SAN JOSE, Calif., March 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Kenichi Sekiya, honorary
chairman and former president, CEO and chairman of DISCO Corporation, and
Arthur W. Zafiropoulo, chairman and CEO of Ultratech, Inc., have been
appointed directors emeritus of the SEMI Board of Directors. In this
capacity, Sekiya and Zafiropoulo join an elite group of industry veterans
that includes Ed Braun, Joel Elftmann, Ken Levy, James Morgan, Dan
Quernemoen, Shigeo Takayama, and Shoichiro Yoshida.
Sekiya served as chairman of the SEMI Board in 2001-2002 and
Zafiropoulo served as chairman of the SEMI Board from 2002-2003. Both men
made numerous and significant additional contributions to the global
industry association over the tenure of their participation.
"For their extraordinary service to our industry and its global
association, the international SEMI Board of Directors is proud to bestow
the distinction of emeritus status upon Sekiya-san and Art Zafiropoulo,"
said Stanley T. Myers, president and CEO of SEMI. "These individuals have
made significant and long-standing contributions to SEMI and its worldwide
membership over many years and now join a distinguished body of industry
visionaries in this important advisory role."
Zafiropoulo is a holder of numerous technology patents. He founded
Drytek, a startup dry etch company that was acquired by General Signal in
1986. Zafiropoulo served as president of the General Signal Semiconductor
Equipment Group's International Operations and became president of its
Ultratech Stepper business unit in 1990. In 1993, he led a management
buy-out of Ultratech Stepper, which became Ultratech, Inc, in 2003.
Zafiropoulo has been a dedicated member of the SEMI International Board of
Directors since 1995. He was a founding member and chairman of the SEMI
Foundation Board of Trustees, which promotes SEMI education and workforce
development initiatives. Additionally, he was the first recipient of the
Bob Graham Award for enhancing customer value and promoting the growth of
the semiconductor equipment and materials industry through marketing
excellence.
Sekiya led DISCO for 43 years from his appointment as director in 1963
until his retirement as chairman and CEO in early 2006. In addition to his
role at DISCO, Sekiya-san served on the SEMI International Board of
Directors beginning in 1994 as a voting board member until 2002, and then
as an ex- officio (non-voting) board member through 2004. He also served on
the SEMI Japan Regional Advisory Board and on the International Trade
Partners Conference organizing committee. Over a thirteen year period, he
provided a high level of strategic guidance and support to SEMI staff and
has been recognized as an effective advocate of SEMI and the interests of
its membership.
The SEMI Board of Directors is composed of executives from equipment
and materials companies serving the global semiconductor and related
industries. The board governs the policies and activities of the
association on behalf of its international membership. Directors are
elected by the membership to two- year terms and may be re-elected to a
maximum of four terms. In addition, board members may be elected as
ex-officio (non-voting) members for up to three one-year periods. Directors
emeritus are nominated by the Executive
Committee of the SEMI Board in recognition of outstanding achievements
on behalf of the association and the industry.
SEMI is a global industry association serving companies that provide
equipment, materials and services used to manufacture semiconductors,
displays, nano-scaled structures, micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS)
and related technologies. SEMI maintains offices in Austin, Beijing,
Brussels, Hsinchu, Moscow, San Jose (Calif.), Seoul, Shanghai, Singapore,
Tokyo and Washington, D.C. For more information, visit http://www.semi.org.
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