Camtek Receives Orders in Excess of $3.5 Million for its Backend Semiconductor Inspection Tools from a Leading Global OSAT

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Mar 26, 2012, 06:00 ET

MIGDAL HAEMEK, Israel, March 26, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --

Camtek Ltd. (NASDAQ and TASE: CAMT) ("Camtek") announced today that a leading global OSAT (Outsourced Semiconductor Assembly and Test house) selected the Company's Falcon family of inspection products for various applications within the backend semiconductor process. The combined amount of the orders is in excess of $3.5 million, with deliveries expected during the current and next two quarters.

Camtek's line of automated wafer inspection systems, Falcon, helps semiconductor manufacturers, bumping houses and packaging foundries to monitor processes and enhance yield by detecting defects. Camtek's Falcon dedicated models deliver superb 2D and 3D inspection and metrology capabilities for wafers before or after test, along the bumping process or after dicing, and address the special needs of MEMS applications.

"We are very proud of being selected by this leading OSAT with multiple packaging fabrication facilities throughout the world," commented Roy Porat, CEO of Camtek. "Camtek's tools are designed to inspect the leading-edge packaging technologies, which drives our backend semiconductor inspection business. Backend semiconductor inspection is one of our core product lines, in which we continue to invest R&D resources, to ensure our sustained competitive advantage."

ABOUT CAMTEK LTD.

Camtek Ltd. provides automated and technologically advanced solutions dedicated to enhancing production processes and increasing yields, enabling and supporting customer's latest technologies in the Semiconductors, Printed Circuit Boards (PCB) and IC Substrates industries.

Camtek addresses the specific needs of these interconnected industries with dedicated solutions based on a wide and advanced platform of technologies including intelligent imaging, image processing, adaptive ion milling (AIM) and digital material deposition (DMD). Camtek's solutions range from micro-to-nano by applying its technologies to the industries' specific requirements.

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