CAPLINQ Nederland Enters as New Agent to Serve the European Semiconductor Market

Amsterdam, the Netherlands (PR LEAP) September 3, 2006 — CAPLINQ Netherlands announced today its plans to enter as an agent to serve the needs of the European Semiconductor market. Strategically located in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, CAPLINQ Nederland is located in one of Europe's best served transportation hubs, with many travel alternatives to meet with customers throughout Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

A complete portfolio
Though the complete list of suppliers has yet to be announced, CAPLINQ Nederland plans to supply a complete portfolio of semiconductor materials to its semiconductor customers and will include dicing tapes, die attach pastes, films and solders, epoxy molding compounds, liquid potting, encapsulants and underfills, leadframe and organic substrates, wire bonding materials, thermal interface materials, solder balls and tacky fluxes. This complete portfolio will enable customers to meet their entire bill of materials (BOM) for the manufacture of semiconductor devices.

"CAPLINQ Nederland is a one-stop shop for the back-end assembly of semiconductor devices," stated Chris Perabo, Founder of CAPLINQ Nederland. "Never before has such a complete portfolio of back-end semiconductor materials been offered to meet the needs of the European semiconductor market."

A wealth of experience
With years working in the semiconductor materials industry, CAPLINQ Nederland's founder brings a wealth of experience in meeting customers' needs and expectations. Strong relationships at key customers and with suppliers enable a seamless and transparent view of all the product offerings available to meet the ever-changing needs of the European semiconductor market.

About CAPLINQ Nederland
CAPLINQ Nederland was founded in 2006 by Christopher Perabo, a semiconductor industry specialist that had worked as a field applications and later a sales engineer in the semiconductor materials division of Henkel. CAPLINQ Nederland's goal is to enable its customers to reduce their time-to-market of their products by providing timely solutions to material and equipment needs. This is accomplished by providing rapid response to their material and equipment needs by consulting with its existing and potential supplier base and providing the customer with the best recommendations for their product designs. In short, CAPLINQ Nederland is the link to better service to both its customers and suppliers by providing timely solutions to its customers design needs from its suppliers' offerings.