DALSA receives camera order from semiconductor manufacturer

JULY 18--DALSA Corp. (Waterloo, ON, Canada; www.dalsa.com) has received an order for high-performance digital cameras that totals more than $1.5 million. The order is expected to be delivered to the customer this year, with a possibility of further follow-on production orders in 2004.

The camera order was placed by a leading producer of capital equipment for the semiconductor-manufacturing industry.The high-speed cameras will be the "electronic eyes" in a new generation of inspection systems that will enable semiconductor-wafer manufacturers to maintain better process quality and control, improve yield, and lower costs.

"This order further highlights DALSA's ability to provide semiconductor-equipment manufacturers with advanced digital imaging solutions," commented Savvas Chamberlain, CEO of DALSA. "We are well positioned to benefit from the recovery of the semiconductor capital-equipment market."