Molecular Imprints,
Inc., the market and technology leader for nanopatterning systems and solutions,
today announced an expansion plan that includes increasing its workforce with
the addition of 30-50 employment opportunities during 2009 and expanding the
scale of its facilities by more than a third. The new job opportunities will
be concentrated in a number of engineering disciplines with the majority located
at its operations in Austin, Texas. This expansion is driven by an increase
in the number and size of its customer contracts and a rising demand for Molecular
Imprints' products. Molecular Imprints' Jet and Flash(TM) Imprint Lithography
(J-FIL(TM)) technology represents a key enabling technology for the production
of advanced high-density memory storage devices for the semiconductor and hard
disk drive (HDD) industries.
"Memory storage requirements for consumer electronics, commercial and
industrial applications are escalating at a dramatic rate," stated Mark
Melliar-Smith, CEO of Molecular Imprints. "For example, the latest MP3
players can now store tens of thousands of songs or more than a hundred hours
of videos. Our J-FIL technology is critical to providing memory manufacturers
in both the semiconductor and hard disk drive industries with nanopatterning
systems that can affordably and reliably pattern designs at resolution levels
below 30 nanometers--helping them meet their future need for higher-capacity
storage at lower costs. Even in this difficult economic environment, customers
are willing to invest in innovative technologies that provide them with a competitive
advantage. To meet this growing demand, our company plans to increase both our
operating space and number of employees in 2009."
This expansion is the latest in a series of developments demonstrating Molecular
Imprints' progress in bringing its J-FIL nanopatterning solutions to multiple
market segments. The HDD industry is beginning to standardize on the company's
technology for future patterned media applications, with 10 system sales to
many of the industry's top manufacturers, including Hitachi Global Storage Technologies
(HGST) and Fujitsu. In addition, SEMATECH, a leading global nanoelectronics
consortium whose members represent more than 50 percent of worldwide semiconductor
revenues, recently took delivery of Molecular Imprints' latest Imprio 300 system.
Molecular Imprints, Inc. (MII) is the technology leader for high-resolution,
low cost-of-ownership nanopatterning systems and solutions in the hard disk
drive (HDD) and semiconductor industries. MII is leveraging its innovative Jet
and Flash(TM) Imprint Lithography (J-FIL(TM)) with IntelliJet(TM) material application
technology to become the worldwide market and technology leader in high-volume
patterning solutions for storage and memory devices, while enabling emerging
markets in optics, biotechnology, and other industries. MII enables nanoscale
patterning by delivering a comprehensive nanopatterning solution that is affordable,
compatible and extendible to sub-10-nanometer resolution levels.