ClassOne Equipment Joins Fab Owners Association (FOA)

October 14, 2010

ClassOne Equipment is pleased to announce it has joined the Fab Owners Association (FOA) as an Associate Member.  ClassOne becomes the FOA’s 64th member.

FOA device-maker member companies represent approximately 1.3 million eight-inch- equivalent monthly wafer starts and approximately US$20 Billion in annual revenues.  Other members of the FOA include Anadigics Inc., Atmel Corporation, Austriamicrosystems AG, Avago Technologies, Fairchild Semiconductor, Freescale Semiconductor, Infineon Technologies AG, International Rectifier, Intersil Corporation, Jazz Semiconductor, Micrel Semiconductor, Microchip Technology, ON Semiconductor, Philips Lumileds, Skyworks Solutions, Spansion LLC, SVTC Technologies, Telefunken Semiconductor, TriQuint Semiconductor, and X-FAB Texas.

ClassOne Equipment specializes in providing high quality, refurbished wafer fabrication and metrology equipment to the Semiconductor, Nanotechnology, and MEMS industries.  Focus areas include Suss and EVG Mask Aligners, Semitool Wet Process Equipment, Hitachi SEMs, and KLA-Tencor wafer metrology tools.  The main goal of the FOA is finding ways to reduce costs of running FABs from equipment, to spare parts, to service.  ClassOne offers wafer fab and metrology tools up to 65% off the original price.  These tools are fully refurbished to meet original specifications and can be supported from installation and training as well as spare parts and service.

About ClassOne Equipment

ClassOne Equipment, headquartered in Atlanta, GA, is a leading supplier of high quality refurbished equipment to the semiconductor and MEMS industries.  The company, which has recently quadrupled its facilities to accommodate its rapid growth, focuses on wafer fabrication and metrology equipment.  All refurbished equipment is brought to original specifications and carries a warranty. ClassOne also purchases surplus equipment from complete process lines to individual tools. For more information, please visit www.ClassOneEquipment.com.

About Fab Owners Association

Fab Owners Association (FOA), headquartered in Cupertino, California, is an international, non-profit, mutual benefit corporation composed of semiconductor and MEMS manufacturers, senior industry professionals, and industry suppliers from around the world. FOA was conceived to provide a forum for semiconductor manufacturing executives to discuss and act on common manufacturing issues. The association was founded in 2004.  For more information, please visit www.waferfabs.org.