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Brooks Automation Inc. (BRKS)On Sep 5: 9.20  Up 0.11 (1.21%)  
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Brooks Automation Inc.
15 Elizabeth Drive
Chelmsford, MA 01824
United States - Map
Phone: 978-262-2400
Fax: 978-262-2500
Web Site: http://www.brooks.com

DETAILS 
Index Membership:S&P 600 SmallCap
S&P 1500 Super Comp
Sector:Technology
Industry:Semiconductor Equipment & Materials
Full Time Employees:1,900

BUSINESS SUMMARY 
Brooks Automation, Inc. supplies a range of technology products and solutions to the semiconductor market. The company operates in three segments: Automation Systems Group, Critical Components Group, and Global Customer Support Group. The Automation Systems Group provides automation products for vacuum and atmospheric equipment, as well as mini-environment products, calibration and alignment products, and high-precision airflow controls primarily for the semiconductor and electronics industries. Its products include wafer transport robots and platforms, as well as products for lithograghy that automate storage, inspection, and transport of photomasks or reticles. This segment also offers hardware for process and metrology equipment as either modules or systems. The products sold as modules are discrete components, such as robots, load ports, and aligners; and those products sold as systems are pre-integrated assemblies, such as the cluster tool platform. The Critical Components Group provides products and subsystems designed to create, measure, and control vacuum technology solutions, such as cryogenic pumps for creating vacuum, product for measuring vacuum, and thermal management products that are used in manufacturing equipment for the semiconductor, data storage, and flat panel display industries. The Global Customer Support Group provides support services to its hardware customers, such as assisting with the installation of hardware products, product training, consulting, and sustaining on-site support. The company offers its products and services to semiconductor chip manufacturers, original equipment manufacturers, and companies who are in the data storage and other electronics industries, as well as to nonsemiconductor customers producing imaging, coating, and analytic instruments. Its customers are located in North America, Europe, and Asia. The company was founded in 1978 and is headquartered in Chelmsford, Massachusetts.
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    CORPORATE GOVERNANCE 
    Brooks Automation Inc.'s Corporate Governance Quotient (CGQ®) as of 1-Sep-08 is better than 53.1% of S&P 600 companies and 72.3% of Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment companies.
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    KEY EXECUTIVES 
     PayExercised
    Mr. Robert J. Lepofsky , 63
    Chief Exec. Officer, Pres, Director and Member of Exec. Committee
    N/A N/A
    Mr. Thomas S. Grilk , 60
    Sr. VP, Sec. and Gen. Counsel
    N/A N/A
    Mr. Martin S. Headley , 51
    Chief Financial Officer and Exec. VP
    N/A N/A
    Mr. Michael W. Pippins , 47
    Group Pres of Automation Systems Group and Gen. Mang. of Tool Automation Division
    N/A N/A
    Mr. Soung-Hoon Shin ,
    Pres of Brooks Far East
    N/A N/A
    Dollar amounts are as of and compensation values are for the last fiscal year ending on that date. "Pay" is salary, bonuses, etc. "Exercised" is the value of options exercised during the fiscal year.
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