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Mergers & Acquisitions
Novellus Systems closed its acquisition of SpeedFam-IPEC - a
supplier of CMP systems used in the fabrication of advanced copper
interconnects.
Novellus Systems closed its acquisition of SpeedFam-IPEC - a supplier of CMP systems used in the fabrication of advanced copper interconnects. The acquisition was approved by a vote of SpeedFam-IPEC's shareholders, held on December 5, 2002. The agreement to buy was announced in August (Bulletin 445, August 12, 2002).
SpeedFam-IPEC will become the Novellus Chemical Mechanical Planarization Group.