GES Commences Contract Services With Photon Dynamics, Inc.

SAN JOSE, Calif., May 22 /PRNewswire/ -- GES (Global Equipment Services -- http://www.geservs.com) today announced the commencement of contract services with Photon Dynamics, Inc., a leading equipment supplier to the Flat Panel Display (FPD) manufacturing industry. GES will be providing field engineering resources to support Photon Dynamics' installations and upgrades of systems in Korea , Japan , Taiwan, and China. "Executing this agreement with GES has enabled us to maintain the high level of technical expertise required to support our system installations while supporting our Company's initiatives of cutting costs and lowering our break-even level. This represents a key milestone in executing our outsourcing strategy," said Michael Butler, Photon Dynamics' Vice President of Global Support and Services. This signifies a new scope of market engagement for GES, which as previously been providing engineering services to multiple semiconductor equipment companies. By entering into the FPD market space, GES further increases its opportunity to serve and support high tech companies around the world. "GES is excited about providing field engineering services to an OEM from another important market segment in addition to semiconductors. This contract with Photon Dynamics will certainly help us to expand, and validate the value of our engineering offerings across a more diverse marketplace. We look forward to building our relationship with Photon, into a long-term partnership focused on achieving optimum operational efficiency," said Marty Mason, EVP of GES. About Photon Dynamics, Inc. Photon Dynamics, Inc. (PDI) is a leading global supplier of integrated yield management solutions for the flat panel display market. Utilizing the Company's advanced digital imaging technology, PDI develops systems that enable flat panel display manufacturers to collect and analyze data from the production line, and quickly diagnose and repair process-related defects, thereby allowing manufacturers to decrease material costs and improve throughput. The Company's customers use its systems to increase manufacturing yields of high performance flat panel displays used in a number of products, including notebook and desktop computers, televisions and advanced mobile electronic devices such as cellular phones, personal digital assistants and portable video games. Its test and repair systems are used by manufacturers to collect data, analyze product quality and identify and repair product defects at critical steps in the active matrix liquid crystal display manufacturing process. http://www.photondynamics.com About GES Inc. Founded in 2006, GES provides worldwide equipment engineering services, design and engineering support, and manufacturing services to semiconductor and FPD equipment companies and manufacturing industries. The company has established operations in US, Viet Nam , Japan , Korea and Taiwan . GES customers make use of engineering outsourcing to improve their operational coverage and their margins. http://www.geservs.com GES Inc., +1-408-441-0682, or fax, +1-408-441-0696 Web site: / © 2007 PR Newswire. All Rights Reserved.