Londonderry, NH, July 2007 – Laurier Inc., the world’s leading supplier of Die Sorting Equipment for the semiconductor industry, received 2007 Advanced Packaging Award from Advanced Packaging. The award recognizes Laurier for Best New Product in the Wafer-level Packaging Equipment and Materials category. The CS1250 boasts several new advancements in semiconductor packaging technology. The Laurier CS1250 was selected based on the following criteria:

Nominees for the Advanced Packaging Awards are evaluated on their ability to meet a significant industry challenge, creative application of a new or existing technology, overall quality and consistency of performance, economic merits, and throughput characteristics.  Products are judged specifically on their innovation, cost-effectiveness, speed/throughput improvements, quality, ease of use, maintainability/repairability, and environmental responsibility.

Instituted in 2004, the Advanced Packaging Awards honor the products and technologies that have shaped the semiconductor industry over the past year. “We would like to congratulate the winners of the APAs. Every step or contribution to the technology is quite an amazing thing. The time, energy, and intellectual thought given to new ideas often go unnoticed. Therefore, we are especially happy to take a few moments out of the hectic pace of SEMICON West to appluad you for winning this prestigious award.” states Gail Flower, editor-in-chief, Advanced Packaging magazine. “Advanced Packaging is the first in the industry to recognize those who have creatively contributed to innovations in the field.”