Align-Rite, Taiwan Firm Join Marketing Efforts

Align-Rite International Inc. in Burbank signed a five-year joint marketing effort with a Taiwanese concern, Innova Inc., which supplies products to the semiconductor industry.

Align-Rite manufactures photo masks, which are quartz plates used by semiconductor manufacturers as master images to transfer circuit patterns onto silicon wafers. Align-Rite primarily markets its products to the U.S. and Europe, and its deal with Innova will expand its presence in the Pacific Rim.