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!!! Press Release !!!

Sterling Semiconductor Inc. Orders an EPIGRESS VP2000 HT Planetary Reactor® for SiC Epitaxial Wafer Mass Production

EPIGRESS AB, a member of the AIXTRON group, is pleased to announce the sale of a VP2000HT Planetary Reactor® (7x2") to Sterling Semiconductor, Inc., Sterling, VA, USA. Sterling will produce SiC epitaxial wafers for SiC electronic devices with the VP2000 HT reactor because of its proven production capability with excellent uniformity and high efficiency. The VP2000HT is the latest SiC-CVD version of the AIX2000HT Planetary Reactor® family.

EPIGRESS offers a wide range of systems for SiC CVD and sublimation growth. The portfolio comprises Hot-Wall Reactors for R&D and production, now also comprising the AIXTRON patented Gas Foil Rotation® of the substrates, and large-scale Planetary Reactor® Production Systems for 7x2" and 5x3" wafers. Through the company group, EPIGRESS provides an extensive service and support network for maintenance as well as upgrading systems and is represented in more than 15 countries.

EPIGRESS is the leading supplier of SiC CVD equipment with numerous renowned universities and industrial customers worldwide such as Linköping University, IKZ Berlin, CEA LETI Grenoble, ACREO Kista, Purdue University, Northrop Grumman, ABB, Okmetic and numerous Japanese universities and corporations.

Sterling, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Uniroyal Technology Corporation located in Sterling, Virginia, is a leading producer of SiC substrates, epitaxial thin films on SiC substrates and is developing SiC devices for wireless communications, industrial process control, and power amplification.

For more information about Sterling Semiconductors Inc., please visit their homepage www.sterling-semiconductor.com.

For more information about Epigress AB, our different SiC CVD systems and our Technology Transfer Packages, please contact us directly or visit our homepage at www.epigress.com.

LUND, August 31, 2000

Göran Berg
Marketing & Sales