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May 06, 2009

Under direct supervision, disassembles, cleans, and reassembles non Ebara pumps (TMP's, Cryo's, Wet, Dry, and Scroll Pumps) from manufacturers such as Alcatel, Leybold, Busch, Edwards, and Seiko Seki.

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Company name: EBARA Technologies · Location: Sacramento, California,

Going Places

Amkor plans executive reshuffle as COO Ken Joyce takes the helm

30 June 2009 Amkor Technology, Inc. has announced its plans for an executive shake-up on October 1st, as it revealed that company CEO and founder James Kim (pictured) will become Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors and Ken Joyce, President and COO, will take the reins as well as a seat on the board of directors. The succession has been on the cards for some time, according to the company.

New fab 2 executive leadership team for Globalfoundries

25 June 2009 Globalfoundries has announced two new members of its executive team: Norm Armour, newly-elected vice president and general manager, and Eric Choh, vice president of operations. The company is setting up shop for the development of Fab 2 at the Luther Forest Technology Campus in New York, its newest semiconductor fabrication facility.

Recruitment News

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.

MEMC cuts a further 200 jobs

15 April 2009 In a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filing, MEMC Electronic Materials is to reduce its headcount at its Korean subsidiary by 200 adding to recent cuts at its manufacturing plants in the U.S. that brings the total job losses to approximately 400.