Jenoptik Opens Laser Application Center in Korea

PYEONGTAEK, Korea, March 8, 2010 - Customers and interested parties in the areas of electronic, flat panel
as well as photovoltaics and automotive can now test lasers and laser
applications for their own production environments on site with their own
materials and refine the processes together with Jenoptik engineers. The
official opening of the new sales, application and service site in the
southern Korean city of Pyeongtaek (Gyeonggi province) took place on Monday,
March 8. Jenoptik invested $4.4 million.

Over an area of approx. 500 square meters, the laser application center
of JENOPTIK Korea Corporation Ltd. has initially been equipped with two laser
systems for processes in the electronic as well as photovoltaics and flat
panel industries: the JENOPTIK VOTAN(TM) Semi 300 is designed for machining
wafers (Si, GaAs or SiC) and thus also for ultra-precise applications in
clean room environments. The special separation process developed by
Jenoptik, so-called TLS-Dicing(TM) (TLS = Thermal Laser Separation), enables
the quick, efficient and damage-free separation of semiconductor wafers. With
the JENOPTIK VOTAN(TM) Advanced laser system, the TLS process specifically
addresses the photovoltaics and flat panel industry for separation of
thin-film solar cells and display glass. In addition to tests, customers and
interested parties can also develop individual technological solutions on the
systems, manufacture pilot runs and small batches and commission feasibility
studies.

JENOPTIK Korea Corporation Ltd. is also in charge of all after-sales
service in Asia together with other Jenoptik companies, e.g. in Japan. In
Asia, Jenoptik currently has a total of about 150 employees in own or joint
venture companies and is also present in China and Japan.

Long version: www.jenoptik.com/jenoptikGroup_Asia

Contact: Daniel Bohme, +82-31-6464-020

Contact: Daniel Bohme, +82-31-6464-020