BEVERLY, Mass., April 13, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Axcelis
Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: ACLS), a leading supplier of
innovative, high-productivity solutions for the semiconductor
industry, announced today that it has received multiple orders for
the Purion H™ high current, Purion XE™ high energy, and Purion EXE™
extended high energy system from several leading chip manufacturers
in the Asia Pacific region.
Several of the orders are follow on business and one of the orders
is a new customer penetration. These orders include both 200 and
300mm systems that will be used to support high volume production
of DRAM, 3D NAND and mature logic devices to support the burgeoning
IoT, mobile and data storage markets. The systems shipped in the
first quarter.
Executive Vice President, Customer Operations John Aldeborgh commented, "We're excited to
continue our penetration of the Purion platform in these markets.
The Purion platform is ideally suited to support our customers
evolving manufacturing needs, due to its superior flexibility and
cost of ownership."
President and CEO Mary Puma
commented, "Dynamic growth in the IoT is driving significant
investment in manufacturing capacity of mature process
technologies, particularly in China. This combined with continued strength
in the memory market is providing Axcelis excellent prospects for
new penetrations and follow on orders."
About Axcelis:
Axcelis (Nasdaq: ACLS), headquartered
in Beverly, Mass., has been
providing innovative, high-productivity solutions for the
semiconductor industry for over 35 years. Axcelis is dedicated to
developing enabling process applications through the design,
manufacture and complete life cycle support of ion implantation
systems, one of the most critical and enabling steps in the IC
manufacturing process. Learn more about Axcelis at
www.axcelis.com.
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978.787.4266
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978.787.9552
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