ASM International N.V. and Air Liquide Sign Agreement on Advanced
High-K ALD Precursors
(Thomson Reuters ONE) - Almere, the Netherlands, December 9, 2009 --- ASM International N.V.(Nasdaq: ASMI and Euronext Amsterdam: ASM) and the Air Liquide Group(Euronext: AL.NX) announce that their collaboration has led to thesignature of a license and preferred supplier agreement for ALOHATMadvanced precursors. Under the terms of the agreement, Air Liquidewill have access to ASM's key processes and material intellectualproperty related to the deposition of advanced ultra-high-k insulatorfilms such as Yttrium-doped Zirconia, STO and BST. ASM and AirLiquide's customers will benefit from Air Liquide's ALOHA globalresearch, manufacturing and supply chain capability, with ASM's wellknown Pulsar® atomic layer deposition (ALD) system.The first high-k materials were introduced in mainstream DRAMmanufacturing in the mid 2000's, and more recently as a gateinsulator material in logic manufacturing. The materials areexpected to be used in both types of devices to further enhancetransistor and capacitor performance.Ivo Raaijmakers, chief technology officer of ASM stated, "It isessential that the whole supply chain, including chemicals, theirtransportation and storage, deposition equipment and sourcecontainers reaches maturity before new materials will be adopted byour customers. The agreement with Air Liquide is a key step to enableultra high-k materials for the industry." Jean-Marc Girard, chieftechnology officer of Air Liquide Electronics commented, "We areproud to become a preferred supplier of the leader in high-k ALDtechnology for these advanced thin film products. It is essential forchemical suppliers to closely cooperate with tool suppliers on anongoing basis. High-Tech is a growth driver of Air Liquide."About Air Liquide ElectronicsAir Liquide Electronics serves the semiconductor industry worldwidewith activities in ultra-pure and specialty gasses, new molecules,related equipment and customized services. The Electronics divisionmanagement is based in Tokyo to enhance its proximity to thesemiconductor, TFT-LCD and PV markets in Asia.Air Liquide is the world leader in gases for industry, health and theenvironment, and is present in over 75 countries with 43,000employees.About ASM International N.V.ASM International N.V., headquartered in Almere, the Netherlands, andits subsidiaries design and manufacture equipment and materials usedto produce semiconductor devices. ASM International and itssubsidiaries provide production solutions for wafer processing(front-end segment) as well as assembly and packaging (Back-endsegment) through facilities in the United States, Europe, Japan andAsia. ASM International's common stock trades on NASDAQ (symbol ASMI)and the Euronext Amsterdam Stock Exchange (symbol ASM). For moreinformation, visit ASMI's website at www.asm.com.Safe Harbor Statement under the U.S. Private Securities LitigationReform Act of 1995: All matters discussed in this statement, exceptfor any historical data, are forward-looking statements.Forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that couldcause actual results to differ materially from those in theforward-looking statements. These include, but are not limited to,economic conditions and trends in the semiconductor industrygenerally and the timing of the industry cycles specifically,currency fluctuations, the timingof significant orders, market acceptance of new products, competitivefactors, litigation involving intellectual property, shareholder andother issues, commercial and economic disruption due to naturaldisasters, terrorist activity, armed conflict or politicalinstability, epidemics and other risks indicated in the Company'sfilings from time to time with the U.S. Securities and ExchangeCommission, including, but not limited to, the Company's reports onForm 20-F and Form 6-K. The Company assumes no obligation nor intendsto update or revise any forward-looking statements to reflect futuredevelopments or circumstances. # # #ASM Contacts:Erik Kamerbeek - +31 88 100 8500Mary Jo Dieckhaus - +1 212 986 2900Air Liquide Contacts:Jean-Marc Girard - + 33 1 40 62 53 42Michael Rosen - +1 713 624 8023http://hugin.info/132090/R/1359834/331569.pdfThis announcement was originally distributed by Hugin. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.
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