Kulicke & Soffa Launches A New Convertible Manual Wire Bonder

Kulicke & Soffa Industries, Inc. (the “Company”) (Nasdaq: KLIC) announces the new Model 4700 Manual Wire Bonder that offers ball-wedge and wedge-wedge bonding capabilities on one machine configuration.

This new convertible wire bonder is based upon the proven K&S 4500 Series that has been the market leader for nearly a decade.

Aviram Shubeli, Product Line Manager, K&S Manual Wire Bonders, states, ”Our new bonder offers ease-of-use, offering automatic switchover to either bonding mode with no tools or parts required for conversion between ball bonding and wedge bonding modes. The 4700 Bonder is exceptionally versatile to address different bonding needs, making it ideally suited for many of our customers located in China.”

K&S proprietary transducer allows for fast and proper bond tool mounting for either capillary or wedge bonding tools. This manual wire bonder offers deep 90-degree deep access for both wedge and ball bonding, with a wide 12.5 mm “Z” axis travel.

The Model 4700 Manual Wire Bonder is now available for production shipments.

About Kulicke & Soffa
Kulicke & Soffa (NASDAQ: KLIC) is the world's leading supplier of semiconductor wire bonding assembly equipment. K&S is the only major supplier to the semiconductor assembly industry that provides customers with semiconductor assembly equipment along with the complementing packaging materials that contact the surface of the customer's semiconductor devices. The ability to provide these assembly related products is unique to Kulicke & Soffa, and allows us to develop system solutions to the new technology challenges inherent in assembling and packaging next-generation semiconductor devices. Kulicke & Soffa's web site address is http://www.kns.com.