Kulicke & Soffa Industries, Inc. - KLIC- Profile

Kulicke And Soffa Industries, Inc.. The Group's principal activity is to design, manufacture and market capital equipment, packaging materials and service, maintain, repair and upgrade assembly equipment. It operates in two segments: Equipment and Packaging Materials. Equipment business segment designs, manufactures and markets capital equipment and related spare parts for use in the semiconductor assembly process. It also services, maintains, repairs and upgrades assembly equipment. Packaging Materials business segment designs, manufactures and markets consumable packaging materials for use on the equipment the Group markets as well as on competitors' equipment. The Major customers of the Group include large semiconductor manufacturers and their subcontract assemblers and vertically integrated manufacturers of electronic systems. It operates in the United States and Asia/Pacific region. On 03-Nov-2006, the Group acquired Alphasem die bonder product lines. Equipment accounted for 61% of fiscal 2006 revenues and Packaging Materials, 39%