“…probably the most important de-central show of performance of the German
economy” according to Dr. Werner Mueller, Federal Minister of Economy and
Technology.

It is a well known fact that the semiconductor industry suffers from extremely
cyclic market variations. This in turn requires ROOD TECHNOLOGY to react
flexible and to adapt the company's strategy to these ever changing conditions –
by developing and managing innovative products and processes.

Therefore, 18 months ago, ROOD TECHNOLOGY decided to participate in an
innovations management project, initiated by the Bavarian State Government.
Thus the focus for realisation of an internal innovation management system was
given.

This innovation management system helped and will help ROOD TECHNOLOGY to
create even more own and innovative ideas in future. The achieved performance
in the Bavarian State project led to nominating ROOD TECHNOLOGY for the TOP
100, the 100 most innovative companies in Germany – the 3rd biggest economy
in the world.

Officially, ROOD TECHNOLOGY were incorporated in the TOP 100 club on June
20th, 2002, in Berlin by the Minister of Economy and Technology, Dr. Werner
Mueller.

More and more companies realize the great potential in transferring know-how
with other companies. ROOD TECHNOLOGY will utilize this exchange of know-
ledge within the TOP 100 club to implement innovative products and processes
and successful strategies to optimise revenue for our company.

As Dr. Mueller pointed out, this TOP 100 project is driven by actual industry
requirements, which demonstrates that ROOD TECHNOLOGY is up-to-date and
in turn accepts the challenge to compete with other most innovative companies.