Asian customer chooses Micronic's laser pattern generator FPS5100 for advanced electronic packaging applications

Asian customer chooses Micronic's laser pattern generator FPS5100 for advanced electronic packaging applications

TABY, Sweden - March 5 2007 - Micronic Laser Systems AB (Stockholm Exchange, Nordic list, Mid Cap, Information Technology: MICR), a leading global supplier of laser pattern generators for photomasks, announced today that another Asian customer has ordered the company's newest tool, the FPS5100 laser pattern generator for advanced electronic packaging applications.

“It gives us great satisfaction that our new customer has decided on Micronic's FPS5100 as their tool of choice”, said Sven Löfquist, President and CEO for Micronic. “This demonstrates that the FPS5100 is well suited to meet the increasing quality demands for photomasks as well as productivity demands for advance electronic packaging.”

The FPS5100 was introduced in June 2006. While enabling high-volume production of photomasks for advanced electronic packaging, passive matrix TN/STN LCDs and other large-area applications, the FPS5100 provides shorter turn-around times, easier production planning and the lowest cost of ownership in its application space. The system features a very high throughput of up to 12 000 mm2/min and a main writing grid down to 0.4 microns.



Company contact:				 	
Sven Lofquist	
President & CEO	
Tel: +46 8 638 52 00	
sven.lofquist@micronic.se



About Micronic Laser Systems AB
Micronic Laser Systems is a Swedish high-tech company engaged in the development, manufacture and marketing of a series of extremely accurate laser pattern generators for the production of photomasks. The technology involved is known as microlithography. Micronic´s systems are used by the world´s leading electronics companies in the manufacture of television and computer displays, semiconductor circuits and semiconductor packaging components. Micronic is located in Taby, north of Stockholm and at present has subsidiaries in the United States, Japan, South Korea and in Taiwan. Micronic maintains a web site at: http://www.micronic.se