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SINGULUS
TECHNOLOGIES
ISSUE XVI : NOVEMBER 2000, NEWS MAGAZINE FOR OUR BUSINESS FRIENDS
N E W S
Smart Solutions to Drive the Future
SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIES´ New
Headquarters Facility Dedicated in July 2000
SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIES dedicated its new corporate headquarters
at Kahl/Main, Germany, on 27 July, 2000.The move to the new facility
follows the February, 1999, decision to unite operations of four assembly
plants at scattered locations in Germany’s Rhine-Main area under one
single roof at Kahl/Main. Construction of the new administration and
manufacturing facility was started four months later.
The “all-glass” architectural design is modeled on similar facilities of the semiconductor industry in Silicon Valley. Glassed-in
areas for an abundance of natural lighting and open spaces are intended to promote creativity, free flow of communication
and teamwork among employees who represent the life-blood of every high-tech company.
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All together, 14,000 sq.m. are devoted to offices,
manufacturing and logistics areas equipped with
the latest state technologies.The new facility,
which involved a total investment of
DM 33 million, was built on a plot of
25,000sq.m. which was bought by the company.
Purchase options for more land will provide
sufficient space for future expansions.
Although all of entire company’s offices had not
moved into the new corporate headquarters
CEO Roland Lacher and Minister
facility until late June, all manufacturing operations of Bavaria State Dr. Erwin Huber
were already up and running at full capacity by
May. Company employees, prominent state and
local politicians, as well as invited guests from
the business and media world were present at
the formal dedication ceremony on 27 July
2000. That event was attended by 150 invited guests
and included a series of lectures on the latest
advances in the field of CD/CD-R/DVD-
replication technologies. It was particularily
highlighted by the company’s first presentation
of the new MODULUS - Multilayer Metallizer
for coating all formats of ReWritable CD and
DVD.The new MODULUS has been specially
engineered to allow manufacturing both CD-
RW and the new DVD-RW and DVD-RAM.
The modular design offers various system
configurations and includes as many as sixteen
processing stations, depending upon the layer
stack and the throughput requirements.
The company followed up by presenting the
new corporate headquarters to securities
A few days earlier, the company’s customers analysts and financial journalists on 28 July
and business associates had an opportunity to 2000.
inspect the new “all-glass” facility in conjunction
with an international symposium for Optical
Discs Replication Technologies held on 24 July.
SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIES has Opened
New Optical Disc Training and Process Applications
Centre in Asia!
The opening of new Optical Disc Training and
Process Applications Center for Asia is again
another visual example of the SINGULUS
TECHNOLOGIES´commitment to our
customers and the Optical Disc industry. We
chose Penang Malaysia as the location to set
up the facility, because it is geographically
central to all of the Asia Pacific Region. We
are conveniently located close to airports,
A variation of any of these subjects will be taught at anyone time.We also offer in
shipping ports, major highways, hotels etc.
conjunction with other equipment suppliers training in the following subjects:
Penang is also known as a holiday destination,
l Basic molding machine operation and maintenance
so if time permits we will offer business with
l Basic mold maintenance
a little pleasure.
l Polycarbonate operation and maintenance of PC dryers
l Inline and offline disc inspection operation and equipment maintenance
Our training staff are locals, they speak most
l General factory production flow
Asian languages and in many cases they have
l General factory cleanroom requirements
already established a good working relation-
ship with our many and loyal Documentation on these subjects will be provided along with an audio visual presentations.
customer base.
The Penang facility was designed to
provide the following customer
services:
l Customer and operator training
l Customer demonstrations
l In-house staff training
l Higher skills development for
- Process control and
- Production optimization
KOREA
l Product environmental testing
The center is set up as an operating factory TAIWAN
AIWA
and will be fully manned at all times. We will HONG KONG
maintain a cleanroom environment and PHILIPPINES
normal production procedures will be used THAILAND
at all times within the equipment area.
MALAYSIA
AYSIA
Our training program will be subject specific SINGAPORE
and include:
l Basic compact disc technology INDONESIA
l Inspection and quality assurance for CD
and DVD
l SKYLINE Duplex DVD5 production
AUSTRALIA
l SPACELINE DVD5, 10 and 9 production
SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIES Malaysia Sdn Bhd
l SKYLINE upgrade options 80 mm CD,
Level2, Unit 11B-14 PG, Int. Sport Arena (PISA)
CDCard etc. Jin Tun Awang, Relau
11900 Penang / Malaysia
Tel. : +604-644-0022
Fax : +604-634-1327
Email : singulus@tm.net.my
Market Introduction of New SINGULUS
Multilayer MODULUS Metallizer
MODULUS configuration for all RW and RAM
applications:
The new MODULUS Metallizer 5MODULUS for R&D
With this broad program we handle any
and pilot production multilayer sputter deposition demand,
Family from SINGULUS starting from process development up to
TECHNOLOGIES for all 7MODULUS for CD-RW
high pace production of all ReWritable
ReWritable Formats from 9MODULUS for DVD-RW
media.
CD-RW to DVD-RAM
11MODULUS for DVD-RW
DVD formats need improved substrate cooling
ReWritable CD/DVD formats are ready for 13MODULUS for DVD-RAM in order to prevent thermal damage.
mass production and are expected to give 15MODULUS Accordingly the MODULUS for DVD-RW
the optical disc industry the next boost.The for future applications production features 2 additional cooling
difference of the various thin film layer stacks stations compared to the CD-RW coater.
for CD-RW, DVD-RW and DVD-RAM plus Switching the production process to a new A DVD-RAM is the high end format
the process variation from manufacturer to type of target material or changing the regarding layer design. All machines are
manufacturer pose an unprecentended process conditions can be easily carried downward compatible, which means that on
challenge for suppliers of sputtering out without any hardware modification. larger machines one can produce the same
equipment. Parameter settings for the magnetic field formats. It even might be possible to reduce
deflection coils need to be changed to cycle time, due to the availability of more
SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIES introduces reoptimize the sputter deposition.This sputtering stations.
the new MODULUS multilayer metallizer for flexibility is highly welcomed in the field of
all ReWritable CD and DVD, a completely phase change technology, due to the need In addition to these ”standard” production type
new designed generation of optical media of optimizing target compositions for new machines SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIES
manufacturing systems. media generations. In the new MODULUS offers the multilayer MODULUS for R&D
multilayer metallizer this will be available purposes to optimize individual deposition
The ReWritable formats use the so called for all sputtering processes, no matter processes for 1:1 transfer to the production
”phase change” technology with various layer whether DC, RF or reactive sputtering. machine, and to develop future formats.
stacks and different film materials. Individual
customers have individual requirements for The MODULUS family does include 6 Nobody knows today what layer stack will be
a particular layer stack structure.Therefore different size systems from 6 to 16 required for future generations, but
in the development phase of the multilayer process stations in increments of 2. SINGULUS already has the machine to
metallizer SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIES handle it.
opted for a totally modular design:
modularity in the number of process stations
and modularity in the configuration of the
modules.The result is a family of modular
metallizers, not a single purpose coating
machine.Accordingly the name MODULUS
has been coined.The new metallizer for
sputter deposition employs the well field
proven SMART CATHODE®. In contrast to
standard type magnetrons for sputtering
deposition, the magnetic field of the SMART
CATHODE is not static, but can be easily
optimized by the operator for the specific
inhouse process.
13MODULUS for DVD-RAM
RW and RAM Technologies -
Cooperation Agreement between PIONEER and
SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIES for Advancement of
DVD-RW
PIONEER Corp., Japan and SINGULUS introduced MODULUS system was adapted
TECHNOLOGIES have entered into a to the requirements of mass production
cooperation agreement for the and important production know-how for
optimization of the production process in DVD- RW was transferred.
DVD-RW manufacturing.
5MODULUS for R&D and pilot production
PIONEER became the first company As a result of the close cooperation with
worldwide to provide an alternative to the Pioneer, SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIES
conventional VHS recorder when it recently expects to attain a significant advantage over
introduced a new DVD recorder to the public. its competitors.The market introduction of
The cooperatiopn agreement with SINGULUS the MODULUS multicathode metallizer as
TECHNOLOGIES resulted in a partnership well as the development of a complete
for the development of mass production of production system (replication line) for
DVD-RW (ReWritable optical data storage, e.g., DVD-RW will now be markedly accelerated
recording TV programs for home video). by back up of a full technology package.
The subject of the cooperation agreement is This will present SINGULUS with extremely
the optimization of the most important interesting growth potential in the near future.
production step in the manufacturing of
ReWritable DVDs: vacuum deposition. In
collaboration with Pioneer, the coating process
and production technology of the recentlyATOGLAS / ATOFINA, Supplier of PMMA,
Started up their SPACELINE
Objective: boost their penetration of OROGLAS VOD-100 in the optical disc market.
Oroglas VOD-100 resin offers an attractive
balance of properties for DVD substrates.
The high modulus of the resin provides
improved performance at rapid rotational
speeds and increases disc stiffness to
reduce failures due to bending.The
superior surface hardness resin provides
resistance to scratching during normal disc
handling for improved playback and
SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIES will extended life.
ATOGLAS, a subsidiary of the new chemical
support ATOGLAS in these development
company ATOFINA, launched last year a
activities by providing technical assistance
new acrylic resin under the name
and process design required for the new
OROGLAS VOD100 especially formulated
materials.
for the replication of DVD. It offers several
processing and performance advantages
OROGLAS VOD-100 acrylic resin offers
over commonly used substrate material.
outstanding optical properties that are
OROGLAS can be a real alternative now
largely independent of processing conditions
and even more so in the future.
but also storage conditions.The low-stress
ATOGLAS is the world’s largest producer
optic coefficient of the acrylic resin produces Electrical Signal Quality on DVD9 with
of acrylic molding and extrusion resins.The Oroglas VOD-100 Acrylic Resin
DVD substrates with exceptionally low 9
PMMA resins are currently manufactured 8 Layer 0
birefringence. PMMA OROGLAS offers 7 Layer 1
at sites in Italy, USA and Korea. Due to its 6
Jitter (%)
light-transmission characteristics greater 5
connections with chemical activities of Total, 4
than 92%, which extends into the blue and 3
Petrofina and Elf, the company has not only 2
UV wavelength range.The improved light 1
0
customer support laboratories near the
transmission of the resin provides improved 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60
plants but also powerful research and Disc Radius (mm)
performance with all laser systems and UV
development centers.The SPACELINE will
curing lamps.
be installed in one of this centers in France.
Effect of Temperature on Maximum Relative Birefringence
PMMA OROGLAS AS VOD
Successful DVD molding requires the 110
This DVD equipment has been purchased 100
careful balance of conflicting process 90
80
PMMA 23 C
PMMA 32 C
Birefringence (nm)
for three main reasons: 70 PC 23 C
conditions (tilt, RF- signal and 60
50
PC 32 C
PC 50 C
l Demonstrate replicators the production 40
birefringence) for optimum performance 30
20
feasebility of OROGLAS VOD100 for 10
and cycle time.The exceptionally low 0
-10
DVD 5, 9... -20
birefringence of OROGLAS VOD-100 -30
-40
l Evaluate improved PMMA considering 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60
acrylic resin reduces this constraint and Disc Radius (mm)
high technical specifications
widens the process window.This
l Prove that the acrylic resin is the
expanded process window provides the
solution for new DVD formats (DVD-
opportunity for improved signal quality
ReWritable, DVD-high density...).
and reduced cycle times.The electrical
signal reported on the joined graphics have
been obtained on the SPACELINE.News from the DVD Market
22 million DVD players this year 2000 According to researchers Strategy Analytics, the number of DVD players being produced this year
will rise to 22 million world-wide. The company expects that by 2005, 80 % of US and two-thirds
US
100 of European households will have DVD players of some variety. The report does point out that the
% of households
Europe
80 income from the DVD hardware market will be adversely affected by the rapidly falling hardware
60 prices which expects to see DVD players next year at $200 in the US and $270 in Europe. DVD
40 disc shipments are predicted to rise from 400 million units this year, to 2.3 billion by 2005.
20 Source: Strategy Analysis
1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
% homes with DVD players Source: Strategy Analytics
China: World’s largest DVD- MP3 boosts CD market New Application for DVD:
player market in five years? Camcorders with 80 mm
Far from harming the CD market, MP3 is a
It is predicted that China’s sales volumes will
DVD-RAM
boom, according to research from the
amount to eight million in 2000 possibly to Gartner Group, which conducted a survey Hitachi surprises the world with a unique
exceed the United States, Japan and European indicating that MP3 users are purchasing innovative product:The company expects to
countries. China is today a power house in the more CDs on average in a six-month introduce a digital camcorder with
CD products market, having sold 10 million period than non-MP3 users. an integrated
CD players last year, according to China’s DVD drive in
Ministry of Information Industry. This was February next
„It’s very clear that the segment of
reported by the Feb 13, 2000 Chengdu year.The device
consumers that is purchasing significantly
Shangbao (Chengdu Business News). Last year, will use a re-
more CDs is also more receptive to digital
China also sold 6 billion CDs, the newspaper recordable dual-
distribution,“ says Sujata Ramnarayan of
reported. A few years ago, CDs became side eight-
Gartner’s e-Business Services group.
especially popular because of the flourishing centimeter DVD
„Instead of working against MP3, it’s time
market for VCD (Video Compact Disc) disc with a capacity of 1.48GB per
that the RIAA and record labels start
players and VCD discs, the newspaper noted. side to store video recordings which are
making MP3 work for them to sustain,
Since then, China’s sales of high-end DVD and compressed using MPEG-2 technology
nurture and grow what appears to be
SVCD (Super Video Compact Disc) players allowing recording times of up to one hour
MP3’s positive correlation with music sales.“
have grown quickly. In 1999 alone, China sold per DVD disc in DVD video quality.When
The survey shows that MP3 users are using
a total of more than 60 million VCD, SVCD, used as a digital photographic camera, up to
the Internet not just to download music,
and DVD players, according to the newspaper. 2000 digital images can be stored in the
but also to buy CDs and get information.
The country’s DVD player manufacturers are camera‘s new especially designed DVD RAM.
MP3 users are also making more in-store
optimistic that the market will pick up this After photographic or film shootings, using a
purchases (58% compared with 50% of the
year. The falling prices are very likely to result PC‘s DVD RAM drive, materials on the disc
general population).
in a market upsurge, which could hit between can immediately be read into a computer for
three million and five million DVD players, creative further processing. Source: HIFI TEST 6/2000
manufacturers said. 450 +6%
Local suppliers sold 100,000 DVD players in 400 CD/VHS music sales up 6% in US According to figures released by the
350 RIAA, CD music sales in the US topped
1998 and last year, sales soared to more than 420 million units in the first half of
300
one million units. 250 this year, showing a rise of 6% against
Source: Optical Disc Systems 200 the first half of 1999. Music VHS also
150 showed a similar rise at a time when
100 sales for all US pre-recorded music
-31%
50 +75% -81% +6% dropped by 2.4%.
0
CD DVD Cassette Cassette Music
Source: RIAA Audio single VHSSeminar “DVD-Replication 2000”
in Seoul, Korea
SINGULUS Highlights
Netstal, Dr. Schenk, Heino
Ilsemann and SINGULUS SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIES France S.A.
TECHNOLOGIES presented in has been established effective Sept. 1st.,
detail their specific machinery 2000 in order to improve support to our
for production of the diverse
customers in the important French
DVD-formats.
market.
It was a great opportunity for Successful launch of MODULUS: Only
the Korean CD producers to short time after introduction end of July
evalute and understand the the first contract for MODULUS
difference between CD and
multilayer metallizer has been signed
DVD production. More than
50 persons from more than with a customer in Taiwan.
20 different companies attended Buhl Data Service, Germany has decided
this unique event. to source SINGULUS SKYLINEs for their
CD- and DVD 5 replication. 8 machines
Herewith SINGULUS thanks
have been installed within 2 months.
DAE JOO Ind. Co. also in the
name of all other participants In Japan the first DVD-SPACELINE was
for the perfect organisation of finally commissioned at our customer
this DVD Seminar. Toppan Printing.
Due to the growth in the Korean CD The network of 3 training centers
industry with already more than located in Asia, Europe and USA is an
20 installed SKYLINEs and a first important milestone in local customer
success in DVD, DAE JOO Ind. Co., the support only provided by SINGULUS
exclusive representitive of SINGULUS
TECHNOLOGIES.
TECHNOLOGIES for Korea,
has organized a Seminar „DVD- Only 5 years after its foundation
Production 2000“ at the Renaissance SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIES will
Hotel in Seoul, Korea on September become No. 1 replication equipment
2000.During this seminar the divers supplier in 2000 with projected sales of
companies like Nimbus,Technotrans,
700 Mio. DEM, approx. 300 Mio. US$.
w o r l d w i d e
SINGULUS Representatives:
Australia: Opticraft Technologies
Phone: +61-3-97768388, Fax: +61-3-97769444
TECHNOLOGIES
FRANCE: SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIES FRANCE Benelux and France: Vacuum OnLine N.V.
Phone: +33 - 47 58 - 6 09 54, Fax: +33 - 47 58 - 6 09 55 Phone: +32-2-478 - 0184, Fax: +32-2-478 - 4040
Headquarters: e-mail: singulus@club-internet.fr
GREAT BRITAIN: SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIES UK LTD China: SINGULUS VIKA China
SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIES AG Phone: +44 - 17 93 - 78 42 00, Fax: +44 - 17 93 - 78 42 22 Phone: +852-2406 - 7112, Fax: +852-2407 - 2021
e-mail: singulus_uk@msn.com
4/06-2000-MetaCom Printed in Germany, Technical alterations reserved
Hanauer Landstrasse 103, D-63796 Kahl China: SAMLINK Technology Co. E-mail: Sanli@publicl.sz.js.cn
ITALY: SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIES Italia s.r.l.
Tel.: +49 - 61 88 - 440 - 0 Phone: +39 - 07 17 93 03 12, Fax: +39 - 07 17 93 08 21 Phone: +86-512-8259 - 293 Fax: +86-512-82514 - 68
e-mail: singulus.italia@fastnet.it Czech Republic: Battenfeld Smid a spol., s.r.o. Zastoupeni CR
Fax: +49 - 61 88 - 440 - 110 LATIN AMERICA: SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIES Ltda. Phone: +420-311-670253 Fax: +420-311-670795
e-mail: sales@singulus.de Latin America
Phone: +55 - 11 36 41 01 13, Fax: +55 - 11 36 41 14 46 Hong Kong: VIKA International Ltd. , E-mail: alfred@vika.com.hk
Internet: http://www.singulus.de e-mail: latinamerica@singulus.com.br Phone: +852-2406 - 7753, Fax: +852-2896 - 0347
MALAYSIA: SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIES SDN BHD
Phone: +60 - 604 - 644 - 0022, Fax: +60 - 604 - 634 - 1327e- India: Optical Disc Technologies E-mail: odt@bom5.vsnl.net.in
mail: Singulus@tm.net.my Phone: +91-22-430 76 14, Fax: +91-22-4300373
SINGAPORE: SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIES Asia Pacific5 Japan: MEDIKEN Inc.,E-mail: hyakusoko@mediken.co.ip
Phone: +65 - 7 41 19 12, Fax: +65 - 7 41 12 13 Phone: +81-3-5470 - 9801, Fax: +81-3-5470 - 9377
e-mail: singulus@singnet.com.sg
SPAIN: SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIES Iberica Korea: DAE JOO Industrial Company, E-mail: DAEJOO@UNITEL.CO.KR
Phone: +34 - 9 36 75 00 25, Fax : +34 - 9 35 90 64 26 Phone: +82-2-555 - 4017, Fax: +82-2-553 - 6076
e-Mail: singulus@singulus-iberica.com
UNITED STATES AND CANADA: Poland: Tadeusz Pupek, Dipl. Ing.
SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIES Inc. Phone: +49-8104 352 Fax: +49-8104 352
Phone: +1 - 860 - 683 - 80 00, Fax: +1 - 860 - 683 - 80 10 Taiwan: ACEWAY METROTEC CO., LTD., E-mail:a25960@ms18.hinet.net
e-mail: mac@singulus.com Phone: +886-2-2716 - 9178, Fax: +886-2-2716 - 9014
West-Coast Office:
Phone: +1 - 650 - 712 - 17 11, Fax: +1 - 208 - 988 - 86 23 Thailand: Datron Thai Co., Ltd., E-mail: solar@ksc15.th.com
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