Dec. 19, 2005 — SUSS MicroTec AG announced that it received an order from a Chinese company worth $3 million dollars. The equipment, including mask aligners, coater/developers, bonders and a probe system, will be used to develop new MEMS devices.
The order was received in November and the machines are due for installation in the second quarter of 2006. Li Gong, general manager of SUSS in China, said in a prepared statement that China’s interest in MEMS is growing and that the company expects to be well positioned to supply process and test tools.