Corporate | 24 August 2006 09:39

Roth & Rau AG: TriQuint Semiconductor orders new cutting edge IonScan 800

Corporate news transmitted by DGAP – a company of EquityStory AG. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. —————————————————————————— Roth & Rau AG: TriQuint Semiconductor orders new cutting edge IonScan 800 system for North American facility Hohenstein-Ernstthal, 24 August 2006 – Roth & Rau AG of Hohenstein-Ernstthal, Germany today announced the sale of their new cutting edge IonScan 800 system to TriQuint Semiconductor, Inc., Orlando, Florida (USA). The IonScan 800 incorporates the worlds leading technology designed for very precise thickness trimming for various industrial materials, which is increasingly becoming a requirement of new and emerging technologies in the semiconductor industry. Equipment assembly is scheduled for October 2006 and installation at TriQuint’s facility will take place approximately in February 2007. Dr. Michael Zeuner, VP Sales for Roth and Rau worldwide, commented that the company has seen exceptional interest in the IonScan 800 system for various applications and markets and is expecting significant orders for these systems for different applications in the coming months. The IonScan 800 is capable of trimming a variety of materials including dielectrics and metals without restrictions. This technology clearly demonstrates a large advantage over any alternative technology in terms of controllability, repeatability, throughput and yield, he concluded. Steve Brown, USA Sales Manager for Roth & Rau, said this sale demonstrates the outstanding reputation Roth & Rau has achieved in the short time that the IonScan 800 has been on the market, and is significant for us in that this is also the first sale of this technology in the United States. It adds to our growing list of existing and potential customers worldwide. TriQuint Semiconductor, Inc. is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of RF front-end modules and components for mobile phones. Dr. Robert Aigner, TriQuint’s Director of RF Device Technology, said that his staff is looking forward to installing Roth & Rau’s IonScan 800 device as a replacement for the company’s existing trimming solution. Kevin Lin, TriQuint’s Director of Wafer Fabrication Engineering, said he believed the IonScan 800 will enhance TriQuint’s new chip production capabilities and anticipates working with Roth & Rau during the implementation phase. About TriQuint: TriQuint Semiconductor (Nasdaq: TQNT) supplies high-performance modules and components to the world’s leading communications companies. Our diverse markets include wireless handsets, base stations, broadband communications and military. We “Connect the digital world to the global network”™. TriQuint creates standard and custom products using advanced processes that include gallium arsenide (GaAs), surface acustic wave (SAW) and bulk acustic wave (BAW) technologies. TriQuint has manufacturing facilities in Oregon, Texas, and Florida, a production plant in Costa Rica, and design centers in North America and Germany. TriQuint’s manufacturing and production facilities are certified to the ISO9001 international quality standard. Visit TriQuint at www.triquint.com. About Roth & Rau AG: Roth & au AG, which has been listed in the Entry Standard of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange since 11 May 2006 (ISIN DE000A0JCZ51), develops and manufactures equipment and process systems on the basis of plasma and ion beam technology and supplies these to a global customer base in a wide variety of sectors. Roth & Rau’s photovoltaic business field focuses on providing antireflective coating facilities for crystalline silicon solar cells. With a global market share of around one third, Roth & Rau is the global market leader in this area. The company’s second business field of plasma and ion beam technology, which accounted for around 30% of total sales in the past financial year, develops equipment for the semiconductor and automotive industries, as well as for research and development in various sectors. Roth & Rau AG witnessed a considerable acceleration of its growth in the 2005 financial year. The company generated sales pursuant to IFRS amounting to Euro 33.4 million, equivalent to growth of 251% on the previous year’s figure of Euro 9.5 million. Operating earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) amounted to Euro 4.3 million, compared with Euro 0.6 million in the previous year, which is equivalent to a sevenfold increase. Roth & Rau had an average of around 80 full-time employees in 2005. Contact: Roth & Rau AG Dr. Silvia Roth Tel.: +49 (0) 3723/4988-13 Fax.: +49 (0) 3723/4988-25 E-mail: investor@roth-rau.de Contact: Haubrok Investor Relations GmbH Simone Gorny Kaistraße 16 40221 Düsseldorf Tel.: +49 211/30126-130 Fax: +49 211/30126-5130 E-Mail: s.gorny@haubrok.de (c)DGAP 24.08.2006 ————————————————————————— Language: English Issuer: Roth & Rau AG Gewerbering 3 OT Wüstenbrand 09337 Hohenstein-Ernstthal Deutschland Phone: 0372349880 Fax: 03723 498825 E-mail: silvia.roth@roth-rau.de WWW: www.roth-rau.de ISIN: DE000A0JCZ51 WKN: A0JCZ5 Indices: Listed: Freiverkehr in Berlin-Bremen, Düsseldorf, München, Stuttgart; Entry Standard in Frankfurt End of News DGAP News-Service —————————————————————————