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Jon Goldman Associates Acquires Integrated Control Concepts, Inc. Expands capabilities to control and manage diffusion, LPCVD and other equipment. Contact: Andrea Roberts, A·R Marketing 858-451-8666; aroberts@san.rr.com April 10, 2002 - Orange, CA - Jon Goldman Associates, Inc. (JGA), manufacturer of data capture and process management software for the semiconductor industry, announces the acquisition of Integrated Control Concepts, Inc. (ICCI), Hollis, New Hampshire. ICCI, founded in 1983, manufactures diffusion and LPCVD process controllers and software used throughout the semiconductor industry. Presently, each company will continue to operate under its respective name. Manufacturing, operations, and sales of ICCI products will be maintained in the New Hampshire facility under the direction of general manager, Bob Bowman. Mr. Bowman will report to President Jon Goldman. JGA operations and the headquarters for the two companies will remain in Orange, California, under Kerry Eszlinger, vice president, chief operations officer. "We are all looking forward to furthering the vision created by Don Landis, president and founder of ICCI, who passed away in 2000," stated Jon Goldman, president of Jon Goldman Associates. "Don put a lot of creative energy into ICCI, and we feel privileged to be a partner in carrying his vision forward. There is a lot of synergy between our two companies' product lines. We have been supplying software for data capture and analysis of diffusion furnaces, primarily Thermco and TEL, as well as for other manufacturing tools for about twelve years. ICCI provides process controllers as well as cell control software for ICCI and Bruce furnace controllers. Combining these capabilities enables us to provide semiconductor manufacturers with an extremely broad range of software-intensive monitoring and control products for legacy furnaces and other process equipment." "JGA brings process knowledge and software resources and expertise that will help keep ICCI's products on the leading edge. The combination of the two companies provides a more complete product line as we continue to expand globally, especially in Asia and Japan," stated ICCI's general manager Bob Bowman. ICCI designs and provides custom control solutions in the semiconductor industry for a variety of process applications such as crystal growing, gas distribution, chemical vapor deposition, surface state diffusion/oxidation, and wet spray processing systems. The control systems typically consist of dedicated controller microprocessors networked to PC supervisory hosts and to production and statistical process control systems. Jon Goldman Associates, based in Orange, CA, is in its twelfth year of providing data mining software solutions to the semiconductor industry. Founder and President Dr. Jon Goldman has been serving the semiconductor industry for more than 25 years. He is the holder of several patents, including LPCVD deposition of Silicon Nitride, LTO, and BPSG. JGA's data analysis tools are widely used in the industry by both end users and equipment manufacturers to reduce downtime and wafer scrap by implementing and improving SPC control. Visit the JGA and ICCI websites at www.JGA-Inc.com and www.ICCI-Inc.com. Jon Goldman Associates Kerry Eszlinger 2237 N. Batavia Street Orange, CA 92865 Phone: (714) 283-5889 Fax: (714) 283-2884 Kerry@JGA-Inc.com ICCI Kenneth Winchell 17 Clinton Drive Hollis, NH 03049 Phone: (603) 889-8922 Fax: (603) 595-0775 kwinchell@ICCI-Inc.com A·R Marketing, Inc. Andrea Roberts PO Box 501528 San Diego, CA 92150 Phone: (858) 451-8666 Fax: (858) 451-8777 aroberts@san.rr.com Jon Goldman Associates, based in Orange, CA, has been providing data mining software solutions to the semiconductor industry for over ten years. Founder and President Dr. Jon Goldman has been serving the semiconductor industry for more than 25 years. He is the holder of several patents, including LPCVD deposition of Silicon Nitride, LTO, and BPSG. JGA's data analysis tools are widely used in the industry by both end users and equipment manufacturers to reduce down time and wafer scrap by implementing and improving SPC control.