KLA-Tencor is committed to complying with all applicable regulatory and other requirements regarding the environment and preventing pollution worldwide. We regularly evaluate the aspects of company operations that impact the environment. Operational areas targeted for improvement are selected based on a number of factors, including changes in the regulatory environment, breadth of impact, impact on our customers and other stakeholders, and financial considerations. Management periodically reviews KLA-Tencor’s progress towards mitigating adverse environmental impacts, appropriate actions are taken that are designed to ensure the success of our ongoing projects, and new projects are selected (based on the criteria described above) in an effort to further improve our environmental performance.

KLA-Tencor has been registered to the ISO 14001 standard since 2003 and strives to continuously improve its environmental performance. Each year KLA-Tencor (a) evaluates its impacts on the environment, (b) identifies those areas of impact over which the company has sufficient control, and (c) establishes goals and objectives in those areas to reduce the company’s environmental impacts. Since the inception of its Environmental Management System, KLA-Tencor has, for example, consistently focused on the issue of solid waste production in our manufacturing facilities. Through a combination of recycling, educational programs and the dedication of our Corporate Facilities and Real Estate department, we are proud to report an 88% diversion rate of solid waste away from landfills in our main campus in Milpitas, California during calendar year 2011. The California Integrated Waste Management Board has recognized KLA-Tencor’s efforts and has awarded KLA-Tencor with a waste reduction award (WRAP Award) for the last eight years. Our goal is to continue our recycling and diversion efforts to meet or exceed an 88% diversion rate in 2012 and beyond.

Corporate Packaging
The KLA-Tencor Packaging Engineering department continues to make strides in reducing our environmental impacts.

Waste Reductions:
Since 2006, KLA-Tencor eliminated the use of bleached corrugated cardboard boxes, eliminated the use of polystyrene loose fill by replacing it with LDPE air pillows (material reduction and recyclable), implemented a system crate reuse and recycling program and the use of fully recycled bubble wrap made from recycled as opposed to virgin beads. Additional green improvements are being made in product packaging worldwide throughout our supply chain.

Design for EHS
As a leading provider of process control and yield management solutions for the semiconductor, data storage, LED, photovoltaic, and other related nanoelectronics industries, our products are designed with an eye toward the current and future challenges not only of technology, but also of the environmental, health, and safety regulatory environment. Our design teams are trained in a full complement of regulatory and compliance-related subjects that address these requirements. Some of the standards include: SEMI S23 (Guide for Conservation of Energy, Utilities, and Materials used by Semiconductor Manufacturing Equipment), RoHS (Restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment), WEEE (Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment) and many more. Since 2009 KLA-Tencor has routinely tested its new products with the plan to develop future tools that are more efficient.

KLA-Tencor is proud to be able to provide products to our industry that help our customers achieve their environmental targets by increasing yield and thereby reducing usage of raw materials, energy, water and other resources.

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For more info, please contact Vince Staub, Sr. Director, EHS & Risk:

Phone: (408) 875-3008
Fax: (408) 875-4793
E-mail: Environmental.Management@kla-tencor.com

KT- Israel: Environmental.KTIsrael@kla-tencor.com

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