ControlWORKS is the next generation in machine control and management of cluster tools. Out-of-the-box, it provides 70 - 80% of OEM control requirements, which means short time to market, a control with advanced features, and low development and maintenance costs. "In addition to meeting the evolving 300 mm industry standards for equipment control, Adventa also provides the advanced functionality that is critical as the industry goes forward," said a representative for Adventa Control Technologies, Inc. "With the newest ControlWORKS, Unaxis may now deliver more advanced machine and process control functionality, such as fault detection and run-to-run process control, and options such as E-diagnostics not available anywhere else in a unified package."

Standard ControlWORKS features include a GEM communication interface, a GUI that follows the SEMI style guide, alarm management, recipe editing, material scheduling, and process control with an interface to Adventa’s ProcessWORKS^® module for advanced process control. With ControlWORKS, Unaxis now offers its customers standardized 200 and 300 mm cluster tools for a wide range of process applications.

Adventa Control Technologies, Inc. is a leading supplier of equipment control, advanced process control, equipment integration, and MES solutions for wafer fab management. With headquarters in Plano, TX, the Company has engineering support offices in Tokyo, Japan and Munich, Germany. Additional information about the Company is available at http://www.adventact.com/corporate/.

With headquarters in Los Angeles, Gores Technology Group (GTG is a privately held international acquisition and management firm that pursues an aggressive strategy of acquiring promising high-technology organizations and managing them for growth and profitability. GTG has a proven track record of acquiring and successfully managing companies - including many divisions acquired from large publicly traded companies - through its commitment to customers, employees, and continued development of intellectual property. GTG has acquired and managed approximately 40 interrelated but autonomous technology-oriented companies with locations throughout the world. Those companies provide a broad range of technology-based products and services to a substantial customer base representing millions of active users worldwide. (www.gores.com)

Unaxis Semiconductors is a Division of Unaxis (virt-x: UNAX) a leading global provider of manufacturing systems and services for Information Technology (IT) markets, such as semiconductors, data storage, flat panel displays, optical components, and selected non-IT markets. Unaxis Semiconductors offers a comprehensive range of innovative thin film production solutions for market segments, including Telecommunications (high frequency, optical, and non-silicon based technologies,) Advanced Silicon (all Si and SiGe applications as well as supporting applications like Photomask and Failure Analysis,) and Advanced Packaging (all wafer level packaging technologies.) Process technologies include PVD, PECVD, UHV-CVD, LEPECVD, Etch (RIE, HDP, ICP) and RTP. Unaxis provides global support through three technology centers and over 50 sales and service locations. For more information on Unaxis please visit www.semiconductors.unaxis.com or contact juerg.steinmann@unaxis.com.