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Corporate Overview

Asyst Technologies, Inc., founded in 1984, provides automation solutions optimized for the needs of our global customers in the semiconductor, flat panel display, and related industries. As the most experienced fab automation company, we are dedicated to helping our customers gain competitive advantage through the intelligent application of our wide range of productivity- and yield-boosting technologies. Asyst solutions are used in every 300mm wafer fabrication facility in the world and in the vast majority of 200mm facilities that use the standard mechanical interface (SMIF) manufacturing protocol. The world’s top 20 chipmakers and top 20 equipment companies all use Asyst products.

Our solutions provide protection, swift transport, high-performance handling, and efficient management of wafers throughout the chip manufacturing process. We are recognized as the pioneer and market leader in atmospheric equipment front-end solutions that provide a clean, high-performance interface between chip making equipment and the factory environment. Asyst is a leading provider of automated material handling systems (AMHS) that store and transport wafers through the hundreds of manufacturing steps involved in the fabrication of today’s advanced chips. We are the leading provider of Auto-ID solutions that enable the tracking and management of wafers and related information in the fab. In addition, we offer wafer sorters and a suite of software products designed to facilitate and enhance the management of wafers and information in modern factory environments.

Asyst’s global service and support capabilities assure maximum uptime, swift customer response, and optimal performance of customers’ total automation solution. With experience in every aspect of fab automation that now spans three decades, we offer customers service solutions that can dramatically improve overall fab productivity.

  • Asyst's isolation products have been adopted by every major chip manufacturer in the world and have driven industry-wide standards for these technologies in both 200mm and 300mm manufacturing environments.
  • Asyst is the leading global supplier of load ports that open the carrier and present wafers to the process tools.
  • Asyst is the leading global supplier of both radio-frequency and infrared Auto-ID technology for identifying and tracking wafers throughout the fab.
  • Asyst develops and markets advanced wafer-handling robotics and is a leading supplier of wafer sorters.
  • Asyst now offers its customers FasTrack™, the true next-generation AMHS, as well as Asyst-Shinko's leading 300mm AMHS solution.
  • Asyst's global supply chain strategy includes outsourcing most of its manufacturing operations to Solectron Corporation, the only two-time winner of the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award. This assures world-class quality, delivery and reliability, allowing Asyst to focus on its core competency of developing innovative automation technology that enhances customers' productivity.
  • Asyst is the leading global supplier of 200mm and 300mm SEMI Standards-based connectivity solutions to both equipment suppliers and integrated device manufacturers enabling total fab automation solutions.

Asyst Technologies became a publicly traded company in 1993. Its common stock is traded on the Nasdaq National Market under the symbol: ASYT.



To provide the worldwide semiconductor and related industries with high quality, integrated solutions using isolation technology, inventory management and automation systems, to improve customer productivity and profitability.
   


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