SUNNYVALE, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–May 18, 2005–Integrated Materials, Inc., a leading supplier of advanced boats and related consumables for diffusion and deposition furnaces used to manufacture semiconductors, announced that the company has received a multiple unit order with a value of almost $1 million for its high-temperature, poly silicon, 300mm boats from a leading semiconductor device maker. The order is a result of a two-year joint effort to reduce thermal processing defects and increase device yields.

IMI developed its Si-Fusion(TM) Technology to address furnace process yield issues and to lower the user’s cost of ownership. According to Duncan Dobson, IMI’s Vice President of Marketing, “IMI designed these boats to be ‘slip-free’ with ultra high purity, and the yield impact and payback are exceptional. IMI’s boats have spurred intense interest from both the high-temperature and the LPCVD process communities.”