PUR.L Regulatory News (PUR)

6 Feb 2006 07:00

Pure Wafer PLC06 February 2006 PURE WAFER PLC ("Pure Wafer" or "the Company") Notice of Results Pure Wafer plc, which provides high quality silicon wafer reclaim services formany of the world's leading semiconductor manufacturers, will be announcingresults for the 6 months ended 31 December 2005, on 1 March 2006. A presentation to analysts will be held at 9.30am on the day at the offices ofICIS. Analysts, who wish to attend the presentation, should contact Paul Youenson 020 7651 8688. ENQUIRIES Pure Wafer plc (www.purewafer.com) Tel. +44 (0) 1792 311 200Keith Baker, Chief ExecutiveJames Dearing, Group Finance Director ICIS Tel. +44 (0) 20 7651 8688Tom MoriartyPaul Youens NOTES FOR EDITORS About Wafer Reclaim During the many stages of the manufacturing process of semiconductors, largequantities of test wafers are used to check the accurate calibration ofequipment. Once used, these test wafers have no further use, unless they can bereclaimed. Reclaiming them for re-use thus represents a substantial cost savingfor semiconductor manufacturers. The semiconductor industry is currently seeing a rapid transition to 300mmwafers. In order for manufacturers to continue to increase functionality at areduced cost, the industry has sought to increase the size of wafers on whichsemiconductors are manufactured. 300mm wafer processing now represents thefastest growing area of the semiconductor industry. However, wafer reclaim is a highly specialised and technically sophisticatedprocess. Only a few companies worldwide are able to meet the exacting standardsrequired by semiconductor manufacturers for the reclaim of 300mm wafers, ofwhich Pure Wafer is one. About Pure WaferPure Wafer is an industry leading provider of silicon wafer reclaim services.Pure Wafer cleans and polishes silicon wafers sent for reclaim by many of theworld's largest semiconductor manufacturers. Pure Wafer operates a state of theart foundry that has received over £40m of investment to meet the stringentstandards of purity and flatness required by its customers. Pure Wafer is listed on the Alternative Investment Market of the London StockExchange. Headquartered in the UK, it operates on a global basis through aninternational sales force throughout Europe, United States and South East Asia. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange