November 17, 2003 – Aspect Systems, Chandler, AZ, has purchased the Matrix legacy dry-processing product lines from Axcelis Technologies, Beverly, MA. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The deal covers products sold under the trade names System One and System Ten, which have an installed base of more than 800 systems worldwide. Axcelis acquired the lines earlier this year with its acquisition of Matrix Integrated Systems, Richmond, CA, a dry strip equipment supplier.