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ATMI Completes Sale of Epitaxial Services to International Rectifier DANBURY, Conn., July 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- ATMI, Inc. (NASDAQ:ATMI), a supplier of materials and materials packaging to the world's leading semiconductor manufacturers, today announced that it has completed the previously announced sale of its specialty epitaxial services business, located in Mesa, Arizona, to International Rectifier Corporation (NYSE:IRF), a world leader in power management technology. ATMI provides specialty materials and materials packaging to the worldwide semiconductor industry. As the Source of Semiconductor Process Efficiency, ATMI helps customers improve wafer yields and lower operating costs. For more information, please visit http://www.atmi.com/. Statements contained herein that relate to ATMI's future performance, including, without limitation, statements with respect to ATMI's anticipated results of operations or level of business for 2004 or any other future period, are forward-looking statements within the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such statements are based on current expectations only and are subject to certain risks, uncertainties, and assumptions, including, but not limited to: changes in semiconductor industry growth or ATMI's markets; competition, problems, or delays developing and commercializing new products; problems or delays in integrating acquired operations and businesses into ATMI; problems or delays associated with any restructuring activity, or implementing any strategy, including resolution of the various discontinued elements of ATMI's Technologies segment; and other factors discussed in ATMI's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Such risks and uncertainties could cause actual results to differ from those projected. ATMI undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether because of new information, future events or otherwise. DATASOURCE: ATMI, Inc. CONTACT: Dean Hamilton, ATMI, (Direct) +1-203-207-9349, +1-203-794-1100, ext. 4202, Web site: http://www.atmi.com/

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