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20-Sep-07. SDI Group will be exhibiting at SEMICON Europa, Stuttgart Trade Fair, 9-11 Oct 2007, Booth 2400. Book your appointment NOW with our sales team.

20-Sep-07. SDI's equipment database has been transferred to a secure server in Germany to improve site reliability and data storage security. Software improvements are continuing and will be implemented by our in-house software development team on a rolling basis through the following months.

20-Aug-07. Randall Copeland of SDI Oregon has completed a major sale of multiple items of 4 inch semiconductor manufacturing equipment from our client's site in Finland.

01-Aug-07. Ollie Dunne of SDI Ireland has completed purchase of a Varian E500HP implanter from our European based client for a 6 figure dollar amount. Click HERE to see photos of our staff taking delivery of the Varian EHP 500 equipment.

02-May-07. Stephen Howe of SDI Italy has completed installation of a refurbished KLA_Tencor AIT wafer inspection system at our European based client's 6 inch facility on time and within budget.

31-Dec-06. SDI Italy has completed construction of our Avezzano cleanroom and refurbishment facility, allowing fabsurplus.com to offer complete refurbishment of wafer inspection equipment and lithography equipment in a class 10 environment.

15-Nov-06. SDI Ireland has completed purchase of a large quantity of spares and equipment, and at the same time has opened a warehouse in the Dublin area.

01-Nov-06. SDI Group welcomes new sales associates Michael Fortune in Dublin Ireland and Randall Copeland in Beaverton, Oregon. Randall as West Coast Sales Manager at the Beaverton office replaces Chris Detrick who has left SDI. Good luck for your future career , Chris !

15-Oct-06. Work continues on our equipment database. Expect to see continued improvements to our website over the next 12 months, including equipment searches and advanced functionality.

15-Sep-06. SDI is now representing Kairos and their refurbished Gasonics L3510 plasma ashing systems in the USA and Europe.

01-Sep-06. SDI Italy has expanded it's Avezzano facility to include a temperature controlled storage area. Work is proceeding to complete a class 100 cleanroom before December 2006

20-Aug-06. SDI Group has restructured it's operations in the USA and our headquarters have relocated to Austin texas , a dynamic city at the center of the used semiconductor equipment business.Our North American operations manager David Lee has been replaced by Mike Murehead. All at SDI wish David the very best in his future career.

26-Mar-06 SDI today completed an acquisition of a significant quantity of 6 and 8 inch production equipment which has been transferred to our modern Avezzano facility , near Rome, Italy.

01-Nov-05. SDI Group signs a contract for the purchase and installation of two implanters by our client based in the Shanghai area.

30-Aug-05. SDI Group opened it's new 800 mq warehouse facility for storage of equipment in a clean and modern environment. The new warehouse is located in Avezzano, near Rome, Italy.

21-Jan-05. Complete 5 inch line for sale by SDI Group. Equipment age 1988-1995, Eaton Implanters, Nikon Steppers, production capacity circa 15,000 wpm,asking price on request, currently running production, available March-May 2005.

6-Nov-04.Ulvac and SDI Semiconductor Instruments Group to co-market Surplus Semiconductor Equipment and Turnkey Wafer Fab Solutions
Ulvac and SDI Semiconductor Instruments Group announce their partnership for joint surplus semiconductor equipment and turnkey wafer fab solutions.
After a one year trial period of working on several key projects, Ulvac and SDI have agreed to combine their complimentary strengths and organizational synergies in order to offer a wider range of services to their customers.
"The combination of Ulvac's market presence and experience coupled with their skilled technical team will complement SDI's wide knowledge of the used equipment market and e-business to significantly improve the web-based services for used equipment customers worldwide", said Stephen Howe, president and CEO of SDI Semiconductor Instruments Group. "We have spent the last two years developing our database infrastructure to give us a definitive eye on the used equipment market, locating, pricing and fast execution have been our key success factors", he added.
"This is an opportunity for Ulvac to expand its services and offer them to a larger customer base.  We began exploring a strategy of growth through selective partnering and find this situation with SDI to be the ideal way of offering world class service in the current market," commented Hiroyuki Tsuge, Senior Manager of Ulvac.
About ULVAC: Founded in Japan in 1952, ULVAC is an international corporation that designs, manufacturers and markets equipment and materials for industrial applications of vacuum technology. Today, ULVAC is a leading global supplier of production systems, instrumentation, pumps and vacuum components used in the semiconductor, flat panel display, disk/magnetic media, and industrial manufacturing markets. The corporation is comprised of some 36 individual companies engaged in all sectors of the vacuum industry. The ULVAC name is derived from the company's conceptual foundation -- "The ULtimate in VACuum Technology." Ulvac's website for used equipment is located at http://www.ue.ulvac.co.jp/jpn/index.html
About SDI Semiconductor Instruments Group: Founded in Italy in 1998, SDI is an international brokerage that specializes in the resale and remarketing of used semiconductor fab, assembly, test and SMT equipment and spares. The company is comprised of 4 subsidiaries in N. America, Ireland and Italy. SDI's website for used equipment is located at http://www.fabsurplus.com

26-Oct-04 SDI today completed an acquisition of 40 items of 6 and 8 inch production equipment sourced from it's Italian based clients.

26-Oct-04 SDI today completed the sale of a WJ 999 APCVD tool to it's US based clients.

20-Oct-04 SDI today completed the sale of several front-end tools to it's China based clients.

02-Aug-04 SDI Inc. has recently expanded our sales network with the opening of our Texas office. Our sales manager there is Mike Murehead. Mike's sales experience includes work for leading OEMs and suppliers of PVD and CVD equipment. Mike can be reached at mike@fabsurplus.com.

02-Aug-04 SDI Inc. has recently expanded our sales network with the opening of our California office in San Luis Obispo. Our sales manager there is Chris Detrick, who brings a wealth of semiconductor industry experience to enrich our company's technical experience.

02-Aug-04 The SDI Team completed a sales trip to Semicon West, San Francisco, CA and combined this with our AGM and family get-together at the headquarters of SDI inc. in Woodland park , Colorado. Follow the LINK to see some more photos of the SDI team and family.

01-Aug-04 SDI today completed a major acquisition of 97 items of 6 and 8 inch production equipment sourced from it's Italian based clients. These assets are listed in the section "Equipment owned by SDI"

30-Apr-04 SDI recently attended at Semicon Europa 2004 in Munich, Germany, celebrating this year with our largest booth yet. Follow this LINK to see photos of the SDI Stand at Semicon Europa 2004.

30-Apr-04 SDI Group has completed information systems improvements to allow us to automatically post our entire inventory on-line on a weekly basis ( or however frequently we feel reposting the data will be useful!).

30-Mar-04 SDI recently exhibited at Semicon China in Shanghai, Booth 7571 hall 7, March 17/19, 2004. See fun photos of our trip following this link HERE.

15-Feb-04 SDI has recently implemented a powerful new database order-handling system, which will allow us to improve response times on sales enquiries, in line with our continuing business expansion.

31-Dec-03 SDI Group today completed the sale of all remaining 6 inch equipment assets from Motorola MOS 16, Edinburgh, to our Japanese client ( 300 + items of production and support equipment). This continues our recent stategy of pursuing the turnkey sale of entire production lines on behalf of our clients.

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