|
Japanese firm buys share of German gas abatement specialist |
|
|
|
Feb 04, 2005 at 08:00 PM |
gas abatement specialist ITSUBISHI KAKOKI KAISHA, Ltd. (MKK) is to
become the partner of DAS Dünnschicht Anlagen Systeme GmbH based in
Dresden, Germany. MKK will hold a share of around one third in DAS. As
the new partner is taken on board, venture capital shares are being
redeemed.
MKK's involvement as an industrial investor allows the DAS to expand
its core business. The company develops, constructs and produces waste
gas disposal equipment for the semiconductor industry.
"In December 2000, we concluded a licence agreement with DAS for the
Waste Gas Abatement System for semi-conductor manufacturers. Since
then, we have been exclusively manufacturing and marketing ‘Waste Gas
Abatement Facility of ESCAPE' for microchip industries and other
electronic fields in Japan" MKK's president Satoru Hatano said in press
statement. He added that the ESCAPE system developed in Dresden had
"become one of the major strategic products in our company". By
investing in DAS, he said, MKK wanted to enter "a new, global business
alliance".
DAS GmbH was founded in 1991 in Dresden by former employees of the
microchip producer ZMD and the firm "Elektromat". Today the company has
80 employees worldwide, about 50 of which are based in the Dresden
office.
|
