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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. Read more >>

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. Read more >>

AZ Electronic Materials has appointed Geoff Wild as chief executive officer. Wild will succeed Thomas von Krannichfeldt who retires from the position after five years. von Krannichfeldt remains a member of the board. Read more >>

Conexant Systems has announced that Phillip E. Pompa has joined the company as senior vice president of product marketing. Pompa will lead Conexant's worldwide marketing campaign to gain shares in all targeted segments and work closely with Conexant's sales and engineering teams to define differentiated new products. He will report directly to Christian Scherp, Conexant's co-president. Read more >>

Intevac has announced that Luke Marusiak will re-join the company as executive vice president of emerging equipment, where he will be responsible for Intevac's solar and semiconductor businesses. Marusiak has previously served as the company's CEO and COO. Read more >>

Korean-based foundry, Dongbu HiTek has lured veteran Texas Instruments facilities expert and former VP of Worldwide Facilities, Shaunna Black to become its newly appointed Senior VP of Manufacturing Operations. Dongbu HiTek noted that the move was to strengthen its manufacturing core competency and reinforce its competitiveness in the analog IC foundry space. She will be responsible for directing its two existing 200mm wafer fabs, as well as its facilities, ESH, and test operations. Read more >>

MKS Instruments has made several changes in management including the promotion of Gerald G. Colella to chief operating officer and Seth H. Bagshaw to vice president and chief financial officer. Both will report to Leo Berlinghieri, company chief executive officer and president. Read more >>

Douglas Gray, who has been the area sales manager at Teknek for the past four years, has been promoted to European sales manager. The position's predecessor, David Westwood, has now taken on the position of general manager, Teknek USA at the company's new sales and fulfilment facility in Charlotte, North Carolina. Read more >>

Rudolph Technologies announced Wednesday that Tony Mullins will take up the role of director of global process control software sales immediately.

Mayson Brooks, Rudolph's vice president of global sales, believes that Mullins' experience will help him in the new position. "Tony brings a wealth of process control know-how to Rudolph," said Brooks.

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A new post of Chief Operating Officer has been created within Samsung Electronics for Jay Y. Lee, son of former Chairman Lee Kun-hee as part of a second management reshuffle in less than a year. Geesung Choi is its new CEO, while Ju-Hwa Yoon is appointed Chief Financial Officer. Yoon-woo Lee, currently Vice Chairman and CEO, continues only as Chairman of the Board of Directors. Read more >>