AG Associates Appoints Nitin Shah Director of Marketing and Technical Sales.SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 21, 1997--AG Associates (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :AGAI AGAI Associazione Guide Alpine Italiane AGAI Army General Administrative Instruction (UK) AGAI Antano Gustaicio Aviacijos Institutas (Lithuania) ), the pioneer and a leading supplier of advanced, single-wafer rapid thermal processing Rapid Thermal Processing (or RTP) refers to a semiconductor manufacturing process which heats silicon wafers to high temperatures (up to 1200 C or greater) on a timescale of several seconds or less. (RTP (1) (Rapid Transport Protocol) The protocol used in IBM's High Performance Routing (HPR) system. (2) (Realtime Transport Protocol) An IP protocol that supports real time transmission of voice and video. ) equipment used in the manufacture of integrated circuits (ICs), today announced the promotion of Nitin B. Shah, 41, to the position of director of marketing and technical sales -- reporting to Derek Tomlinson, AG Associates' vice president of sales and marketing. In his new role, Shah is chartered with promoting and positioning AG Associates and its RTP solutions worldwide, including developing marketing strategies to enhance AG Associates' line of RTP systems and increase market share. In addition, Shah is responsible for identifying and driving new market opportunities for the company, especially in the 300 mm arena. According to Tomlinson, Shah's broad industry experience and in-depth knowledge of RTP were primary factors in this appointment. "Our customers require leading-edge RTP solutions to accelerate their time-to-market. With over a decade of semiconductor fabrication fabrication (fab´rikā´sh  n),n the construction or making of a restoration. experience, Shah's extensive industry expertise will help ensure AG Associates continues to offer the most advanced RTP solutions for our customers' current and next-generation RTP needs," noted Tomlinson. Prior to his promotion, Shah held the position of strategic technical sales/marketing manager at AG Associates. Before rejoining AG Associates in 1993 as Customer Applications Manager for the company's Process Technology group, Shah served as senior staff engineer of customer applications for IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) Corp., where he was responsible for developing key customer accounts. Earlier in his career, Shah served as process technology manager for AG Associates for four years. Prior to that, he spent four years with Phillips Components in the areas of process and yield improvement. Shah holds a bachelor's degree in chemical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology (Kanpur, India) and a master's degree in chemical engineering from the University of Pittsburgh (Pittsburgh, Pa.). Shah is an author of numerous technical papers on RTP, which have been published in a total of 15 journals. AG Associates is a leading supplier of rapid thermal processing equipment to the worldwide semiconductor industry. Founded in 1981, AG Associates is headquartered in San Jose, Calif., and maintains customer service and support centers in the United States, Europe and Far East to support its global customer base. The company's common stock trades on the Nasdaq Stock Market Nasdaq stock market The first electronic stock market listing over 5000 companies. The Nasdaq stock market comprises two separate markets, namely the Nasdaq National Market, which trades large, active securities and the Nasdaq Smallcap Market that trades emerging growth companies. under the symbol AGAI. For more information on the company, visit AG Associates at: http://www.agassociates.com on the World Wide Web. CONTACT: AG Associates, Inc. Cheri Salazar, 408/935-2088 or MCA MCA in full Music Corporation of America Entertainment conglomerate. It was founded in Chicago in 1924 by Jules Stein as a talent agency. In the 1960s it bought Decca Records and Universal Pictures, and today it produces films, music, and television shows. , Inc. Marie Labrie, 650/968-8900 |
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