Kohyama, Togawa, Tu, and Ushida Elected to SEMI Board
SAN FRANCISCO, July 18 /PRNewswire/ -- SEMI today announced the
appointment of Jerry Coder, president emeritus of the Semiconductor
Materials Business unit of Dupont Electronic Technologies, as chairman of
the industry association's International Board of Directors. Coder succeeds
Archie Hwang, chairman and CEO of Hermes-Epitek, who served as chairman for
the past year. The results of the association's annual elections were
announced at the annual SEMI membership meeting, which was held today
during the SEMICON West 2007 exposition in San Francisco.
In addition to the chairman, the association's membership elected Dr.
Susumu Kohyama, president and CEO, Covalent Materials Corporation; Kiyoshi
Togawa, senior vice president and executive officer, Hitachi Chemical Co.
Ltd.; Way Tu, CEO and president of Allegro Manufacturing, Pte. Ltd.; and
Kazuo Ushida, director, member of the board and senior executive officer of
Nikon Corporation and president of Nikon's Precision Equipment Company.
"On behalf of SEMI and its members, I am pleased to welcome Jerry Coder
as SEMI chairman and Susumu Kohyama, Kiyoshi Togawa, Way Tu, and Kazuo
Ushida as new board members," said Stanley T. Myers, president and CEO of
SEMI. "Their experience and industry perspective are assets for SEMI and I
am confident that they, along with other members of our international
board, will provide thoughtful guidance for our association and the
industry we serve."
Coder has over 40 years of semiconductor industry experience, and has
been a staunch supporter of SEMI, serving in numerous leadership roles
including chairman of the SEMI Finance Committee, member of the Board's
Executive Committee, member of the Environmental Health and Safety (EHS)
Executive Committee, and Emerging Technologies Committee.
"For almost four decades, SEMI has provided access to the people,
products and information that drive advanced manufacturing technologies.
SEMI is at the forefront of major advocacy, standards and EHS initiatives
and provides an effective voice of our industry," said Coder. "I am honored
to serve as SEMI chairman and work with my fellow board members to continue
serving the needs of our global membership."
In accordance with the association's by-laws, the following board
members were reelected: Andre Auberton-Herve, president and CEO of Soitec;
Douglas Neugold, CEO of ATMI; Mary Puma, chairman and CEO of Axcelis
Technologies; Stephen Schwartz, chairman, CEO and president of Asyst
Technologies; and Mike Splinter, president and CEO of Applied Materials,
Inc.
Terry Higashi, chairman and CEO of TEL; Archie Hwang, chairman and CEO
of Hermes-Epitek; and Atsushi Horiba, chairman, president and CEO of
Horiba, were voted as Ex-Officio Board of Directors.
The global industry association's 18 voting directors, three non-voting
ex-officio and nine emeritus directors, represent companies from Europe,
Japan, Korea, North America, Singapore and Taiwan, reflecting the global
scope of its activities. The association's charter stipulates that
individuals may be elected by the general membership as voting members of
the board for a total of four, two-year terms and non-voting ex-officio
members for a total of three, one-year terms.
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 (California), Seoul, Shanghai,
Singapore, Tokyo and Washington, D.C. For more information, visit
http://www.semi.org.
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