BILTHOVEN, The Netherlands, Dec. 20, 2000 (PRIMEZONE) -- ASM INTERNATIONAL N.V. (Nasdaq:ASMI) (AEX:ASM) announced today that it has appointed Mr. Robert L. de Bakker as its new Chief Financial Officer. Mr. De Bakker joins ASM on January 1, 2001, succeeding Mr. Rinse de Jong who resigned with effect from February 1, 2001.
Mr. de Bakker brings extensive experience in financial management in industrial companies. His last position was Chief Financial Officer of NKF Holding N.V., a Netherlands multinational public company, continuing his activities after its merger at the end of 1999 with Draka Holding N.V., another Dutch multinational public company in the same sector of activity, industrial cables.
Mr. Arthur Del Prado, ASM's Chief Executive Officer said that he was: "very happy to have found such an experienced professional to support the continuing expansion of ASM International. The tremendous recent growth of the Company requires a strong management team and, with his knowledge and experience, I am confident that Mr. De Bakker will quickly become an important team player."
ASM International is headquartered in Bilthoven, the Netherlands. ASM International's subsidiaries design, develop, manufacture and market equipment and materials used to produce semiconductor devices. ASM International and its subsidiaries provide production solutions for the wafer-processing, assembly and packaging segments through their facilities in the United States, Europe, Japan and Asia. ASM International's common shares trade on NASDAQ National Market under the symbol "ASMI" and on the AEX Stock Exchange under the symbol "ASM". More information on ASM can be found on its website at http://www.asm.com.
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