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Press Releases Optical Metrology Innovations Appoints Robert Eckelmann to the Board. Cork, Ireland, September 26, 2005 OMI today announced the appointment of Robert Eckelmann to its board of directors. Rob had an extremely successful career at Intel, holding several senior management positions including most recently Vice President and General Manager of Intel EMEA. He was also responsible for leading Intel's rapid growth in Asia in the 1990's while based in Singapore. Prior to joining Intel in 1988 he served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of the International Trade Administration within the US Dept of Commerce, where he led high-tech trade policy and negotiations with countries including Japan, Korea, China, and The European Union. He holds several non executive board directorships with high tech companies including Wolfson Microelectronics, a leading provider of mixed signal solutions for the consumer market, EVE a supplier of verification tools for the semiconductor design market, MDS a French IT services firm and IXI Mobile, a US mobile communications company. Eoin Gilley, CEO of OMI commented "We are delighted to welcome Rob to the board of OMI. His senior-level experience and expertise in the semiconductor industry will greatly benefit our board. We look forward to working closely with Rob to continue the growth of our business over the coming years". About Optical Metrology Innovations: Optical Metrology Innovations is a leading innovator in the metrology for strained silicon, compound semiconductors and advanced semiconductor packaging. Headquartered in Cork, Ireland, OMI manufacturers the Solstice® range of Photoreflectance Spectrometers for front end silicon and compound semiconductor metrology and its Equinox ETR® product range for the packaging sector. About Atlantic Bridge Ventures: Atlantic Bridge Ventures is a new pan European fund with offices in Dublin and London focused on making early and mid stage technology investments in semiconductors and software across Europe with a strong focus on a US exit model. Atlantic Bridge is comprised of a cohesive, dedicated team of experienced professionals who are committed to the success of the investee companies. All of our team members come from an industry background and have first hand experience of the challenges involved in growing technology companies from the startup stage into profitable businesses. Many of these companies have had successful exits either on the public markets or through trade sale. Atlantic Bridge is regulated by the FSA. — ENDS —
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