• 1. Orbotech is an Israeli and international public hi-tech company which develops, manufactures and markets equipment for the electronics industry, mainly automated optical inspection systems (AOI), machines for producing printed circuits and accessories.

• 2. Orbotech is one of the leading companies worldwide in the field of developing, manufacturing and marketing optical inspection systems (AOI) for use in the production of printed circuits (PCB). It is also the chief supplier of optical and electric inspection systems for use in the process of manufacturing flat screens (FPD). The company's shares, whose stock symbol is ORBK - are traded on the NASDAQ.

• 3. The company is active in a number of markets featuring the following products:

• AOI PCB products - Automated Optical Inspection systems which detect defects throughout the manufacturing process of printed circuit boards.
• PCB imaging products- Writing systems for all production stages of printed circuit boards. 
• AOI FPD products - Automated Optical Inspection systems for detecting defects in all stages of the production of flat screens.
• FPD AC products - Functional (electrical) Inspection systems for detecting defects throughout the production of flat screens.
• Beginning in 2005 the company entered the medical imaging market through its subsidiary Orbotech Medical Solutions (OMS) and OMD (formerly DDD).

• 4. Technology and International Position

The company's products use cutting edge technologies that integrate a wide range of fields - Software, algorithms, electronics, mechanics, optics, chemistry etc. The source of Orbotech's strength is its ability to integrate   its broad technological expertise in all    its products; the company employs hundreds of engineers, scientists and technical personnel integrating their multi-disciplinary talents and skills.  Orbotech is well known by virtue of its AOI, its uniqueness and the variety of its applications both for the electronics industry as well as other industries.

The company has a strong international presence which it uses   to exploit opportunities in the global marketplace in order to support the base of its installations.    Orbotech maintains its headquarters in Yavne, Israel with a workforce of approximately 750 men and women. The company has a network of another 750 men and women employed around the world in about 35   locations in the United States, Asia and Europe, China and the Pacific Rim.

• 5. Kor Az is designing clean rooms for Orbotech at cleanliness levels from Class 100 to Class 100,000.Our company is planning a system for air conditioning and temperature control as well as other unique applications which meet the special production requirements of the company's hi-tech products.