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Jim Donaldson Advanced Energy Industries, Inc. 970.407.6374
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Unaxis Qualifies AE’s Pinnacle® Diamond DC-Power Source for New Data-Storage Platform
FORT COLLINS, Colo., April 8, 2003—Advanced Energy (Nasdaq: AEIS) today announced that its Pinnacle
® Diamond 8-kW and 15-kW DC-power supplies have been qualified by the data storage division of Unaxis AG in Balzers, Liechtenstein, for integration into the new data storage platform which Unaxis will unveil in May. As an extension of the two companies’ long-term relationship, AE’s European subsidiary, Advanced Energy GmbH, has signed a multiple-order agreement with Unaxis AG. The first units under the agreement will be delivered in April. Unaxis Balzers is the world’s leading manufacturer of mastering, replication and coating equipment for optical data storage media, such as CDs, DVDs and hard disk drives. Customers for the new platform include integrators and CD/DVD manufacturers worldwide.