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Press Release - June 5, 2007

SESHA Honors Applied Materials' Sawicki with Lifetime Achievement Award

The Semiconductor Environmental Safety & Health Association (SESHA) honored Ed Sawicki with its Lifetime Achievement Award at SESHA's 29^th Annual International High Technology ESH Symposium & Exposition held April 10-14 in Santa Clara, CA. The Lifetime Achievement Award recognizes a uniquely qualified individual for a lifetime of dedication and achievement in significantly advancing the fields of environmental health and safety in the semiconductor industry. Sawicki is currently a senior director and the regulatory compliance officer for the Santa Clara based Applied Materials, Inc.

Sawicki was one of the original founders and a past chairman of the board for the Semiconductor Safety Association (SSA), now SESHA. He is a founding father and past president of the Bay Area Electronics Safety Group, and has served in key leadership positions for the San Jose Chapter of the American Society of Safety Engineers and the Santa Clara County National Safety Council.

He has received the Award of Merit from the City of Sunnyvale, CA, and recognition from the City of Santa Clara, CA, and the World Environmental Center attached to the United Nations. He has contributed as an author to the publication of several hazardous materials laws both within the State of California and overseas.

Sawicki began his ESH career as Intel Corporation's first safety engineer and eventually became Intel's Corporate Director of Safety and Health Worldwide. After Intel, Ed formed Microsafe Inc., a consulting, equipment sales, and decontamination company that specialized in microelectronics. Ed started and nurtured SESHA's scholarship program, for graduate students involved in the pursuit of advanced degrees in Environmental, Safety and Health. The scholarship program continues today.

SESHA awarded 10 additional scholarships to students at at the 2007 annual symposium, held April 10 through 14, bringing the overall number of SESHA scholarship winners to several hundred.

A former "Black Operations" Green Beret whose exploits have been documented in several books, Sawicki has lectured at numerous colleges and universities including Stanford, UC Berkeley, University of Minnesota, University of Wisconsin, University of Texas, and Cal Poly. He holds the Bronze Star and Army Commendation medals for heroism in ground combat in Viet Nam.

About SESHA (www.seshaonline.org)

SESHA is the premier Environmental Safety & Health association serving the global semiconductor and associated technology industries. It provides value to its members through education and professional development. SESHA was formed in 1978 as SSA at an informal meeting of nine safety and health professionals desiring to exchange safety information. The nonprofit membership association has grown into an organization with over 500 US and international members from the semiconductor and other high technology disciplines.