Bruce Technologies Wins $4 million Contract
N. Billerica, MA–Bruce Technologies International, a provider of furnaces and process control software to semiconductor manufacturers, announced it has received a $4 million order from Mitel Semiconductor (Kanta, Canada). Mitel has purchased six BDF-41 horizontal furnaces and Bruce`s APEX process management software for 150 mm wafer processing at its Canadian facility in Bromont, Quebec. Mitel will utilize Bruce`s BDF-41 furnaces and APEX software for 150 mm atmospheric and LPCVD (low pressure chemical vapor deposition) processing for mixed signal CMPS wafer fabrication. The furnaces and software were installed in August. Bruce was formed in 1992 as a privately-held joint venture between Kokusai Electric Ltd. of Japan and BTU international of Billerica, MA.