Fabtech - Going Places

Interim Chairman appointed at GlobalFoundries as Ruiz departs

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 11:40:19 GMT

Although the fledgling foundry did not say why the former head of AMD and its first Chairman, Hector Ruiz was leaving the company on a ‘voluntary leave of absence effective immediately,’ Ruiz was to have stood down in his role in January, 2010. An interim Chairman, Alan Ross will take over the role until a permanent Chairman has been appointed by the board. Ross, the former CEO of Broadcom was a current board member.

NXP adds to management team

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 14:05:56 GMT

Between them bringing more than 20 years of management experience in the semiconductor industry, Kurt Sievers and Frans Scheper have joined the NXP Semiconductor management team as general manager for the automotive business and general manager for the standard products business, respectively. The appointments were made to further the company’s strategic High Performance Mixed Signal (HPMS) technology development.

Dr. Ben Tsai joins Ultratech Board of Directors

Thu, 15 Oct 2009 13:58:06 GMT

Dr. Ben Tsai, KLA-Tencor’s Executive Vice President, and CTO has been appointed to serve as a member of Ultratech’s Board of Directors. Ultratech chose Tsai due to his 23 years of experience at KLA-Tencor and is a key member of its executive management team and deep technological insight and a valuable global perspective into future trends.

SEMI Europe honours 3 standards committee members

Mon, 12 Oct 2009 13:45:36 GMT

Three members of different standards committees were honoured recently by SEMI Europe. Jan Rothe of Globalfoundries, Jean-Marie Collard from Solvay and Wolfgang Sievert, now retired from Honeywell. The awards were given in the presence of over 220 industry executives at the 3rd Executive Summit during SEMICON Europa, held last week in Dresden, Germany.

Halla retiring from National Semiconductor

Mon, 12 Oct 2009 10:33:30 GMT

Brian Halla will retire as Chief Executive Officer of National Semiconductor at the end of November, remaining as Executive Chairman of the company. He will also retire from the Board of Directors at the end May, 2010, exactly 14-years after joining the company. Donald Macleod will replace Halla, currently National's President and Chief Operating Officer.

MEMC appoints new executives to run semiconductor and solar business units

Fri, 09 Oct 2009 11:34:17 GMT

MEMC Electronic Materials has shuffled its senior management with the aim of having executives responsible for its two core markets, semiconductor and solar. Ken Hannah, who has served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer since April 2006, has been promoted to the newly created position of Executive Vice President of MEMC and President of MEMC Solar Materials. Hannah will therefore be responsible for all sales and manufacturing operations for polysilicon and solar wafers.

Qimonda’s Thomas Seifert joins AMD as CFO

Thu, 08 Oct 2009 13:03:44 GMT

Almost a year to the day that Fabtech reported on Thomas Seifert’s appointment as interim CFO for Qimonda, it appears that the industry veteran has moved to AMD to take up the CFO role and the title of senior vice president.

CRS names Scott Massie as CEO

Wed, 07 Oct 2009 15:56:29 GMT

Solar and semiconductor wafer slurry reprocessing company, CRS Reprocessing Services (CRS) has named Scott T. Massie as CEO. Prior to this role, Massie was CEO of EPV Solar -- manufacturer of thin-film modules based in Robbinsville -- New Jersey.

ASML appoints new Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer to the Board of Management

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 09:08:53 GMT

ASML Holding appoints Frederic Schneider-Maunoury as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer (COO) to the Board of Management. The company's Supervisory Board offers the position, subject to notification of the general meeting of shareholders, which is scheduled to be held on March 24, 2010.

Ultratech board member, Vincent F. Sollitto Jr. has resigned

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 08:48:59 GMT

Ultratech, Inc., supplier of lithography and laser-processing systems used to manufacture semiconductor devices, has announced that Vincent F. Sollitto Jr., Principal at Scottsdale Partners International, LLC, has resigned from Ultratech's board of directors.

Tom Caulfield leaves Novellus Systems

Mon, 21 Sep 2009 11:42:34 GMT

Concentrated solar thermal specialist Ausra, Inc has a new President & COO. Dr. Thomas Caulfield, formerly Executive Vice President of Sales at Novellus Systems has joined the company to accelerate the company's transition from a power plant developer to a global solar steam systems provider. Dr. Caulfield was selected after an extensive, nationwide search of senior executives with strong technical and OEM backgrounds.

Fujitsu Microelectronics Europe makes executive changes

Tue, 15 Sep 2009 09:56:09 GMT

Succeeding Shimpei Hirata who has returned to Japan to take up a new position with Fujitsu's Electronic Devices Division, Dr. Joji Murakami, a Fujitsu career executive been named as the company’s new President. He is based at FME's European headquarters in Langen, near Frankfurt. Brendan Mc Kearney, Vice President, Sales and Supply Chain at FME, has been appointed Managing Director of FME.

Another ex-UMC executive joins Globalfoundries as VP of Marketing

Thu, 10 Sep 2009 13:27:51 GMT

Globalfoundries continues to bulk-up its executive team with the appointment of former UMC manager, Jim Ballingall as Vice President of Marketing. Ballingall is expected to report to another ex-UMC executive and recently hired, Jim Kupec. Ballingall will be responsible for creating a ‘best-in-class’ foundry marketing organization, according to the company.

CVD Equipment hires new Vice President of Sales and Marketing

Thu, 20 Aug 2009 09:58:12 GMT

CVD Equipment has hired Michael J. Gray as Vice President of Sales and Marketing to head up all sales and marketing functions for the company, working from the Ronkonkoma, New York headquarters.

Swagelok names new director of human resources

Wed, 19 Aug 2009 14:14:24 GMT

Sally Turner has joined Swagelok as director of human resource services, replacing Trina Rauscher who took on the role in April last year. In this new position, Turner will be responsible for directing activities in the company's benefits, human resources information systems, corporate training and development, staffing, and organizational development groups.

Hynix appoints new chief marketing director

Wed, 05 Aug 2009 07:58:41 GMT

Semiconductor giant, Hynix has appointed new chief marketing director, Ji Bum Kim, who will replace, Dae Su Kim, who has resigned.

Swagelok Company names Director of Operational Accounting

Tue, 04 Aug 2009 09:11:17 GMT

Swagelok Company, developer and provider of fluid system solutions, has announced the appointment of Jeffrey Minnick as the director of operational accounting; meaning that he will be responsible for cost management and corporate budgeting as well as running the internal audit function for the worldwide organization.

Andreas Wild to become Executive Director of the ENIAC Joint Undertaking

Fri, 24 Jul 2009 13:32:30 GMT

The Governing Board of the ENIAC Joint Undertaking has appointed Andreas Wild as the initiative's Executive Director, starting as of 1 September 2009.

Analog & Mixed-Signal expert named strategy director of Dongbu HiTek’s Analog Foundry business uni

Wed, 22 Jul 2009 10:11:09 GMT

Intensifying its focus on analog foundry processing capabilities, Dongbu HiTek’s Semiconductor Division announced that Felicia James has joined the company as Strategy Director of its Analog Foundry Business Unit (AFBU), a new position reporting to Lou N. Hutter, SVP and GM of the Unit.

REC co-founder Reidar Langmo joins Voltaix’s Board

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 15:38:22 GMT

Co-founder and former CEO of Oslo, Norway-based REC Reidar Langmo has accepted his seat on the board of directors of Voltaix, the semiconductor materials provider. Mr. Langmo was also a founding partner and CEO of Novus Energy Partners, from which company Voltaix has recently received an investment worth $9 million.