| Business Summary | | ASM
International,
N.V.
designs,
manufactures
and
sells
equipment
and
solutions
used
to
produce
semiconductor
devices,
or
integrated
circuits.
The
Company's
production
equipment
and
solutions
are
used
by
both
the
front-end
and
back-end
segments
of
the
semiconductor
market.
ASM
International's
products
in
the
front-end
market
segment
grow
or
deposit
thin
films
onto
wafers
primarily
using
a
process
called
chemical
vapor
deposition,
or
CVD.
CVD
deposits
films
on
the
wafer's
surface
through
chemical
reactions
using
gases
at
high
temperatures.
Its
products
in
the
back-end
market
assemble
and
package
individual
dies
into
finished
semiconductor
devices
using
stand
alone
and
automated
lines
of
equipment.
The
Company
also
manufactures
leadframes,
copper
carriers
on
which
dies
are
mounted
as
part
of
the
back-end
assembly
process.
The
Company
sells
its
products
predominantly
to
manufacturers
of
semiconductor
devices
and
manufacturers
of
silicon
wafers. | More
from
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Business Description |
| Financial Summary | | ASM
International
N.V.
is
engaged
in
the
research,
development,
manufacture,
marketing
and
servicing
of
equipment
and
materials
used
to
produce
semiconductor
devices,
including
solutions
for
wafer
processing,
assembly
and
packaging.
For
the
six
months
ended
6/01,
sales
fell
16%
to
EUR353.8
million.
Net
income
before
acct'g
change
fell
28%
to
EUR27.9
million.
Results
reflect
lower
sales
of
Back-end
equipments,
and
increases
in
R&D
and
amortization
expenses. | More
from
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Developments |
| Officers | |
| Position | Paul Van den Hoek, 62 | Chairman
of the Supervisory Board | Arthur Del Prado, 70 | Pres,
CEO, Managing Director and Chairman of Management Board | Ferdinand Rauwenhoff, 71 | Vice
Chairman of the Supervisory Board | Robert De Bakker, 51 | CFO | Ernst Granneman, Ph.D., 55 | Bus.
Unit Mang. for Rapid Thermal Processing |
| More
from
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List, Bios,
Compensation,
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