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NXP Semiconductors has announced the impending retirement of Theo Claasen, Executive Vice President responsible for Business Development, on August 1st 2008. The company has also released the news that Hein van der Zeeuw (pictured), Executive Vice President responsible for Operations, has resigned his role and will leave the company on October 1st, 2008. Read more >>

Marcel Annegarn, a 20-plus-year veteran of Philips, has joined AENEAS, the Association for European NanoElectronics Activities, as Director General. This role will see Mr. Annegarn manage the association’s activities for Europe’s Nanoelectrics R&D companies and their participants in AENEAS’s European Technology Platform on Nanoelectronics (ENIAC) programme. Read more >>

Fujitsu Microelectronics America, Inc. has announced the appointment of Shinichi "James" Machida as President and CEO, effective from June 23rd, 2008. Machida leaves his role as President of Fujitsu Microelectronics Asia Pte. Ltd. (FMAL) in Singapore, and Fujitsu Microelectronics Pacific Asia Ltd. (FMP) in Hong Kong, and replaces Kazuyuki Kawauchi, who takes up another role with Fujitsu Microelectronics Limited, Japan in September. Read more >>

Molecular Imprints, Inc., has announced the appointment of two industry veterans to its management team. Ben Eynon joins the company as Vice President of marketing and business development for semiconductors, while Paul Hofemann (pictured) takes up the post of Vice President of marketing and business development for hard disk drives and emerging markets.

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The newly-announced STMicroelectronics and NXP Semiconductors joint venture, dubbed ST-NXP Wireless, has announced the management team that will steer the new company following its completion in the third quarter of 2008. The company will be headed up by Alain Dutheil, currently serving as COO of STMicroelectronics, who assumes the role of CEO of ST-NXP Wireless. Read more >>

The Memorandum of Understanding signed between NXP Semiconductors and Thomson in February this year comprised an agreement between the two companies to combine their can tuner modules operations in a joint venture. The companies have today announced that the agreement has been finalized and have named the new management team. Read more >>

In a statement released by Infineon yesterday, the company announced the resignation of Dr. Erk Thorsten Heyen, Corporate Vice President and head of Strategy, Mergers and Acquisitions. Dr. Heyen, who joined the company in 2003 as General Manager of the mobile handset and smart card chip business, departs the role to pursue other opportunities. Read more >>

Rambus, a technology licensing company, has appointed Eric Stang (pictured) to its Board of directors and also to its Compensation Committee, effective from July 22nd, 2008. Mr. Stang, CEO and President of Reliant Technologies, Inc., also serves on the Board of Directors for Reliant Technologies, Miradia, Inc. and Yadav Technology. Read more >>

Mirics Semiconductor has enlisted the expertise of Joseph Chu, to oversee the company’s global broadcast receiver business in the Asia Pacific region. Mr Chu brings over 20 years of experience in the semiconductor industry to the role from employs with companies including STMicroelectronics and Harris Semiconductor (now Intersil). Read more >>

Conexant Systems, Inc. has apointed William E. Bendush and Matthew E. Massengill (pictured) to the company’s Board of Directors, bringing the total number of members to eight. Mr. Bendush will serve as chairman of the board’s Audit Committee and will sit on the Board Governance and Composition Committee, while Mr. Massengill will sit on the Board Governance and Composition and the Compensation and Management Development Committees. Read more >>