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Semitool Names Klaus Pfeifer Vice President of Copper Interconnect and BEOL Cleans
| Source: Semitool
KALISPELL, MT--(Marketwire - June 22, 2009) - Semitool, Inc. (NASDAQ : SMTL ), a leading
manufacturer of wafer processing equipment for the semiconductor industry,
today announced it has promoted Klaus Pfeifer to vice president of the
Company's Copper Interconnect and Back End of Line (BEOL) Cleans divisions.
Pfeifer was previously general manager of Copper Interconnect, a position
he has held since May 2006.
Larry Murphy, president and chief operating officer, said, "Klaus'
technical expertise and leadership skill have been instrumental in
advancing Semitool's industry position in copper ECD for the application of
copper interconnects. We look forward to further leveraging his talent and
experience within our BEOL Cleans business."
Prior to joining Semitool, Pfeifer was program manager for copper low-k
integration with the interconnect division of SEMATECH. He also spent 18
years with Philips Semiconductors, where he worked with the SEMATECH
consortium as program manager of interconnect in advanced dielectrics and
metallization. Pfeifer holds a degree in physics (Diplom Physicist) from
the University of Hamburg, Institute for Solid State Physics, Germany.
About Semitool, Inc.
Semitool designs, manufactures and supports highly engineered,
multi-chamber single-wafer and batch wet chemical processing equipment used
in the fabrication of semiconductor devices. The company's primary suites
of equipment include electrochemical deposition systems for electroplating
copper, gold, solder and other metals; surface preparation systems for
cleaning, stripping and etching silicon wafers; and wafer transport
container cleaning systems. The company's equipment is used in
semiconductor fabrication front-end and back-end processes, including
wafer-level packaging and through-silicon via. The Company's products also
are used in solar cell (PV) production applications.
Headquartered in Kalispell, Montana, Semitool maintains sales and support
centers in the United States, Europe and Asia. The company's stock trades
on Nasdaq under the symbol SMTL. For more information, please visit the
company's website at www.semitool.com.
Semitool is a registered trademark of Semitool, Inc.