Carl Zeiss, the world’s leading manufacturer of optical systems for chip fabrication has designated Zollner Elektronik as a Carl Zeiss SMT Supply Chain Partner. Zollner Elektronik manufactures and tests complete sub-systems for electron microscopy from Carl Zeiss SMT. Furthermore, the company delivers additional single components that are used throughout Carl Zeiss SMT.

Zollner Elektronik has been a particularly close supplier of the Nano Technology Systems Division of Carl Zeiss SMT for many years. As a global partner, Zollner supports the company in the construction of complex systems, allowing Carl Zeiss to fully focus on its core competencies. Johann Weber, President of Zollner Elektronik AG, emphasizes that “Our company has been successfully working with Carl Zeiss for years. We are honored and very proud to now be a Supply Chain Partner of Carl Zeiss SMT. From the beginning, our efforts have focused on utilizing mutual synergies on the basis of a real partnership.”

Dr. Dirk Stenkamp, Member of the Board at Carl Zeiss SMT and Managing Director of the Nano Technology Systems Division, underscores the importance of the partnership: “Designating Zollner Elektronik as a Supply Chain Partner is an expression of our trust and recognition for the outstanding partnership over the years. With Zollner Elektronik, we have an internationally present partner on our side that delivers high-quality products at competitive prices.”

Peter Schlindwein, Director of Supply Chain Management at Carl Zeiss SMT, emphasizes that “Both partners benefit from this designation. We can focus on our core competencies because we have a reliable partner. Zollner Elektronik can use its status as a Carl Zeiss SMT Supply Chain Partner to acquire new customers.”

Zollner Elektronik is the eighth Carl Zeiss SMT Supply Chain Partner. With the certification of suppliers, the company is preparing to meet the continuously increasing demands of the market on flexibility and is strengthening the trust placed by end customers in its products and technologies.

About Carl Zeiss SMT

Carl Zeiss SMT utilizes its globally leading know-how in light, electron and ion-optical technologies to offer its customers in industry and R&D a broad portfolio of products, services and application solutions. The market-leading systems and solutions from Carl Zeiss SMT are used in mutually strengthening fields of application in nanotechnology such as semiconductor technology, materials research and the life sciences. The global customer community is constantly growing. As the innovation leader for lithography optics, as well as optical and particle-beam based inspection, analysis and measuring systems, Carl Zeiss SMT opens up new avenues for its customers in industrial manufacturing environments, quality assurance and industrial and university R&D. Together with its subsidiaries in Germany, England, France, the USA, Israel and Singapore, the international group of companies has over 2,500 employees. In fiscal year 2007/08, the wholly owned subsidiary of Carl Zeiss SMT AG generated revenues of over EUR 1,000 million.

Further information: www.smt.zeiss.com

About Zollner

40 Years of Successful Entrepreneurship—hat started as a one-man business by Manfred Zollner in 1965 in Germany, has become a thriving enterprise with solid growth. The company gradually expanded its technological know-how and opened additional locations focused on the customer at home and abroad.

One of the top 15 contract manufacturers in the world, the Zollner Group is, today, one of the world’s most successful electronics service providers. As a partner to global leaders in the electrical and electronics industries, the Zollner Group offers an impressive range of system solutions from development to production and aftersales services. A technological edge and diversity are among the company’s most valuable assets. The company is an expert in the production of printed circuit board assemblies and inductive components, cable harnessing, plastics technology, mold and tool making, metalworking, surface technology, and system integration and testing. Zollner has a 2.7 million square foot production are dedication the manufacture of single parts, modules, instruments and complex systems. The group has more than 6,500 employees at 15 sites Europe, Asia, North Africa and the USA. For more information, please go to www.zollner.de.