Amtech Systems, Inc., a global supplier of production and automation systems and related supplies for the manufacture of semiconductors, solar cells and wafers, announced that the company has received more than $16.5 million in solar orders over the last twelve months for diffusion processing systems from the solar cell industry. Included in that total are recent new orders of $4.1 million, all from new Asia-based customers and not previously announced.
For the fiscal 2007 year to date, Amtech has received approximately $9.8 million of solar orders, including these most recent orders. Amtech expects the $4.1 million in new orders to ship in approximately six months.
"We continue to execute our growth plan and generate strong momentum and customer interest for our products within the rapidly growing solar market," said J.S. Whang, President and Chief Executive Officer of Amtech.
