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Company Contact: Dror David, Chief Financial Officer Nova Measuring Instruments Ltd. Tel: +972-73-229-5760 E-mail: info@novami.com www.novami.com

Investor Relations Contact: Miri Segal MS-IR LLC Tel: +917-607-8654 E-mail: msegal@ms-ir.com

Nova to Expand Production Capacity with New State-of-the-Art Clean room

Rehovot, Israel – September 15, 2020 – Nova (Nasdaq: NVMI) announced today that it will expand its production and development capabilities with a new state-of-the-art clean room in Israel. Following a recent move to new offices, Nova is now in the process of constructing a highly advanced clean room facility that will support the company’s advanced technologies and continuous growth. The new facility will extend Nova’s current production capabilities beyond its current clean rooms in Israel and USA and follows the recent opening of a new site in Fremont, CA. The new clean room will become operational in late 2022.

 

The new clean room facility is planned for manufacturing Nova’s most advanced platforms by utilizing state-of-the-art production methods, including industry 4.0 elements and high levels of automation. As part of Nova’s corporate social responsibility, the construction will support high sustainability standards.

 

“The new clean room is planned to be both user and environmentally friendly,” says Gabi Sharon, COO at Nova. “It will be built as an energy efficient site and will meet the highest industry standards for a safe, smart work environment. The new facility will allow Nova to meet the continuous demand for our diversified portfolio and new technologies while implementing cutting-edge production methods.”

 

About Nova: Nova is a leading innovator and key provider of metrology solutions for advanced process control used in semiconductor manufacturing. Nova delivers continuous innovation by providing state-of-the-art high-performance metrology solutions for effective process control throughout the semiconductor fabrication lifecycle. Nova’s product portfolio, which combines high-precision hardware and cutting-edge software, provides its customers with deep insight into the development and production of the most advanced semiconductor devices. Nova’s unique capability to deliver innovative X-ray and Optical solutions enable its customers to improve performance, enhance product yields and accelerate time to market. Nova acts as a partner to semiconductor manufacturers from its offices around the world. Additional information may be found at www.novami.com.

 

Nova is traded on NASDAQ & TASE under the symbol NVMI.

 

This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 relating to future events or our future performance, such as statements regarding, but are not limited to, anticipated growth opportunities and projections about our business and its future revenues, expenses and profitability. Forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause our actual results, levels of activity, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements expressed or implied in those forward-looking statements. Factors that may affect our results, performance, circumstances or achievements include, but are not limited to, the following: our dependency on three product lines; our dependency on a small number of large customers and small number of suppliers; the highly cyclical and competitive nature of the markets we target and we operate in; our inability to reduce spending during a slowdown in the semiconductor industry; our ability to respond effectively on a timely basis to rapid technological changes; our dependency on PEMs; risks related to exclusivity obligations and non-limited liability that may be included in our commercial agreements and arrangements; our ability to retain our competitive position despite the ongoing consolidation in our industry; risks related to our dependence on our manufacturing facilities; risks related to changes in our order backlog; risks related to efforts to complete and integrate current and/or future acquisitions; risks related to worldwide financial and economic instabilities, including the implications of the ongoing novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic; risks related to our intellectual property; new product offerings from our competitors; unanticipated manufacturing or supply problems; risks related to government programs we participate in; risks related to taxation; changes in customer demand for our products; risks related to currency fluctuations; risks related to technology security threats , including data breaches, cyberattacks and system disruptions, and changes in privacy laws; risks related to acquisitions we may pursue and risks related to our operations in Israel. We cannot guarantee future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements. The matters discussed in this press release also involve risks and uncertainties summarized under the heading “Risk Factors” in Nova’s Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2019 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 12, 2020. These factors are updated from time to time through the filing of reports and registration statements with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Nova Measuring Instruments Ltd. does not assume any obligation to update the forward-looking information contained in this press release.

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