January 14, 2004

Rite Track Announces Expansion of Technical Service Department

Rite Track, a leading manufacturer of track systems for the semiconductor, MEMS and thin film head industries, announces the expansion of their Technical Service Department.

Coupled with the acquisition of the ASML track 8X and 9X product lines, Rite Track has also expanded the Technical Service Department. The expansion includes additional service personnel in the San Jose Office and the addition of local service in the following new locations: Colorado, New Mexico, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Oregon, Ireland, The Netherlands, France, Singapore, China and Israel. This addition supplements its established local service in Arizona, California, Minnesota, Ohio, Texas, The United Kingdom and Germany. Rite Track has also assumed support of existing ASML track service contracts at several major Semiconductor Device manufacturers in many worldwide locations.

Tim Hayden, Rite Track President said, "We are very pleased to be in a position to offer expanded service and support coverage for the Worldwide Semiconductor Industry. This expansion improves our ability to provide future service offerings for other semiconductor wafer track systems. Throughout Rite Track’s 11 year history we have provided the very best semiconductor wafer track service in the industry, bar none. We will take the steps necessary to continue to do so into the future.”