Mar 31 2008
Amtech Systems, Inc., a global supplier of production and automation systems and related supplies for the manufacture of solar cells, semiconductors, and silicon wafers, today announced that its subsidiary, Tempress Systems, Inc., has received $5 million in follow-on solar orders for diffusion processing systems from existing customers based in Asia and Europe.
Since the beginning of its 2008 fiscal year, which began on October 1, 2007, Amtech has received solar orders totaling approximately $47 million, including this most recent order. Equipment orders typically ship within six to nine months of receipt. The order from Europe is from a customer that provides key devices related to the production of polysilicon, which is at the very front of the solar supply chain.
“We are very pleased to receive these follow-on orders, which reflect the increasing acceptance we are seeing for our solar products from our worldwide solar customer base,” said J.S. Whang, President and Chief Executive Officer of Amtech.