DANBURY, Conn., Nov. 27, 2007 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- ATMI, Inc. (Nasdaq:ATMI) was awarded "Best Achievement of Design for Six Sigma and Innovation" at The Global Six Sigma Summit and Industry Awards recently held in Las Vegas, Nevada.
"ATMI began Six Sigma knowledge-based management work in 2000, applying the techniques broadly in our operations, as well as in our new product development initiatives. While the ultimate validation is through success with customers and the growth of our business, we are very happy to have our innovative approach to Six Sigma deployment independently validated, as it is a key contributor to continued growth," said Doug Neugold, Chief Executive Officer.
"This award is based upon our documenting how the tools and methodologies were used to design, develop, and commercialize our RegenSi(tm), AutoClean(tm), and Newmix(r) process efficiency solutions, each of which has the potential to save our customers many millions of dollars by bringing yield, cost, and throughput improvements to their processes," said Tim Carlson, Chief Financial Officer. "Since inception, we've completed over 80 internal projects generating more than $20 million of savings for ATMI."
Established to identify outstanding organizational success through the application of Six Sigma methodologies, the Global Six Sigma Awards program received entries from organizations based in India, Singapore, South Africa, Turkey, the United Kingdom, and the United States for the 2007 competition. Entries are extensively reviewed by an independent international panel of 21 leaders from business, industry, and government.
ATMI provides specialty materials and high-purity materials handling and delivery solutions to the worldwide semiconductor industry. For more information, please visit atmi.com.
ATMI, AutoClean, Newmix, and RegenSi are trademarks, or registered trademarks, of Advanced Technology Materials, Inc. in the United States, other countries, or both.
Statements contained herein that relate to ATMI's future performance, including, without limitation, statements with respect to ATMI's anticipated results of operations or level of business for 2007 or any other future period, are forward-looking statements within the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such statements are based on current expectations only and are subject to certain risks, uncertainties, and assumptions, including, but not limited to, changes in semiconductor industry growth (including, without limitation, wafer starts) or ATMI's markets; competition, problems, or delays developing and commercializing new products; problems or delays in integrating acquired operations and businesses; and other factors described in ATMI's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Such risks and uncertainties may cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed in our forward-looking statements. ATMI undertakes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements.