Varian Associates Inc.

02/01/1997

Varian Associates Inc., Palo Alto, CA, and Tokyo Electron Ltd. (TEL) are revising their long working relationship to enable Japanese customers to have more direct access to Varian`s product, engineering, and support organizations worldwide. Under the arrangement, Varian will directly market its semiconductor equipment products in Japan, and will service the products. TEL will continue to provide service for the installed base of over 1100 Varian systems sold previously through the TEL-Varian alliance.