Camtek Launches Phoenix: Its Next Generation AOI system for the PCB and IC Substrates Industry

Camtek Launches Phoenix: Its Next Generation AOI system for the PCB and IC Substrates Industry

MIGDAL HAEMEK, Israel, December 5, 2011/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --

    Camtek Ltd. (NASDAQ and TASE: CAMT) ("Camtek"), a leading provider of automated
solutions, dedicated for enhancing production processes and yield for the semiconductor
manufacturing and packaging, and the PCB and IC substrate industries, today announced the
launch of the Phoenix product family: The next generation of Automatic Optical Inspection
(AOI) systems for the PCB and IC Substrates industry.

    The Phoenix product family is designed to support a broad range of the most demanding
PCB and IC substrate applications, while keeping in pace with the PCB market's dynamic
technology changes.

    "The Phoenix product family was designed to increase our customer's AOI room total
yield," commented Roy Porat, Camtek's CEO. "The Phoenix offers exceptional performance in
all AOI aspects. These include detection, minimum false calls, as well as quick and easy
setup and high throughput. This new system's higher-end positioning, compared with our
previous models, provides our customers with even better price-performance, thus making it
an attractive choice to meet all their inspection needs."

    The Phoenix product family is enhanced with Spark - Camtek's unique and powerful
detection engine providing high detection capabilities, while minimizing false calls.
Spark's open architecture software enables easy adaptation to new applications and
technology, and supports critical dimensions detection.

    ABOUT CAMTEK LTD.

    Camtek Ltd provides automated and technologically advanced solutions dedicated to
enhancing production processes and increasing yields, enabling and supporting customers'
latest technologies in the Semiconductor and Printed Circuit Board (PCB) & IC Substrates
industries.

    Camtek addresses the specific needs of these interconnected industries with dedicated
solutions based on a wide and advanced platform of technologies including intelligent
imaging, image processing, ion milling and digital material deposition. Ranging from
micro-to-nano, Camtek provides a complete solution for the whole production cycle of all
electronic devices including smartphones, tablets and other cutting edge consumer products
and applications.

    This press release is available at http://www.camtek.co.il.

   
    CAMTEK LTD.
    Moshe Eisenberg, CFO
    Tel: +972-4-604-8308
    Mobile: +972-54- 9007100
    moshee@camtek.co.il

    INTERNATIONAL INVESTOR RELATIONS
    CCG Investor Relations
    Ehud Helft / Kenny Green
    Tel: (US) +1-646-201-9246
    camtek@ccgisrael.com

Source: Camtek Ltd

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