GES expands its global support infrastructure with the opening of new Customer Operations Center in Viet Nam

SAN JOSE, Calif.- July 03, 2006 - GES, Inc., announced the opening of GES Customer Operations Center – GES VN. Ltd., in Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam.  The center will be the home base for many of GES field service engineers.  GES also has a plan to hire more than 100 engineers in Viet Nam by end of 2007 to meet the growing demand of its equipment service business in the Asia region.

“The center will enhance our value-added and cost effective customer and technical support for our customers in the region,” said Huan Nguyen, Managing Officer of GES. “Our new entity in Viet Nam brings us closer to our customers’ largest equipment installed bases and expands our regional service operations to meet the growing market opportunities in the semiconductor industry.”