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Feb 04, 2005 at 07:00 PM |
Isao Uchigasaki, chairman of the board of Hitachi Chemical Company, is
the recipient of the 2004 Akira Inoue Award for Outstanding Achievement
in Environment, Health and Safety in the Semiconductor Industry. The
award, was presented at the SEMICON Japan exposition.
Uchigasaki is recognized for his contributions towards dramatically
reducing emissions of chemical substances into the atmosphere and for
pursuing a zero injuries and incidents policy in the company.
"Under Uchigasaki-san's leadership, Hitachi Chemical has accelerated
its efforts to minimize the impact of chemicals on the environment and
to meet the safety and health requirements of the community," said
Stanley Myers, president and CEO of SEMI. "The spirit of Akira Inoue's
dedication to environmental protection is embodied in Uchigasaki-san's
commitment and SEMI is pleased to honour him with this award."
Among the achievements cited by the Akira Inoue Award committee in the
selection of Uchigasaki include increasing the proportion of green
products in the company's portfolio from 22 percent in 2001 to 69
percent in 2003. Note: green products require improvements against
criteria that include functionality, resource conservation, safety, and
energy savings.
He was also notedfor his wide-ranging reduction strategies such as the
54 percent reduction in emissions of chemical substances into the
atmosphere during the period from 2000 to 2003. Also introducing
abrasive free slurries for copper CMP to minimize solid wastes from CMP
waste streams in wafer fabs.
Uchigasaki joined Hitachi Chemical Company in 1963 and served as
president and representative director from 1997 to 2003 and as chairman
since April 2003. From April 2004, he started to serve concurrently as
Hitachi Group executive officer of itachi, Ltd. (present); and from
June 2004, was also appointed as director of Hitachi, Ltd. (present).
Past recipients of the Akira Inoue Award include Pasquale Pistorio, CEO
of STMicroelectronics; Craig Barrett, CEO of Intel Corporation; Farhang
Shadman, director of the Engineering Research Center for
Environmentally Benign Semiconductor Manufacturing at the University of
Arizona; and Saburo Kusama, president of Epson Corp.
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