January 29, 2010 (FinancialWire) — Strasbaugh (OTCBB: STRB) said that it received a $1.3 million equipment order last week from a manufacturer in the semiconductor industry.

The company said that it was a repeat order from an existing customer to expand production capacity.

California-based Strasbaugh offers CMP wafer polishing, and grinding systems used for device and wafer manufacturers.

The company has 60 years of experience in design and manufacturing of advanced surfacing technology for the global semiconductor, silicon, data storage, MEMS, LED, telecommunications and optics industries.

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