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Viscom AG Acquires MX Product Family for Inspection of Semiconductor Products from Phoseon Technology Inc. Hannover, Germany and Hillsboro, Oregon — August 23, 2007 -- Viscom AG, a leading company in inspection technology for the electronics industry, and Phoseon Technology Inc., the pioneer of Semiconductor Light Matrix (SLM) technology for solid state lighting, today announce an agreement for Viscom to acquire the MX family of IR inspection systems from Phoseon Technology. The MX product family is a series of highly capable semiconductor inspection systems that incorporate infrared (IR) semiconductor light sources. These sources provide highly efficient infrared output in a narrow spectral band that is optimized for many semiconductor applications where inspection through silicon is required - such as MEMS seal inspection, through-silicon wafer bond imaging and inspection, as well as SOI and flip chip die bond inspection or even Photovoltaic products. Viscom gets exclusive access to this technology in the field of near IR light sources for inspection applications. "This is a big step to incorporate Viscom’s business in semiconductor inspection by utilizing the unique MX technology”, said Volker Pape, board member and co-founder of Viscom AG. “As European market leader for automatic optical and X-ray inspection systems with a global presence and over 20 years experience in inspection for electronics production, Viscom brings exactly the knowledge and experience to integrate this Phoseon developed technology into new inspection systems.” This acquisition opens entirely new market, customer, and growth areas within a booming sector to Viscom. Moreover, Viscom maintains the infra-structure of a worldwide service and sales network, as is essential to expand the benefits of Phoseon's unique Si-Thru technology. “ This agreement makes excellent sense for both companies,” according to Bill Cortelyou, CEO of Phoseon Technology. “Phoseon can now focus on its core competency in SLM solid state lighting technology, while Viscom can leverage its current strong market position and worldwide infrastructure in electronics inspection systems into the semiconductor industry.” As a result of the agreement Viscom and Phoseon will work together to make the customer transition as efficient as possible. Viscom will take over the activities of Phoseon in this segment and develop and enhance them as part of its longer term strategy for growth into the area of semiconductor inspection. Viscom and Phoseon have also agreed to closely co-operate in the development of the IR light system technology for inspection applications. About Viscom About Phoseon |