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San Jose, CA - July 09, 2009
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INNOViON Announces Site Consolidation
INNOViON Corporation, a provider of foundry ion implant services for the micro-electronics industry, announced today that it will be consolidating the implant service activities performed at their Chandler, AZ site, into their San Jose, CA site, effective July 17, 2009.
Gary Holyoak, INNOViON CEO, comments “This is the right decision for INNOViON, our customers and our shareholders. While our overall business has held up quite well given the challenging economic environment, we will be more efficient running with better utilization out of a consolidated site. In fact, we are very excited about our prospects for the San Jose facility as we continue to add new tooling and capabilities, with multiple installations underway currently and several new market opportunities being developed.”
INNOViON had previously announced to its customers that it would also be consolidating the activities of its Gresham site into the San Jose facility during Q3, 2009. The exact timing of this closure is to be determined as INNOViON concludes its contract obligations and transitions customers to the San Jose facility.
About INNOViON:
INNOViON is the leading global provider of foundry ion implantation support and service to the microelectronic industry. Formed in 2001, INNOViON represents a combination of two industry leaders (Implant Center, Inc. and Ion Implant Services, Inc.) with over 25 years in this specialized technology segment. INNOViON has three regional production facilities located in San Jose, CA, Gresham, OR, and Chandler, AZ. All facilities operate 7 days per week and are equipped with a broad range of tooling supporting both standard and specialty implants in diameter ranges of 2” through 200mm. All INNOViON sites also offer a full range of Fab Service support, including ion source and subassembly rebuilds and miscellaneous parts cleaning for all implanter models. INNOViON is a privately-held corporation and is headquartered at 2121 Zanker Road, San Jose, California. More information about INNOViON is available on line at www.innovioncorp.com
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San Jose, CA - September 02, 2008
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INNOViON Announces Sales Rep Agreement for Plasma Immersion Ion Implantation
INNOViON Corporation, a provider of foundry ion implant services for the micro-electronics industry, announced today that it has signed an Agreement with Ion Beam Services (IBS) of France to represent IBS in the U.S. for their PULSION™ Plasma Immersion Ion Implantation (PIII) implant service requirements.Gary Holyoak, INNOViON CEO, stated, “PIII is gaining interest and we have fielded inquiries for it in leading edge and unique applications such as Ultra-Shallow Junction and 3D implant for both P and N doping. With IBS’s capabilities in this arena via its PULSION™ tool, it was determined we should work together more closely as this market develops. While INNOViON and our customers will benefit from the additional capability access (incl. 300mm), IBS will benefit from the broad reach and customer base of INNOViON.”
Dr. Laurent Roux, CEO of Ion Beam Services, added, “The partnership with INNOViON is an excellent opportunity for us to better serve the U.S. market. Given INNOViON’s strong sales and technical coverage, and the outstanding process capabilities of IBS and our PULSION™ PIII tool, we will provide the US market with unique process and services capability.”
About INNOViON:
INNOViON is the leading global provider of foundry ion implantation support and service to the microelectronic industry. Formed in 2001, INNOViON represents a combination of two industry leaders (Implant Center, Inc. and Ion Implant Services, Inc.) with over 25 years in this specialized technology segment. INNOViON has three regional production facilities located in San Jose, CA, Gresham, OR, and Chandler, AZ. All facilities operate 7 days per week and are equipped with a broad range of tooling supporting both standard and specialty implants in diameter ranges of 2" through 200mm. All INNOViON sites also offer a full range of Fab Service support, including ion source and subassembly rebuilds and miscellaneous parts cleaning for all implanter models. INNOViON is a privately-held corporation and is headquartered at 2121 Zanker Road, San Jose, California. More information about INNOViON is available on line at www.innovioncorp.com
About Ion Beam Services:
With more than twenty years of experience, IBS is the European leader for ion implantation solutions. Since 1987, IBS offers ion implantation foundry services, R&D and production ion implanters manufacturing, electronics repair, source and subassemblies rebuilds and major electronics and mechanical retrofits. IBS has production facilities and services centers in Europe and Asia: IBS Headquarter in Peynier Rousset, France, which is the Southern European Center for Semiconductors, IBS UK in Bathgate, Scotland, in the heart of Silicon Glen, and IBS ASIA in Singapore. More information about IBS is available on line at www.ion-beam-services.com.
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San Jose, CA - March 25, 2008
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INNOViON Announces 150mm HE Capability
INNOViON Corporation, a provider of foundry ion implant services for the micro-electronics industry, announced today that it has further expanded its capabilities by dedicating a modern Axcelis GSD/HE implanter to the 150mm market.
Steven Swanson, INNOViON Vice President Sales, commented "Consistent with other recent announcements, INNOViON continues to expand our reach into markets which have been underserved. While our existing toolset had the capability to reach energies up to 600 keV for 150mm (with custom tooling supporting Hydrogen and Helium implants from 2" - 150mm), this move opens the potential energy up to 3000 keV, and does so on a modern, high quality platform. This coupled with our recent addition of dedicated tooling to address "alternative implant species", now brings INNOViON's service and expertise to a whole new group of customers."
About INNOViON
INNOViON is the leading global provider of foundry ion implantation support and service to the microelectronic industry. Formed in 2001, INNOViON represents a combination of two industry leaders (Implant Center, Inc. and Ion Implant Services, Inc.), with over 25 years of experience in this specialized technology segment. INNOViON has three regional production facilities located in San Jose, CA, Gresham, OR, and Chandler, AZ. All facilities operate 7 days per week and are equipped with a broad range of tooling supporting both standard and specialty implants in diameter ranges of 2" through 200mm. All sites also offer a full range of Fab Service support, including ion source and subassembly rebuilds and miscellaneous parts cleaning for all implanter models. INNOViON is a privately-held corporation and is headquartered at 2121 Zanker Road, San Jose, California. More information about INNOViON is available on line at www.innovioncorp.com.
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San Jose, CA - December 07, 2007
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INNOViON Announces Expanded Capabilities
INNOViON Corporation, a provider of foundry ion implant services for the micro-electronics industry, announced today that it has expanded its capabilities with dedicated tooling and engineering resources to process extended species and materials in ion implantation.
Steven Swanson, INNOViON Vice President Sales, states "INNOViON continues to adapt to the changing market. In addition to the volume production support that has driven our need to have three individual fabs, we have identified a significant growth opportunity supporting "non-standard" implant species and materials. With INNOViON's unparalleled engineering depth, quality systems and total resources, we plan to bring a huge, positive change compared to the traditional support for this business segment".
About INNOViON, Inc.
INNOViON is the leading global provider of foundry ion implantation support and service to the microelectronic industry. Formed in 2001, INNOViON represents a combination of two industry leaders (Implant Center, Inc. and Ion Implant Services, Inc.), with over 25 years of experience in this specialized technology segment. INNOViON has three regional production facilities located in San Jose, CA, Gresham, OR, and Chandler, AZ. All facilities operate 7 days per week and are equipped with a broad range of tooling supporting both standard and specialty implants in diameter ranges of 2" through 200mm. All sites also offer a full range of Fab Service support, including ion source and subassembly rebuilds and miscellaneous parts cleaning for all implanter models. INNOViON is a privately-held corporation and is headquartered at 2121 Zanker Road, San Jose, California. More information about INNOViON is available on line at www.innovioncorp.com.
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San Jose, CA - December 07, 2007
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INNOViON Announces Sales Agency Agreement for Europe
INNOViON Corporation, a provider of foundry ion implant services for the micro-electronics industry, announced today that it has signed a Sales Agency Agreement with SMART Implant Technologies, Ltd to represent INNOViON's business interests in Europe.
Steven Swanson, INNOViON Vice President Sales, commented, "As the largest implant service provider worldwide with a particularly dominant position in the U.S., we feel that some of our future growth must come from other regions. We believe that our partnership with SMART will bring an improved access and better awareness of INNOViON within Europe and the broad capabilities we have to offer to that region."
Franck POUCH, CEO of SMART IMPLANT Ltd, added, "The partnership with INNOViON for Europe is a unique opportunity for the local demand to have access to the largest range of top quality services and research capabilities."
About INNOViON
INNOViON is the leading global provider of foundry ion implantation support and service to the microelectronic industry. Formed in 2001, INNOViON represents a combination of two industry leaders (Implant Center, Inc. and Ion Implant Services, Inc.), with over 25 years of experience in this specialized technology segment. INNOViON has three regional production facilities located in San Jose, CA, Gresham, OR, and Chandler, AZ. All facilities operate 7 days per week and are equipped with a broad range of tooling supporting both standard and specialty implants in diameter ranges of 2" through 200mm. All sites also offer a full range of Fab Service support, including ion source and subassembly rebuilds and miscellaneous parts cleaning for all implanter models. INNOViON is a privately-held corporation and is headquartered at 2121 Zanker Road, San Jose, California. More information about INNOViON is available on line at www.innovioncorp.com.
About SMART
Originally issued from AEA Technology, Ion acceleration was developed at Harwell, England during Isotope separation research period. The associated department has been a major contribution to the semiconductor ion implantation since the early 1960s. Significant achievements have included: the development of the 'Freeman Ion Source', Design and licensing of the world's first semiconductor production implanter, World's first 'Ion Implantation Service' to industry established at Harwell, England.
The present Foundry was opened in May 2001 and transferred to SMART in 2005. With a blend of medium and high current, batch and serial implanters interfaced into a purpose built clean room, SMART delivers a very flexible, low cost, high quality production and development implant service to manufacturers across Europe.
SMART is owned by a larger group of companies specialized in services to the industries and Semiconductor in particular. With Several bases in Europe and an equipment manufacture centre in France this Service group is engaged in several development projects. More information about SMART is available on line at www.smart-implant.com or by contacting directly us on sales@smart-implant.com
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Chandler, AZ - July 24, 2007
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INNOViON Announces New Board Member
INNOViON Corporation announced today that Mr. Andy Vitus has joined their Board of Directors.
Andy is focused on Scale Venture Partners' hardware investments and plays a key role in evaluating new investment opportunities in semiconductors, communications and novel materials. He is currently focused on innovations in consumer electronics and mixed signal technologies, and has worked closely with Auvitek, Entone, and Picolight.
Prior to joining Scale VP in 2003, Andy worked as a hardware engineer for Electronics for Imaging, designing embedded print server platforms and video compression circuits. Previously, he was a software engineer for De Beers Research Labs, doing research on computer vision for both medical and mining applications.
Andy earned an MS in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University and a BS in Electrical Engineering from the University of Cape Town, South Africa.
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San Jose, CA - April 01, 2007
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INNOViON Wins Contract To Provide Foundry Ion Implantation to Device Manufacturer
INNOViON Corporation, a provider of foundry ion implant services for the micro-electronics industry, announced today it secured a term contract with one of the largest global providers of technology applications used to improve reliability, performance and safety in high volume production of medical devices, automotive components and process controls for OEM industrial markets. INNOViON will perform all of the company's ion implantation manufacturing steps under terms of the agreement, generating a revenue stream of approximately $1M in annual sales for INNOViON. Several significant new contracts projected to be awarded to this key customer later this year could augment this sales figure considerably for INNOViON.
Gary Holyoak, INNOViON President and Chief Executive Officer, states, "INNOViON was selected by this long-term client based on our capabilities and cost-effective solutions offered with foundry ion implantation. As their exclusive outsource provider for this fundamental but essential component in device production, INNOViON appreciates the confidence and trust placed with us after many years of demonstrated performance. INNOViON continues to actively move down the path of enhancing our quality offerings and infrastructure to manage and support this customer's predicted growth going forward."
About INNOViON, Inc.
INNOViON is the leading global provider of foundry ion implantation support and service to the microelectronic industry. Formed in 2001, INNOViON represents a combination of two industry leaders (Implant Center, Inc. and Ion Implant Services, Inc.), with over 25 years of experience in this specialized technology segment. INNOViON has three regional production facilities located in San Jose, CA, Gresham, OR, and Chandler, AZ. All facilities operate 7 days per week and are equipped with a broad range of tooling supporting both standard and specialty implants in diameter ranges of 2" through 200mm. All sites also offer a full range of Fab Service support, including ion source and subassembly rebuilds and miscellaneous parts cleaning for all implanter models. INNOViON is a privately-held corporation and is headquartered at 2121 Zanker Road, San Jose, California. More information about INNOViON is available on line at www.innovion.cc.
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San Jose, CA - March 31, 2007
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INNOViON Names New Application Engineering Manager
INNOViON Corporation announced today that Ron Eddy has joined their company and will serve in the role of Application Engineering Manager.
Mr. Eddy joins INNOViON with a tremendous background of over 35 years in ion implantation, including engineering roles with Varian, Eaton, Motorola and Implant Sciences, including an extensive history of customer applications support. He joins a strong technical team at INNOViON and will further bolster their leadership position in foundry ion implantation services.
Mr. Eddy earned a BS degree from Lesley University, Cambridge, MA, and has published over thirty technical papers and articles with the majority addressing various topics in ion implantation processing. Additionally, he holds two implanter-related patents.
Mr. Eddy will be located in INNOViON's Chandler, AZ facility, working closely with process engineering and sales staff at all INNOViON regional sites.
About INNOViON, Inc.
INNOViON is the leading global provider of foundry ion implantation support and service to the microelectronic industry. Formed in 2001, INNOViON represents a combination of two industry leaders (Implant Center, Inc. and Ion Implant Services, Inc.), with over 25 years of experience in this specialized technology segment. INNOViON has three regional production facilities located in San Jose, CA, Gresham, OR, and Chandler, AZ. All facilities operate 7 days per week and are equipped with a broad range of tooling supporting both standard and specialty implants in diameter ranges of 2" through 200mm. All sites also offer a full range of Fab Service support, including ion source and subassembly rebuilds and miscellaneous parts cleaning for all implanter models. INNOViON is a privately-held corporation and is headquartered at 2121 Zanker Road, San Jose, California. More information about INNOViON is available on line at www.innovioncorp.com.
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Chandler, AZ - January 25, 2007
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INNOViON Announces New Board Member
INNOViON Corporation announced today that Mr. Russ Weiss has joined their Board of Directors.
Russell Weiss has 37 years experience in the Semiconductor Industry. Starting with Monsanto Electronic Materials in 1970, he held numerous direct sales, sales management, product management, and project-engineering positions related to silicon materials. In 1984 Russ joined Micro Mask Corporation where he became Executive VP and COO. He was instrumental in the sale of Micro Mask to Hoya Corporation in 1987. He then became President and CEO of Probe Technology, a probe card manufacturer and wholly owned subsidiary of Hoya Corp. In 1991 he joined Schlumberger as WW VP of Field Operations (including sales, service and applications). In 1993 he became VP and General Manager of Schlumberger ATE test equipment division.
In 1996 Russ joined KLA-Tencor where he held several senior executive positions including President and Representative Director KLA-Tencor-Japan Ltd, VP/GM WW Sales Operations and VP/GM of Sales and Strategy Development. In February 2007 Russ retired from KLA-Tencor and founded Ascot Consulting where he is President and CEO.
Russ earned an MBA from Babson College and a BS in Electrical Engineering from Missouri University.
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San Jose, CA - June 07, 2005
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SUPERTEX INC. And INNOViON INC. Announce Agreement
Supertex Inc. (NASDAQ: SUPX) and INNOViON, Inc. today announced a multi-year extension of their current contract agreement wherein INNOViON will provide foundry ion implant service to Supertex. Under this agreement, Supertex will outsource certain ion implant requirements to INNOViON, securing additional capacity to support their current production and future growth.
Gary Holyoak, INNOViON President and Chief Executive Officer, states, "We have worked closely with Supertex for many years and look forward to supporting their ongoing needs. We're very pleased to formally announce this Agreement that continues to benefit both companies."
Cindy Welch, Supertex Purchasing Manager adds, "INNOViON has been a good partner for us over the years. They are very responsive to our fluctuating requirements, and provide a valuable service. We've found that INNOViON's broad range of experience and extensive tool set available for ion implant processing augments well our own internal production capabilities".
About INNOViON, Inc.
INNOViON is the leading global provider of foundry ion implantation support and service to the microelectronic industry. Formed in 2001, INNOViON represents a combination of two industry leaders (Implant Center, Inc. and Ion Implant Services, Inc.). INNOViON has three regional production facilities conveniently located in San Jose, CA, Gresham, OR, and Chandler, AZ. All facilities operate 7 days per week and are equipped with a broad range of tooling supporting both standard and specialty implant requirements in diameter ranges of 2" through 200mm. All INNOViON sites also offer a full range of Fab Service support, including ion source and subassembly rebuilds and miscellaneous parts cleaning for all implanter models. INNOViON is a privately-held corporation and is headquartered at 2121 Zanker Road, San Jose, California. More information about INNOViON is accessible online at www.Innovion.cc.
About Supertex, Inc.
Supertex, Inc. is a technology-based producer of high voltage analog and mixed signal semiconductor components, primarily to interface between low voltage computer signals and high voltage applications in the real analog world. Supertex designs, develops, manufactures and markets these high voltage semiconductor devices and integrated circuits utilized in key products for use in the telecommunication, networking systems, flat panel displays, medical and industrial electronics industries. More information about Supertex is accessible online at www.supertex.com.
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San Jose, CA - March 14, 2005
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INNOViON Receives Supplier Excellence Award From Analog Devices
Analog Devices, Inc. (NYSE: ADI), a global leader in high-performance semiconductors for signal processing applications, today named INNOViON Corporation as the recipient of its annual "Supplier Excellence Award" for "Special Achievement, Local Site Support".
The ADI Supplier Awards are based on an exacting supplier rating program and recognize those suppliers who differentiate themselves through consistent, outstanding performance, and strategic contribution to ADI's technology and market leadership, anticipating and delivering cost reduction initiatives with exemplary commitment to manufacturing excellence.
"Analog Devices is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year and the companies recognized today truly represent the outstanding suppliers that have helped ADI to exceed our customers' requirements for 40 years. We are pleased to acknowledge this distinguished group of companies for their significant contributions to our ongoing success," said Liam McCaffrey, worldwide purchasing manager and chairman of Analog Devices' Purchasing Council. "As we strive to strengthen our leading position in high-performance Analog and DSP technology, ADI needs to continually align with suppliers who share our commitment to excellence. Because these suppliers exceed our expectations, we are also able to deliver unsurpassed products and service to our customers."
William Kohnen, Purchasing Manager for ADI's Sunnyvale Operation, adds that "We consider INNOViON to be an extension of our fab. In addition to their outstanding quality and cycle times, INNOViON provides us with specialty implants which enhance our capability at a competitve total cost. We look forward to growing the relationship further."
Gary Holyoak, CEO of INNOViON, accepted the award on behalf of the organization. "Obviously, recognition of this level of performance attests to the effort and commitment of the many employees of INNOViON and the processes that we've put in place to exceed our customer's expectations. We have developed an excellent working relationship with Analog and look forward to the bright future of our continued partnership."
About INNOViON, Inc.
INNOViON is the leading global provider of foundry ion implantation support and service to the microelectronic industry. Formed in 2001, INNOViON represents a combination of two industry leaders (Implant Center, Inc. and Ion Implant Services, Inc.). INNOViON has three regional production facilities conveniently located in San Jose, CA, Gresham, OR, and Chandler, AZ. All facilities operate 7 days per week and are equipped with a broad range of tooling supporting both standard and specialty implant requirements in diameter ranges of 2" through 200mm. All INNOViON sites offer a full range of Fab Service support, including ion source and subassembly rebuilds and miscellaneous parts cleaning for all implanter models. INNOViON is a privately-held corporation and is headquartered at 2121 Zanker Road, San Jose, California.
About Analog Devices, Inc.:
Innovation, performance, and excellence are the cultural pillars on which Analog Devices has built one of the longest standing, highest growth companies within the technology sector. Acknowledged industry-wide as the world leader in data conversion and signal conditioning technology, Analog Devices serves over 60,000 customers, representing virtually all types of electronic equipment. Celebrating 40 years as a leading global manufacturer of high-performance integrated circuits used in analog and digital signal processing applications, Analog Devices is headquartered in Norwood, Massachusetts, with design and manufacturing facilities throughout the world. Analog Devices' common stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker "ADI" and is included in the S&P 500 Index.
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San Jose, CA - August 01, 2001
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NEC Electronics and Implant Center, Inc. Sign Agreement for Outsourcing
SAN JOSE, California, August 1, 2001-Implant Center, Inc., the only QS-9002-certified ion implant processing and support services provider to the semiconductor industry, announced that it has signed a term agreement with NEC Electronics Inc. Implant Center will provide outsource services and support for the rebuilding, repair and testing of ion sources and related assemblies for NEC's operation in Roseville, California.
“We are pleased that as a result of a rigorous and successful evaluation, NEC Electronics has elected to sign a term agreement for this specialized service at their Roseville facility. It is a testament to the level of expertise and commitment we have in this unique outsource service,” states Ray Krummen, President and Chief Executive Officer. “Since the announcement of the sub-assembly rebuilding operation, Implant Center has achieved tremendous growth in this area by investing in a highly skilled staff of technicians and in sophisticated tooling to increase reliability and optimize the efficiency of implanters. The outsourcing of these services for semiconductor facilities provides reduced environmental and hazardous liability, while increasing machine availability and throughput, resulting in a lower cost per wafer. As the world’s largest and only foundry operation for ion implantation, Implant Center has performed thousands of source rebuildings for a multitude of ion species to support partner customer manufacturing and technology development programs. Subsequently, offering this proven service to our customers was a natural progression for us.”
“After demonstrating to NEC through a year-long evaluation that source rebuilding is a quality-driven and reliable operation at Implant Center, NEC opted to rely on their expertise for outsourcing of this function. We consider partnering with Implant Center a great opportunity for us both to gain significant advantages in operational effectiveness. We look forward to a long and mutually beneficial partnership,” stated Frankie McDermott, Director, Equipment Engineering/Facilities, NEC Electronics.
Implant Center has dedicated significant resources in its San Jose facility to the sub-assembly rebuilding operation and is currently duplicating these efforts to serve customers in its regional locations. Implant Center uses the sophistication of Krytek source conditioners to electrically test and pre-condition source units and also rebuild and clean flood gun and plasma gun assemblies, source extraction manipulator assemblies and other components closely related to ion sources that require weekly cleaning and rebuilding. Rebuilt ion sources are returned to the customer conditioned and under vacuum to certify performance, and are ready for re-assembly in the implanter.
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San Jose, CA - July 14, 2000
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Implant Center, Inc. Achieves QS-9000 Certification
SAN JOSE, California,-- Implant Center Incorporated, a foundry operation for ion implantation and an ion implanter subassembly rebuild operation announced that it has received QS-9000 Certification from Quality Systems Registrars, Inc. Implant Center serves the semiconductor, optoelectronic and related electronic industries.
“After achieving our goal in 1999 of ISO 9002 Certification the next obvious step was to proceed to a higher level of quality performance. The QS-9000 Certification effort was a direct result of several key company objectives that specifically revolve around our internal quality system. Implant Center is now well-positioned to meet the expectations of a customer base that require its suppliers to follow the stringent provisions found only in the QS-9000 quality system. Implant Center continues to succeed in its commitment to continuous improvement,” stated CEO and president, Ray Krummen.
Tom Ray, Implant Center Director of Quality, adds, “after our ISO experience, we reviewed the value added components of QS–9000 and concluded that we needed the majority of them to achieve our business goals. Faced with that reality, the decision to pursue QS-9000 was fairly simple”.
Founded in 1981, Implant Center Incorporated is a privately held corporation and is headquartered at 2121 Zanker Road, San Jose, California. The Company is dedicated to the strategic outsource of the ion implantation process. Implant Center now has a combination of high current, medium current and MeV implanters capable of handling 2-inch to 8-inch substrates, including state-of-the-art Eaton GSD, Varian E-500 and Applied Materials xR series tools. The San Jose facility is 35,000 square feet and can support up to 27 implanters. In addition to the Class 100 SMIF-capable manufacturing area and labs, the facility houses Implant Center’s executive staff, sales and marketing, and support services. The new Portland area facility will be 50,000 square feet and fully SMIF capable. Implant Center is certified to QS-9002 Quality Standard requirements by QSR Quality Registrar.
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San Jose, CA - July 10, 2000
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Applied Materials and Ion Implant Services -- IISSM -- Forge New Relationship to Supply Chipmakers With Comprehensive Ion Implant Capability
Sunnyvale, Calif. -- July 10, 2000 -- Applied Materials, Inc., the leading supplier of high-current ion implantation systems to the semiconductor industry, and Ion Implant Services (IISSM) today announced a new program to supply IISSM and its customers with Applied Materials' advanced ion implant systems.
Under a cooperation agreement, Applied Materials will sell ion implant systems to support IIS'SM new "insourcing" business model in which IISSM owns and performs all implant operations within a chipmaker's wafer fab. The agreement provides for the preferred use of Applied Materials' Quantum(TM) and Quantum LEAP implant systems for all pertaining applications.
"This agreement with IISSM is an endorsement of the advanced technology and high productivity of Applied Materials' ion implant systems," said Craig Lowrie, vice president and general manager of Applied Materials' Ion Implant Division. "Working with IISSM under their insourcing model allows us to maximize our implant technology and process integration capabilities, as well as explore new methods to improve fab efficiency and reduce implant cost."
Chipmakers who adopt IIS'SM insourcing concept will benefit by having the combined implant resources of IISSM and Applied Materials, thus reducing their overall risk and cost while having access to new implant technology as it is developed. In addition to purchasing Applied Materials systems for use in chipmakers' fabs, IISSM will use the cooperation arrangement to beta test new productivity enhancements and technology for Applied Materials, providing early production feedback and allowing IISSM to bring the most advanced features to its customers.
Dr. Wes Weisenberger, CEO of IISSM, said, "This cooperative arrangement with Applied Materials significantly increases the resources IISSM can offer our chipmaker customers, and also potentially makes IISSM a major customer for Applied Materials' ion implant products and services."
Applied Materials (Nasdaq:AMAT) is a leader of the Information Age and the world's largest supplier of products and services to the global semiconductor and flat panel display industries. Applied Materials' web site is http://www.appliedmaterials.com.
CONTACT: Applied Materials, Santa Clara
Betty Newboe, 408/563-0647 (media)
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San Jose, CA - July 05, 2000
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LSI Logic Corporation to Outsource Gresham Manufacturing Facility Ion Implantation Capacity to Implant Center, Inc.
SAN JOSE, CA - Implant Center Incorporated and LSI Logic Corporation (NYSE:LSI) announced today the conclusion of an outsourcing agreement in which LSI Logic will use Implant Center for ion implantation for the company's state-of-the-art Gresham, Oregon manufacturing facility.
The long-term contract includes the acquisition by Implant Center of all ion implanters currently installed at LSI Logic’s Gresham manufacturing facility.
During the transition period, Implant Center will assume full ion implant manufacturing responsibilities on-site at LSI’s Gresham facility. Under the terms of the agreement, a phased move of the existing tool set will be made to Implant Center’s new 50,000-square foot state-of-the-art facility in the Portland, Oregon area. This move will be complemented by the installation of additional tools that Implant Center has purchased to meet the growing capacity requirements of LSI Logic and other regional semiconductor manufacturers.
“Our Gresham-specific outsourcing agreement with Implant Center provides LSI Logic with a cost-effective means of securing ion implantation services, while freeing up valuable manufacturing facility space in order to increase capacity for the manufacture of advanced communications chip solutions,” said Norm Armour, LSI Logic vice president of Gresham Operations. “The global semiconductor industry is being driven by the rapid expansion of worldwide networking, wireless and broadband markets. LSI Logic wants to ensure that its strategic manufacturing assets are being utilized as efficiently as possible in order to respond to challenges associated with the global communications revolution.”
“We have worked very closely with LSI Logic during the past year to develop and refine a plan that will ensure a smooth transition of the implant operation at LSI Logic’s Gresham facility,” said Tim Townley, Implant Center vice president of Operations. “We look forward to executing this plan which will form the foundation of a long-term partnership with LSI Logic and other semiconductor manufacturers in the region”.
“This agreement is indicative of Implant Center’s strategy to transition from a service provider role to a full outsource implant foundry operation for semiconductor manufacturers. This operation will be the first regional expansion for Implant Center outside the Bay Area with more sites planned in the coming months.” said Ray Krummen, Implant Center president and chief executive officer. “Implant Center continues to develop its capabilities to provide high quality foundry outsourcing through certification to ISO-9002 Quality Standards and conformance to QS-9000 Quality System requirements.”
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San Jose, CA - June 22, 2000
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Dr. Geoff Ryding Joins Ion Implant Services Board of Directors
Sunnyvale, Calif.-- Ion Implant Services (IISSM), the leading supplier of ion implantation services for the semiconductor industry, announces the appointment of Dr. Geoffery Ryding to its Board of Directors. Since the 1970s, Dr. Ryding has been a key member of many of the semiconductor industry's groundbreaking development programs in ion implant and is currently President of Orion Equipment Corporation, Inc, an ion implant technology development and manufacturing company.
Dr. Wesley Weisenberger, CEO of IISSM and Chairman of Orion Equipment Corporation, said “Geoff is an industry pioneer and a technology leader, having developed some of the industry’s most commercially successful products such as the Extrion and Nova implanters of the 1970s and 1980s, and he is now a key executive of Orion Equipment Corporation. We are delighted to have him advising Ion Implant Services as we embark on a new "insourcing" business model that takes our ion implant expertise into advanced technology fabs as owners of their implant equipment, process technology and fab operations. His unique combination of technology expertise and business acumen will greatly benefit IISSM during our next growth phase."
Dr. Ryding began his career with Extrion, Inc. in 1972 where he headed the R&D team that created Extrion ion implanters, of which over 2,500 were shipped. Extrion was later bought by Varian, Inc. In 1978, with Dr. Peter Rose, Ryding formed Nova Associates, where he again headed a team that created the Nova NV-10, which incorporated the revolutionary concept of a bi-directional scanning high current implant system, now the standard for today’s advanced high current ion implanters. Nova was later bought by Eaton Corporation, which has been a global market leader in ion implantation. Ryding then joined Ibis Technology Corp, where he became president and chief executive officer, overseeing Ibis' growth to a leadership position in oxygen ion implantation for Silicon-On-Insulator (SOI) wafers. Since 1998, he has been President of Orion Equipment Corp, Inc. Orion develops advanced technology for ion implant systems and has a strategic relationship with Applied Materials, the world’s largest supplier of wafer fabrication equipmet.
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San Jose, CA - May 02, 2000
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Ion Implant Services Signs Sipex to Chip Industry's First "Insourcing" Deal for Process Technology
IISSM to Operate Multiple Implanters Inside Sipex' New California Fab
Sunnyvale, Calif.-- Ion Implant Services (IISSM), the leading supplier of ion implantation services for the semiconductor industry, has contracted with Sipex, Inc., a Milpitas, California, chipmaker, to provide all of Sipex' ion implantation requirements at their new facility. IIS'SM contract with Sipex is believed to be the semiconductor industry's first "insourcing" alliance involving mainstream front-end process equipment. Insourcing is a business concept that puts specialized expert technology providers to work inside semiconductor companies' manufacturing plants.
Sipex CEO and Chairman, James Donegan, said, "After many years of relying on offshore foundries for the majority of our chip fabrication, during the industry downturn we built a new fab which is now coming on stream. Our new fab provides us with the ability to effectively control cost and our own destiny as well as develop manufacturing processes that allow us to design proprietary high performance analog products. Since fab efficiency is so critical to our business results, we must look for new opportunities to leverage world-class manufacturing methods in managing our operation.
"Working with IISSM to 'insource' their cost-effective ion implant services is a key step in this direction. By putting IIS'sSM 22 years of implant expertise to work inside our fab, we eliminate the heavy overhead of staying on the leading edge of implant technology, and also avoid the steep learning curve and cost of investing in our own equipment and technology. IISSM is already processing Sipex wafers at their Sunnyvale facility and we will continue to use this site for peak loading and process development, adding to the efficiency and reliability of our operation," Donegan said.
Under the new arrangement, IISSM will own and operate multiple implanters inside the Sipex fab, which is ramping to an eventual capacity of 15,000 to 18,000 wafer starts per month. Sipex Corp. makes high performance analog integrated circuits focused on power management and interface drivers for analog displays, using BiCMOS, BiPolar and high voltage differential wafer process technologies.
Dr. Wesley Weisenberger, CEO of IISSM, said "Sipex is an ideal site to launch the insourcing of our ion implant process business. Although Sipex is in the heart of labor-pressed Silicon Valley, IISSM will provide trained technologists and implant experts to operate the implant part of their fab using operating systems and efficiencies already proven over a large customer base (~130) in our own fab operations. Under our insourcing program, we offer Sipex and other customers a lower cost per implant wafer pass, which underlines our confidence that we can deliver the required yield and output with fewer people and less equipment. We've demonstrated these efficiencies in our own fab and will be implementing these same ISO-9002 qualified systems and processes in customers' fabs."
"Our insourcing program will tie into the customers host fab management system, but IISSM will provide its own proprietary scheduling system which has been fine-tuned to maximize fab utilization in the implant area. All IISSM sites will be electronically connected to monitor site efficiencies and address logistical, productivity, scheduling, SPC, yield, maintenance and commercial issues. Having centralized resources at IIS'SM own fab sites is an essential part of providing high value technology and services at lower costs to customers' fabs. Sipex will enjoy the benefits of this process from the outset of production, whether implants are done at IISSM or in the Sipex fab," Weisenberger said.
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San Jose, CA - October 20, 1999
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SILICON GENESIS CORP. AND IMPLANT CENTER, INC. ANNOUNCE A PARTNERSHIP
Silicon Genesis Corp. (SiGen) and Implant Center, Inc. have announced an agreement regarding implantation services for SiGen's SOI manufacturing. Under this agreement, SiGen has installed its Applied Materials xR 120 ion implanter at Implant Center's facility in San Jose, California. Implant Center will operate the implanter for SiGen
The xR 120 implanter, recently acquired by SiGen, will be used primarily for production of their 200 mm silicon-on-insulator (SOI) substrates. Ray Krummen, Implant Center President and Chief Executive Officer, states, “This unique partnership is a perfect match with our expertise in ion implantation production and maintenance that clearly allows SiGen to commit their valuable resources to other critical engineering and process development efforts for their SOI process. For the past year Implant Center has worked closely with SiGen to characterize their emerging process on other state-of-the-art tools at our facility. The success of this alliance became the vehicle to move to the next level of partnering by installing their implanter at our facility. We are extremely proud and excited to be designed into the production of an advanced process such as SO”.
Francois Henley, President and CEO of SiGen adds, “Implant Center has been a good partner for us in developing the production version of our SOI wafer fabrication process. It was a natural choice to have the Implant Center maintain and operate our implant tool as part of our production activities. We look forward to a long mutually beneficial partnership.”
About the Implant Center, Inc.
Founded in 1981 to provide foundry ion implantation to leading semiconductor manufacturers, Implant Center, Inc., is a privately-held corporation and is headquartered at 2121 Zanker Road, San Jose, California. The Company has a combination of 17 high and medium current implanters capable of handling 2-inch to 8-inch substrates, including state-of-the-art Eaton GSD tools. Its two-year old 35,000-square-foot facility will support up to 21 implanters. In addition to the Class 100 SMIF-capable manufacturing area and labs, the facility houses Implant Center's executive staff, sales and marketing, and support services.
About Silicon Genesis Corporation
Silicon Genesis Corporation (SiGen) is an advanced materials company that manufactures silicon-on-insulator (SOI) wafers and designs and manufactures plasma immersion ion implanters. SiGen supplies its technologies through internal manufacturing and process licensing. SiGen's goal is to be the world leader as a supplier of next-generation layer-transfer materials and wafers. The company promotes the expansion of its layer-transfer wafer enterprises by continued development of its advanced proprietary plasma immersion ion implanters (PIII) and electronic materials fabrication technology as well as through strategic alliances. Silicon Genesis Corporation's web site is http://www.sigen.com. SiGen contact call 408-871-4357 (Michael Lochner).
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San Jose, CA - February 19, 1999
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Ion Implant Services Achieves ISO 9002 Certification
Underwriters Laboratories Affirms IISSM Quality System
Sunnyvale, Calif.-- Ion Implant Services (IISSM) today became the first ion implantation service company to receive the ISO 9002 quality standard certification. The noteworthy achievement, conveyed by registrar Underwriters Laboratories, validates the quality system IISSM has long been recognized for. High quality standards that yield efficient, error-free, and thereby low cost implants for customers, are the cornerstone of the IISSM quality system.
"Certification to the ISO 9002 quality standard substantiates the quality system Ion Implant Services has long prided itself on," said president Dr. Wes Weisenberger. "Since our inception in 1978, we have fashioned a niche for ourselves by offering high quality outsourced implantation to our customers at a low cost. We are proud that our own standards of quality are on par with those of ISO 9002."
"The comprehensive team effort exerted by both our California and Texas facilities to achieve this milestone is a testament to both our team-based organizational structure and the high quality standards we live by," added Doug Gonelli, Head of Corporate Quality. "Becoming the first ion implant service to achieve ISO 9002 certification is another example of how IISSM remains at the forefront of ion implantation innovation and quality service."
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San Jose, CA - July 01, 1998
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Ion Implant Services Expands 8" Processing
Sunnyvale, Calif.-- Ion Implant Services (IISSM) announced the installation of Varian's VIISion 200 implanter in its Sunnyvale facility. The system will augment the company's 8" processing capability.
IISSM provides implant services to over 60% of the semiconductor manufacturers in the US. That entails processing wafers of many sizes -- the VIISion's ability to switch rapidly between sizes was a key consideration in choosing this system. "Moving readily between wafer sizes, especially between 6" and 8," states IIS'SM president, Dr. Wes Weisenberger, "is critical to our business. We have demonstrated changing sizes in under four hours -- and this time is improving. The ability to work with our customers in converting from their existing 6" processes to 8" is a big plus."
The VIISion 200 handles both medium and high current applications with doses from 5E11 to 5E16 and at 2 keV to 200 keV energies. This provides broad flexibility to meet various customer implant needs. By design, the system is adept at accurately controlling dose, using real time beam current monitoring and dose integration with a Faraday design that eliminates current leakage. In addition, system pumping reduces neutral generation in the beamline and at the end station, further aiding in accurate dose control.
"The VIISion significantly increase our 8" wafer processing capability," says regional sales manager, Randall Graf. "We look forward to working with customers to develop and promote their 8" implant requirements."
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San Jose, CA - March 13, 1998
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Ion Implant Services Celebrates 20 Years
Sunnyvale, Calif. -- Ion Implant Services (IISSM) today announced that 1998 marks the company's 20-year anniversary. The company was founded in 1978 by Dr. Wes Weisenberger and has grown to become the world's largest supplier of contract ion implant services.
"I started the company because semiconductor manufacturers were having a difficult time running implanters efficiently. At one time it was estimated over a million wafers a year were being mis-implanted in the Valley," says Dr. Weisenberger, "and we thought we had a solution that would work." Weisenberger, who did his thesis work on ion implantation in the late 60's was an early pioneer in the field. "I thought that by applying a quality focus we could render a service to the industry and make a business for ourselves." Since then, the company has promoted customer service and round-the-clock operation to become the leading supplier of outsourced ion implant services. Wes' business card reads "Coach/Facilitator" as his title and is indicative of his philosophical approach toward guiding the company's growth. Wes believes the company should provide fulfilling careers for its employees, should work toward making its customers significantly more successful, should treat its suppliers fairly, and should strive to be a positive influence in the community it serves. In 1990 IISSM was the first company to meet the Santa Clara County Model Clean Air Ordinance.
Besides its focus on quality and technology, the company provides a unique work environment and management style. "We believe great things happen as the result of a team approach," says Marc Bone, Chief Financial Officer, "so we have organized our shifts around dedicated teams. Each has operations, maintenance, quality, and customer service members and they, as a team, are responsible for overall output and quality monitoring." The teams take an active part in setting their goals and are responsible for measuring the results. Bonuses are rewarded for goal attainment and progress.
"IISSM is pleased with its continuous growth and dominance in the industry," reports Randall Graf, regional sales manager. "We will continue looking for opportunities to serve our customers and will concentrate on providing excellent customer service with high quality, rapid turnaround ion implant capability."
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San Jose, CA - November 05, 1997
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Ion Implant Services Expands 8" Processing Capability With RTP
Sunnyvale, Calif. -- Ion Implant Services (IISSM) today announced its purchase of two Eaton Reliance 850 Rapid Thermal Processors. The systems will be used to aid in monitoring dose reproducibility and uniformity at IIS'sSM ion implant operations.
"Because ion implantation greatly affects such important device characteristics as threshold voltage, leakage current, and device lifetime," says IISSM president Wes Weisenberger, "we regularly monitor implanter performance to be sure we provide quality ion implant services to our customers. Eaton's economical 850's provide familiar vertical furnace results, combined with rapid temperature ramping and single wafer safety, making them ideal for our operations. The concept is simple yet elegant."
Ion Implant Services provides outsourced ion implant services to over 60% of the semiconductor manufacturing companies in the US. The quality and dependability of its processing are key to maintaining this customer base and the Eaton systems will augment IIS'SM already stringent process quality control.
IIS'SM operations are in Sunnyvale, California and Austin, Texas where it serves local semiconductor manufacturers with rapid turnaround of their products. "Eaton's widespread spare parts warehousing and ability to provide service back up," continues Weisenberger, "were also key considerations in our purchase of the systems. We are processing 8" wafers and customers can't be kept waiting because monitoring equipment is down."
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