Photronics boosts sales after Align-Rite takeover with investments in Asia to anticipate potential photomask growth

摘要

After a major acquisition in 2000 and two years of positive results in a difficult market sitation, photomask supplier Photronics (brookfield, CT) says it has reached a key strategic goal: catching and moving ahead of its main North America-based rival, DuPont Photomasks (Round rock, TX), to become the world's leading photomask seller.