of operations and Andrew Wolstan as the company’s general counsel and head of corporate development.

Moov is on a mission to accelerate global manufacturing, research and development and technological progress by fundamentally improving the supply chain. Moov’s digital marketplace is rapidly approaching $4 billion in active listings for used semiconductor equipment, and Moov recently announced end-to-end services to make buying and selling even easier. Moov’s intelligent management software facilitates the buying and selling of used semiconductor manufacturing equipment for enterprise customers.

Arkow, who will be based at Moov’s new headquarters in Tempe, Arizona, joins an executive team that comprises co-founder and CEO Steven Zhou, co-founder and Managing Director Maxam Yeung, Head of Technology Nick Griffith, Head of Finance James Qiu, Head of Customer Success Raymond Mahon and Chegu and Wolstan.

“We are excited to have secured David to lead sales and business development globally for Moov,” Zhou said. “David’s a force to be reckoned with in the world of sales, and has successfully scaled enterprise-sales organizations at multiple hyper-growth companies. David’s combination of results and culture-driven leadership are fully aligned with our values at Moov. We could not have found a better individual to lead our global sales organization.”

Arkow is a veteran sales leader with experience at early-stage startups and mature organizations across the e-commerce, fintech, insurtech and pharma industries. He brings to Moov an invaluable skill set that includes building and scaling strategic sales organizations, implementing scalable sales operations and cultivating team cultures that attract top talent.

Most recently, Arkow served for two years as vice president of sales at New York City-based Mulberry Technology, an e-commerce Series B-stage product company. There, Arkow quadrupled revenue in his first 12 months. Prior to joining Mulberry, Arkow spent more than seven years at Trustpilot — where he rose to become director of sales — an online-reviews platform headquartered in Copenhagen, Denmark. Arkow helped lead the company from its Series A-phase to its 2021 IPO on the London Stock Exchange. He built and ran Trustpilot’s U.S. West Coast sales division, and was Trustpilot’s No. 1 global seller. His performance earned Arkow three Trustpilot President’s Club awards. He earned a business certificate from Columbia University in New York City and earned a bachelor’s degree in business from Ithaca College in New York.

“David was a legend at Trustpilot, both as the company’s top seller, and as a leader building and scaling their west coast sales organization,” Zhou added. “David has proven experience leading sales organizations from early stage through IPO. Moov is on an accelerated growth trajectory, and David has experience and know-how to lead Moov’s sales organization through this growth because he’s done it before.”

Zhou said with Arkow part of the team, Moov will be able to augment the speed and efficiency of its transactions, its customer service, value-added services and account management quality and availability.

“Moov continues to attract top talent,” Zhou said. “We have become the clear market leader within our segment. Growth continues to accelerate for Moov. As a result, companies are increasingly turning to us for all their used-equipment buy, sell and management needs and opportunities.”

Moov is uniquely positioned to solve a problem identified by a U.S. Department of Commerce January report: Less-advanced chips are feeling supply shortages most keenly; they are produced by equipment often no longer in production — an obstacle compounded by the fact that no unified secondary market for equipment exists. The scarcity of semiconductor equipment and parts have resulted in the worst supply-chain delays in decades, extending chip manufacturers’ wait times up to 18 months.

In May, the company announced its real-time logistics tracking and virtual equipment inspections offering and 100% insurance coverage on purchased equipment during transit. It boasts an ecosystem of aftermarket services including tracking, digital inspections and refurbishing within its portal.

Moov is eliminating purchase risk for manufacturers looking to diversify their supply chain strategy by sourcing used equipment with its no-questions-asked, money-back guarantee, according to SEMI, the California-based global association that represents the electronics and supply-chain design industries.

Moov’s new headquarters in the 100 Mill building in Tempe, Arizona, will command the entire 16th floor, spanning about 32,000 square feet. The 18-story tower is among the premier commercial real estate locations in Greater Phoenix. Amazon and Deloitte also are building tenants. Moov will employ more than 150 total employees by the end of this year.

Customers utilizing the Moov platform include Applied Materials, Western Digital, Maxim Integrated, KLA and Microchip.

About Moov Technologies Inc.
Headquartered in Tempe, Arizona, and Austin, Texas, Moov is a technology-driven marketplace and asset management platform that matches buyers and sellers of pre-owned semiconductor manufacturing equipment. Built by a team with more than 50 years of experience in the manufacturing equipment brokerage industry, Moov’s platform ensures accurate listings and faster transactions. CEO Steven Zhou and Managing Director Maxam Yeung co-founded the company in 2017. Moov currently employs about 80 people, and also boasts a presence in San Francisco; Shanghai, China; and Taipei, Taiwan. To learn more, please visit Moov.co.

Media contact
Treble
Lindsly Penny
[email protected]

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Chip Integration Technology Center (CITC) and Henkel announced today that the organizations have formalized an agreement to collaborate on the development of high-thermal die attach solutions for RF and power electronics. Under the terms of the partnership, Henkel will supply commercialized and developmental pressureless sintering die attach formulations and CITC will provide testing and analysis of the materials within next-generation package designs.

CITC’s Thermal High-Performance Packaging program focuses on thermo-mechanical design strategies and device packaging platforms that integrate low-stress, high-reliability rugged interconnect solutions. As die attach and molding materials are often limiting factors for the optimal operation of RF and power packages, Henkel is the ideal partner or innovation in this application area.

In addition to ongoing work in its state-of-the-art R&D centers, Henkel wants to accelerate time-to-market for its semiconductor packaging materials through strategic relationships across industry, government, and academia. CITC, which collaborates with leading power and RF device packaging companies, provides a unique opportunity to characterize and analyze Henkel’s high-thermal die attach formulations as an enabler for leading-edge device designs.

“Henkel’s pressureless sintering die attach materials are already proven in certain mobile applications,” explained Ramachandran “Ram” Trichur, the company’s Global Market Segment Head, Semiconductor Packaging Materials. “We want to extend that success to other sectors such as automotive, where large, high-power chips are the norm. Our pressureless sintering solutions are unique because they deliver the simple, low-stress processability of conventional die attach adhesives and very high thermal conductivity capabilities. The work at CITC will augment our in-house projects, allowing additional performance and reliability validation.”

The new die attach technology has the potential to enable the replacement of lead (Pb) within RF and power semiconductor devices that incorporate larger die on copper leadframes, allowing the introduction of high operating temperature gallium nitride (GaN) and silicon carbide (SiC) power die technologies. Many of CITC’s partners are actively integrating these new chip structures, making the cooperative project an excellent proving ground for Henkel’s pressureless sintering platform.

“In Henkel, we have found a material innovator that will enable the development of power and RF devices with a holistic approach that leverages the latest in die attach technology,” concluded CITC General Manager, Jeroen van den Brand. “With many major power device manufacturers based in Europe, and in Nijmegen in particular, we view this partnership as vital to satisfying the current and future demands within these important market sectors.”

About CITC
Chip Integration Technology Center (CITC) is a non-profit joint innovation center specializing in heterogeneous integration and advanced chip packaging technology. CITC has created an effective ecosystem in which companies, research and educational institutes work on bridging the gap between academics and industry. CITC’s contribution to the ecosystem is to provide access to innovation, infrastructure and education.
www.citc.org

About Henkel
Henkel operates globally with a well-balanced and diversified portfolio. The company holds leading positions with its three business units in both industrial and consumer businesses thanks to strong brands, innovations and technologies. Henkel Adhesive Technologies is the global leader in the adhesives market – across all industry segments worldwide. In its Laundry & Home Care and Beauty Care businesses, Henkel holds leading positions in many markets and categories around the world. Founded in 1876, Henkel looks back on more than 140 years of success. In 2021, Henkel reported sales of more than 20 billion euros and adjusted operating profit of about 2.7 billion euros. Henkel employs about 53,000 people globally – a passionate and highly diverse team, united by a strong company culture, a common purpose to create sustainable value, and shared values. As a recognized leader in sustainability, Henkel holds top positions in many international indices and rankings. Henkel’s preferred shares are listed in the German stock index DAX.
www.henkel-adhesives.com/electronics

Contact
CITC: Marco Koelink | M +31 6 15 15 66 41 | E [email protected]
Henkel: Ruud de Wit | M +31 6 43 37 21 08 | E [email protected]

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Yield Engineering Systems, Inc. (YES), a leading manufacturer of process equipment for semiconductor advanced packaging, life sciences, and “More-than-Moore” applications, today announced that Russ Sanchez has joined the company’s senior leadership team as Vice President of Quality and Managing Director of YES’s new Technology Center in Chandler, Arizona.

Mr. Sanchez, who is based in Chandler, is a seasoned operations and business leader with over two decades of experience driving excellence in the manufacturing operations of semiconductors, microelectronics, printed electronics, antenna technology, and hard drives.

“Russ has an impressive track record of developing technology centers and manufacturing operations to support the growth of high-technology sector customers,” said Rezwan Lateef, President of YES. “His ability to implement quality systems and to partner closely with our customers to realize their next-generation devices will be invaluable as we move into the next phase of our company’s growth.”

Mr. Sanchez came to YES from NthDegree Worldwide Technologies, where he was Vice President of Operations. Before that, he held a variety of roles within Manufacturing and Quality at technology companies including Airgain, NXP Semiconductors, ST Microelectronics/Western Digital Corporation, Hynix Semiconductor of America, and Philips Semiconductors. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from the University of Phoenix.

About YES
Yield Engineering Systems, Inc. (YES) is a preferred provider of high-tech, cost-effective equipment for enhancing surfaces and materials. The company’s product lines include thermal processing systems, chemical vapor deposition (CVD) systems, and wet process equipment used for the precise surface modification of semiconductor substrates, semiconductor and MEMS devices, LED displays, and biodevices. Customers ranging from startups to Fortune 100 companies rely on YES systems to create and volume-produce innovative products in a wide range of markets. YES is headquartered in Fremont, California, with a growing global presence. For more information, please visit yieldengineering.com.

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A long-term, strategic, enterprise-level technology collaboration aims to further increase production efficiencies and reduce costs for Micron and its suppliers.

Cambridge, MA, July 13, 2022 – Today, Athinia™ announced that Micron Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq: MU), a global leader in innovative memory and storage solutions, plans to use the Athinia™ data analytics platform to create a pioneering data collaboration ecosystem that will help lead a continued journey of digital transformation with Micron’s critical suppliers. Athinia™’s state-of-the-art AI-driven quality control methodology will be able to further improve process and device yield, reduce costs and accelerate time to value generation using select data and insights from Micron’s supply chain. Athinia™, launched in December 2021, is a partnership between Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany (DAX:MKGAF) and Palantir Technologies Inc. (NYSE:PLTR).

“The secure architecture provided by Athinia™ will allow Micron and its suppliers to share a single source of real-time data without compromising data ownership, governance, privacy and security,” said Laura Matz, CEO of Athinia™ and Chief Science and Technology Officer of Merck, KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany. “Through data sharing and collaboration, the platform leverages machine learning-driven analytics to solve critical challenges.”

Using Athinia™’s platform, Micron’s suppliers will be able to share their process and manufacturing data as well as key parameters, offering secure collaboration on a much larger population of critical data analytics. Micron and its suppliers can expect to see improvements in yields, shortened qualification times and enhanced quality.

“Micron is leading the industry in adopting the Athinia™ platform for its new ecosystem. Through data collaboration, Athinia™ can help to achieve key objectives for the semiconductor industry such as the improvement of material quality and sustainability, supply chain resilience as well as the acceleration of innovation cycles,” said Kai Beckmann, Member of the Executive Board of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany and CEO Electronics. “Ultimately, data analytics and collaboration will allow a wide range of benefits to the entire semiconductor industry.”

“The production and delivery of semiconductors is absolutely vital to our collective welfare and security,” said Alexander C. Karp, co-founder and chief executive officer of Palantir Technologies Inc. “We are committed to ensuring that Micron and Athinia™ have the software they need to address the supply chain challenges involved in the distribution of one of the world’s most essential and important products.”

About Athinia Technologies LLC
Data for Pioneers. Athinia™ provides a data analytics platform that brings manufacturers and materials suppliers together to share, aggregate, and analyze data to unlock efficiencies and time to market, while improving quality, supply chain and sustainability. All this without taking ownership of data.

Athinia™ is a partnership between Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany (DAX:MKGAF), and Palantir Technologies Inc. (NYSE:PLTR). Athinia is headquartered in Cambridge, MA, USA. Athinia operates independently from the Electronics business of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany. More information can be found at www.athinia.com, LinkedIn and Twitter.

About Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany
Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, a leading science and technology company, operates across healthcare, life science and electronics. Around 60,000 employees work to make a positive difference to millions of people’s lives every day by creating more joyful and sustainable ways to live. From advancing gene editing technologies and discovering unique ways to treat the most challenging diseases to enabling the intelligence of devices – the company is everywhere. In 2021, Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, generated sales of € 19.7 billion in 66 countries.

The company holds the global rights to the name and trademark “Merck” internationally. The only exceptions are the United States and Canada, where the business sectors of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, operate as EMD Serono in healthcare, MilliporeSigma in life science, and EMD Electronics in electronics. Since its founding in 1668, scientific exploration and responsible entrepreneurship have been key to the company’s technological and scientific advances. To this day, the founding family remains the majority owner of the publicly listed company.

About Palantir Technologies Inc.
Foundational software of tomorrow. Delivered today. Additional information is available at https://www.palantir.com.

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