BILTHOVEN, Netherlands, July 4, 2003 (PRIMEZONE) -- ASM International N.V. (Nasdaq:ASMI) (the Euronext Stock Exchange in Amsterdam: ASM) invites members of the financial community to the following technology presentation:
July 15, 2003 - Tuesday - 8:30-10:00 a.m., Room 206, Moscone Convention Center, 747 Howard St, San Francisco, CA
Han Westendorp, Chief Operating Officer ASM Front-end Operations, and Ivo Raaijmakers, Director of Research and Development and Chief Technology Officer Front-end Operations, will discuss ASM's Technology Framework. To attend this event, please R.S.V.P. to Mary Jo Dieckhaus via e-mail at maryjo.dieckhaus@asm.com, or by phone at (212) 986-2900. For those who cannot attend, the presentation will be web cast live at www.asm.com.
Analysts are invited to visit ASM International's booth #614, South Hall, at the Moscone Convention Center in San Francisco, July 14-16, and ASM Pacific Technology's booth #11601 at the San Jose Convention Center, San Jose, California, July 16-18, 2003.
About ASM
ASM International N.V., headquartered in Bilthoven, the Netherlands, is a global company servicing one of the most important and demanding industries in the world. The Company possesses a strong technology base, state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities, a competent and qualified workforce and a highly trained, strategically distributed support network. ASM International and its subsidiaries design and manufacture equipment and materials used to produce semiconductor devices. ASM International and its subsidiaries provide production solutions for wafer processing (Front-end segment) as well as assembly and packaging (Back-end segment) through facilities in the United States, Europe, Japan and Asia. ASM International's common stock trades on Nasdaq (symbol ASMI) and the Euronext Amsterdam Stock Exchange (symbol ASM). For more information, visit ASMI's website at http://www.asm.com.
Safe Harbor Statement under the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995: All matters discussed in this statement, except for any historical data, are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements. These include, but are not limited to, economic conditions and trends in the semiconductor industry, currency fluctuations, the timing of significant orders, market acceptance of new products, competitive factors, litigation involving intellectual property, shareholder and other issues, commercial and economic disruption due to terrorist activity, armed conflict or political instability and other risks indicated in the Company's filings from time to time with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, including, but not limited to, the Company's report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2002.