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Aug 13, 2009

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The Semiconductor Metrology Systems division of Carl Zeiss SMT has an immediate opening for an Application Engineer, located in Santa Clara, CA, and mainly servicing our Intel account. more

Company name: Carl Zeiss SMT · Location: Santa Clara , CA,

Going Places

SMIC names new executive officers

10 February 2010 Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC) has made three new executive appointments: Chris Chi as chief business officer; Simon Yang as chief operating officer; and Gary Tseng as chief financial officer. Mr. Yang’s appointment as COO comes as a result of the recent resignation of Marco Mora from the same role.

ASML’s Martin van den Brink wins Bob Graham Award from SEMI

09 February 2010 Martin van den Brink, Executive Vice President of Technology and Marketing for ASML, has become the eleventh recipient of SEMI’s annual Bob Graham Award, which is awarded for outstanding contributions in semiconductor equipment and materials marketing. Van den Brink has been with ASML for 25 years, with 15 years as a technologist and more recently as a marketing executive.

Recruitment News

Facility Manager’s Development Program ‘09 begins in September

22 July 2009 Arizona State University's (ASU) developed training program for professionals has announced details for the 2009 ‘Facility Manager's Development Program' (FMDP), due to start in September this year.

Axcelis cuts one-fifth of global workforce

22 May 2009 Further to its approximately 14% cut in staff numbers in October 2008 – only seven months ago, Axcelis Technologies, Inc. has again announced that it is letting staff go in a further attempt at cutting operating costs to stay competitive. Approximately 235 staff, or 20% of its global workforce will be axed from the company’s books, yielding an estimated $25 million in savings per annum.

Xilinx looks to restructuring

16 April 2009 Xilinx, Inc. has announced plans to restructure the company, including getting rid of 6% of its workforce, or 200 employees, which would have a pre-tax charge of US$11-US$13 million for the June quarter, mostly dealing with severance pay expenses.

Qimonda Portuguese subsidiary cuts 1,000

16 April 2009 Qimonda AG has announced it will be cutting 1,000 employees from its Portuguese unit, while also suspending the contracts of the 800 remaining workers for the next six months.  This unit had stopped production last month, since parts from Dresden’s Qimonda factory failed to ship.