January 9, 2004

Rite Track Announces Shipment and installation of first Certified/Pre-Owned TEL CLEAN TRACK MARK Vz System

Rite Track, a leading manufacturer of track systems for the semiconductor, MEMS and thin film head industries, today announced it has shipped and installed the first Certified/Pre-Owned TEL CLEAN TRACK MARK Vz. The system was shipped November 14th with installation completed during the week of December 8th.

"This is a great achievement for Rite Track,” said Jeff Gallant, Rite Track’s TEL Business Unit Manager. “We’re very excited that the addition of the TEL CLEAN TRACK MARK Series of products to our overall product offering has gone so smoothly and is already providing benefits to our customers.”

Tim Hayden, President of Rite Track added “Since signing the historic TEL agreement in July, we have worked diligently to obtain qualified systems to supply to our customers. This is just the first of many systems we plan to ship in the coming year.”

Rite Track became the approved North American supplier of Certified/Pre-Owned TEL CLEAN TRACK MARK Vz and TEL CLEAN TRACK MARK 7/8 track systems in July, 2003. See the Rite Track web page (www.ritetrack.com) for that announcement and other information about Rite Track product offerings.