March 17, 2008 — Tegal Corp., a designer and manufacturer of plasma etch and deposition systems used in the production of integrated circuits, MEMS, and nanotechnology devices, has signed an agreement with WESI Technology (China) for sales distribution as well as service and technical support of Tegal’s plasma etch and PVD products in China and Taiwan. WESI is a joint venture between WKK Technology, a publicly traded company specializing in the distribution of capital equipment and services in the Greater China market, and ECI Technology Inc., a manufacturer of online chemical monitoring systems for VLSI dual damascene and wafer bumping plating processes.

Vahan Tchakerian, VP global sales and field operations at Tegal, remarked, “With the signing of WESI as our China and Taiwan distributor…we will be servicing our large installed base of etch and PVD systems in this region using the more than 200 experienced sales and service team members WESI and WKK bring to our new China and Taiwan organization.”

WESI, through its partner WKK Technology, has offices and support personnel throughout mainland China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong. WESI serves virtually every semiconductor manufacturing and semiconductor packaging customer in the region with a suite of capital equipment, materials, and technical support services, ranging from front-end process to back-end packaging.