INFICON Completes Shipment of $1.8 Million HAPSITE Order
Syracuse, New York and Zurich, Switzerland - January 24, 2002 - INFICON Holding AG (SWX Swiss Exchange and NASDAQ: IFCN), a leading developer, supplier, and manufacturer of vacuum instrumentation for semiconductor and related markets and a worldwide leader in vacuum instrumentation for industrial applications and on-site diagnostic assessment, today announced that it has delivered HAPSITE Field Portable Gas Chromatograph/Mass Spectrometer (GC/MS) units to the U.S. Department of Defense under a $1.8 million order. Some of the units in the U.S. Department of Defense's order will be deployed as part of its security initiatives for the 2002 Winter Olympic Games in Salt Lake City.
HAPSITE Field Portable GC/MS instruments are used for immediate on-site analysis of toxic gases for rapid decision-making. Used to determine the level of volatile organic compounds and to designate safe areas, HAPSITE has been sold to various U.S. military branches, to military units within NATO, to state and city governments for emergency response, and to a broad range of private sector customers for environmental applications such as hazardous waste site analysis and remediation, chemical process control, and indoor industrial hygiene applications.
"Our recent acquisition of HAPSITE, which leverages our expertise in gas sensing and vacuum technology, is already starting to pay dividends. In support of today's heightened focus on homeland security and emergency response, HAPSITE meets an urgent need for fast, effective, on-site analysis of chemical agents to assess potential danger and react quickly." said James L. Brissenden, president and chief executive officer.
ABOUT INFICON
INFICON is a leading developer, manufacturer and supplier of vacuum instrumentation used for analysis, monitoring, measurement and control by manufacturers to improve the productivity of their processes and the quality of their products. INFICON provides the semiconductor and related industries with products used in the manufacture of semiconductors, flat panel displays, computer disc drive components, magnetic and optical storage media, precision optics and optical filters. INFICON also sells products to the vacuum coatings, air conditioning/refrigeration, automotive, emergency response and industrial hygiene markets. Headquartered in Syracuse, New York, INFICON has manufacturing facilities in the United States and Europe and worldwide offices in the U.S., China, France, Germany, Japan, Korea, Liechtenstein, Singapore, Switzerland, Taiwan, and the United Kingdom. For more information about INFICON and its products, please visit the Company's web site at www.inficon.com.
HAPSITE is a registered trademark of INFICON.
This press release and oral statements or other written statements made, or to be made, by us contain forward-looking statements that do not relate solely to historical or current facts. Forward looking statements can be identified by the use of words such as "may", "believe", "will, "expect", "project", "assume", "estimate", "anticipate", "plan" or "continue". These forward-looking statements address, among other things, our strategic objectives, trends in vacuum technology and in the industries that employ vacuum instrumentation, such as the semiconductor and related industries and the anticipated effects of these trends on our business. These forward-looking statements are based on the current plans and expectations of our management and are subject to a number of uncertainties and risks that could significantly affect our current plans and expectations, as well as future results of operations and financial condition. Some of these risks and uncertainties are discussed in the Company's Annual Report on Form 20-F for fiscal 2000 and Form 6-K for the quarter ended September 30, 2001.
As a consequence, our current and anticipated plans and our future prospects, results of operations and financial condition may differ from those expressed in any forward-looking statements made by or on behalf of our company. We undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
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HAPSITE Field Portable GC/MS instruments are used for immediate on-site analysis of toxic gases for rapid decision-making. Used to determine the level of volatile organic compounds and to designate safe areas, HAPSITE has been sold to various U.S. military branches, to military units within NATO, to state and city governments for emergency response, and to a broad range of private sector customers for environmental applications such as hazardous waste site analysis and remediation, chemical process control, and indoor industrial hygiene applications.
"Our recent acquisition of HAPSITE, which leverages our expertise in gas sensing and vacuum technology, is already starting to pay dividends. In support of today's heightened focus on homeland security and emergency response, HAPSITE meets an urgent need for fast, effective, on-site analysis of chemical agents to assess potential danger and react quickly." said James L. Brissenden, president and chief executive officer.
ABOUT INFICON
INFICON is a leading developer, manufacturer and supplier of vacuum instrumentation used for analysis, monitoring, measurement and control by manufacturers to improve the productivity of their processes and the quality of their products. INFICON provides the semiconductor and related industries with products used in the manufacture of semiconductors, flat panel displays, computer disc drive components, magnetic and optical storage media, precision optics and optical filters. INFICON also sells products to the vacuum coatings, air conditioning/refrigeration, automotive, emergency response and industrial hygiene markets. Headquartered in Syracuse, New York, INFICON has manufacturing facilities in the United States and Europe and worldwide offices in the U.S., China, France, Germany, Japan, Korea, Liechtenstein, Singapore, Switzerland, Taiwan, and the United Kingdom. For more information about INFICON and its products, please visit the Company's web site at www.inficon.com.
HAPSITE is a registered trademark of INFICON.
This press release and oral statements or other written statements made, or to be made, by us contain forward-looking statements that do not relate solely to historical or current facts. Forward looking statements can be identified by the use of words such as "may", "believe", "will, "expect", "project", "assume", "estimate", "anticipate", "plan" or "continue". These forward-looking statements address, among other things, our strategic objectives, trends in vacuum technology and in the industries that employ vacuum instrumentation, such as the semiconductor and related industries and the anticipated effects of these trends on our business. These forward-looking statements are based on the current plans and expectations of our management and are subject to a number of uncertainties and risks that could significantly affect our current plans and expectations, as well as future results of operations and financial condition. Some of these risks and uncertainties are discussed in the Company's Annual Report on Form 20-F for fiscal 2000 and Form 6-K for the quarter ended September 30, 2001.
As a consequence, our current and anticipated plans and our future prospects, results of operations and financial condition may differ from those expressed in any forward-looking statements made by or on behalf of our company. We undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
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