Q. What does ATMI stand for?
A. Before our recent acquisitions of Advanced Delivery & Chemical Systems and Lawrence Semiconductor Laboratories, it was shorthand for "Advanced Technology Materials, Inc." To make the acquisitions a tax-free transaction, a new holding company, ATMI, Inc., was created. ATMI, Inc. is now the public entity, and stands only for ATMI.
Q. Which stock exchange do you trade on?
A. Nasdaq National Markets as "ATMI"
Q. How long have you been in business?
A. ATMI started in business in 1986.
Q. When did you go public?
A. ATMI went public in late 1993.
Q. Which analysts follow the stock?
A. Kevin Clark, Advest, Inc.
Theodore O'Neill, Needham & Co.
Gus Richard, Hambrecht & Quist
Byron Walker, BT Alex Brown
Q. How many shares are outstanding?
A. About 18.8 million common.
Q. How many shareholders do you have?
A. ATMI has about 5,500 shareholders.
Q. Where are your facilities located?
A. Danbury, CT - R&D and corporate headquarters
San Jose, CA - EcoSys headquarters and manufacturing
Austin, TX - ADCS headquarters
Phoenix, AZ - Epitronics, III-Vs Division
Mesa, AZ - Epitronics, Silicon Division
Q. What business are you in?
A. ATMI is a leading provider of advanced materials and environmental equipment for the semiconductor industry. It has 3 independent business units focusing on specific markets:
EcoSys--Semiconductor Environmental Equipment--Considered the world leader in point-of-use environmental equipment for the semiconductor industry; offers a complete product line of abatement technologies, and global on-site service support.
ADCS--Semiconductor Materials and Delivery systems--Develops, manufactures, and sells semiconductor thin film materials and delivery systems for current and next-generation logic and memory integrated circuits.
Epitronics--Advanced Wafers and Thin Film Services--A leading supplier of specialty silicon epitaxy services as well as high performance wafers and thin film materials to the wireless communications and optoelectronics markets; a developer of semiconductor devices based on ATMI?s unique thin film technologies.
Q. Is ATMI's technology protected?
A. ATMI now has over 80 patents issued or licensed, with more than 70 patents pending.
Q. How many employees does ATMI have?
A. About 350.