Micronic expects a positive result for 2000

Micronic expects a positive result for 2000 "We expect 2000 as a whole to be a good year", says Bert Jeppsson, Micronic's CEO, in connection with a comment on Micronic's new order, worth MSEK 100. "This is fully in line with my previous assessment that the first and second quarter of this year will be weak, while a stronger second half of the year will lead to a positive result for the whole year", says Bert Jeppsson. Micronic Laser Systems in brief Micronic Laser Systems is a Swedish high-tech company engaged in the development, manufacture and marketing of a series of extremely accurate laser writers for the production of photomasks. The technology involved is known as microlithography. Micronic's systems are used by the world's leading electronics companies in the manufacture of television and computer displays, semiconductor circuits and semiconductor packaging components. Micronic is situated in Täby, north of Stockholm and at present has subsidiaries in the United States and Japan and a service office in Taiwan. Micronic maintains a web-site at: www.micronic.se Contact: Sven Löfquist, Executive Vice President, phone +46 8 638 52 10 ------------------------------------------------------------ Please visit http://www.bit.se for further information The following files are available for download: http://www.bit.se/bitonline/2000/05/18/20000707BIT00160/bit0001.doc http://www.bit.se/bitonline/2000/05/18/20000707BIT00160/bit0002.pdf