ASM International N.V. today announced that its 54%-owned subsidiary, ASM Pacific Technology, Ltd. has received an initial order for its Eagle 60 gold wire bonder from Global Advanced Packaging Technology Ltd. (GAPT) in Shanghai, one of China's leading packaging companies.

Delivery of the bonders to GAPT's facility will be completed in the current quarter. Launched in 2002, ASM's Eagle 60 gold wire bonder is the industry's first production machine capable of 35-micron fine pitch bonding – one generation ahead of its leading competitors. Offering 20 percent higher productivity than its predecessor model, the Eagle 60 received the Advanced Packaging Magazine Award for wire bonders in 2003.