Posted by Jack Davis on June 10th, 2009 at 4:48 pm | Categorized as Aviza Technology, Bankruptcy, Docu-Drama | Tagged as Aviza Technology, Bankruptcy, Semiconductor industry
Aviza Technology, the Scotts Valley supplier of condsemiconductor manufacturing equipment, filed for bankruptcy protection this morning on behalf of itself and its subsidiaries Aviza and Trikon Technologies, according to a company release.
Last month the company’s lenders notified Aviza that it was in default on its credit agreements, demanding that Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by Jack Davis on May 19th, 2009 at 2:16 pm | Categorized as Aviza Technology, Docu-Drama | Tagged as Aviza Technology, Bankruptcy, Delisting, Mergers and Acquisitions
Aviza Technology, which itself notified the Nasdaqlisi stock market last week that it would not comply with its financial reporting rules because of its failure to timely file its quarterly 10-Q report with the SEC, received word back from Nasdaq last week confirming that, yep, it is subject to being delisted.
The company has 60 days to submit a plant to regain compliance, and if Nasdaq accepts the plan, could be granted an exception of up to Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by Jack Davis on April 28th, 2009 at 4:13 pm | Categorized as Aviza Technology, Docu-Drama, Earnings miss | Tagged as Aviza Technology, Earnings miss, Semiconductor industry
Just over a month after the close of its fiscal 2009 second quarter, Aviza Technology has determined that “it expects not to meet its previously announced net sales and adjusted net loss guidance,” according to a release the Scotts Valley supplier of chip equipment maker filed Tuesday afternoon.
The company now expects sales for the quarter to be between Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by Jack Davis on March 20th, 2009 at 5:27 pm | Categorized as Aviza Technology, Departures, Docu-Drama | Tagged as Aviza Technology, Departures
Aviza Technology reported today that Robert Anderson resigned from its board of directors Monday “due to certain health concerns,” and not because of any disagreement with the company over its operations, policies or practices.
Anderson, 71, has served on Aviza’s board since Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by Jack Davis on February 3rd, 2009 at 4:54 pm | Categorized as Aviza Technology | Tagged as Aviza Technology, Cost reductions, Executive Pay, Salary reductions
Aviza Technology boss Jerry Cutini said today he was “very pleased by our employees’ performance” during its fiscal 2009 first quarter, according to a statement included inthe company’s earning release. The company reported a $1.3 million net profit compared with an $8.5 million net loss in the year-before quarter. This despite a 26 percent year-over-year drop in sales.
Cutini said in a statement Tuesday that “the effects of our cost reduction and cost control programs were Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by Jack Davis on January 7th, 2009 at 5:53 pm | Categorized as Aviza Technology | Tagged as Aviza Technology, Earnings news, Mergers and Acquisitions
Aviza Technology, the supplier of chip-making equipment and processes, decided it was time to crow about its upwardly revised profit forecast for its fiscal 2009 first quarter that ended Dec. 26.
Despite the fact that the company expects sales to be at the low end of its original guidance range of $25 million to $32 million, the Scotts Valley company said it now expects “adjusted” net income to range somewhere between Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by Jack Davis on August 4th, 2008 at 3:46 pm | Categorized as Aviza Technology, Real Estate | Tagged as Aviza Technology, Real Estate
For the second time in less than a year, Aviza Technology has seen the buyer of its Scotts Valley headquarter pull out of the deal at the last moment, according to a filing Friday.
In March, we wrote about the announcement of the most recent deal, which marked down the price for the nine-building property to Read the rest of this entry »
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