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Aug 12, 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

Voltaix names Peter Smith as CEO

09 November 2011 Peter Smith has been brought on as CEO during a reshuffle at Voltaix. He is replacing Mark Fine who served as interim CEO since January 2010. He will have responsibility for a number of the company's strategic initiatives and will oversee relationships with distributor partners world-wide. Fine is taking up the post of president, in place of John de Neufville, who will continue as the company's chief scientist, overseeing chemical research and end-use applications development.

Heinz Kundert receives IC Industry Award for leadership

13 October 2011 Having presented awards the previous day at the Semicon Europa Executive Summit, Heinz Kundert himself received the IC Industry Award for leadership, which was presented on October 12, 2011, at SEMICON Europa, in Dresden.

Recruitment News

Rudolph Technologies appoints new Vice President and General Manager

22 October 2010 After a two-year term at solar equipment supplier Spire, Dr. Avishai Kepten has returned to the semiconductor equipment sector as Vice President and General Manager of Rudolph Technologies, Metrology Business Unit. Dr. Kepten had previously spent six years at Novellus Systems, as Director of Technology and Director of New Product Development of the Electrofill Business Unit.    

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.