Asymtek Celebrates 20 Years in Business

Carlsbad, CA - Asymtek announces its twentieth year anniversary of providing dispensing and motion control systems to customers worldwide. Founded in 1983 by Robert Ciardella, Alec Babiarz and Philip Maiorca, Asymtek has become a world leader in automated fluid dispensing systems. In the mid-1970's, the three founders worked together in research and development of computer peripheral products, including ink jet printers. They identified what is now called "benchtop automation" and aimed their efforts at the electronic assembly and semiconductor packaging market. Asymtek's customers include the leaders in semiconductor packaging and printed circuit board assemblers in a wide range of industries.

In 1996, Nordson Corporation (NASDAQ: NDSN) acquired Asymtek. "The partnership effectively brings together the two companies' dispensing process knowledge and technology to offer a wider range of production solutions," explains Robert Ciardella, Asymtek's President. Over the years, Asymtek has earned several industry awards that recognize dispensing innovations, including the 1993 Vision Award for their SMA-600 Fluidshooter�, the 1995 Vision Award for the Millennium� Series, the 1997 Kiver Award for Excellence in Electronics for the Millennium Series, the 1994 Vision Award for the DispenseJet� (developed by Nordson and applied to the market by Asymtek), the 2001 Vision Award for the AxiomTM Series, and the 2002 Excellence in Electronics award for the Axiom Series.

As structures become smaller and more complex, customers are demanding that high accuracy dispensing systems be used for a variety of applications. "Asymtek is developing lean, flexible systems with micro level precision to meet customers' design requirements," says Ciardella. "Our non-contact technology has moved forward to meet customers' current and forecasted design challenges."

Celebrating 20 years of success in 2003, Asymtek supplies award-winning automated fluid dispensing systems to customers worldwide. Specializing in semiconductor, surface mount, and electronics packaging applications, they are committed to providing total dispensing solutions and local support. Find out more on their Web site at: http://www.asymtek.com.

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For further information contact us:

Asymtek (Headquarters)

2762 Loker Avenue West

Carlsbad, CA, USA 92008-6603

TEL: (760) 431-1919

FAX: (760) 431-2678

Toll Free US & Canada: 1-800-ASYMTEK

E-mail: info@asymtek.com

Web: http://www.asymtek.com