Award Winner MEMSCAP Receives Technology Fast 50 First Prize for the Second Time in a Row for Rhone Alpes Region and Gets Awarded Euronext Special Prize.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers GRENOBLE, France and SAN JOSE San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 9, 2002 MEMSCAP (Euronext:MEMS (MicroElectroMechanical Systems) Tiny mechanical devices that are built onto semiconductor chips and are measured in micrometers. In the research labs since the 1980s, MEMS devices began to materialize as commercial products in the mid-1990s. ), the leading provider of innovative solutions based on MEMS (micro-electro-mechanical systems Micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) Systems that couple micromechanisms with microelectronics. Such systems are also referred to as microsystems, and the coupling of micromechanisms with microelectronics is also termed micromechatronics. ) technology, gets awarded Technology Fast 50 first Prize for Rhone-Alpes region for the second time in a row. By receiving this Deloitte & Touche 2002 edition trophy, MEMSCAP, whose growth rate is 1745% over the past four years, ranks again as the highest growth company in Rhone-Alpes and among the top 500 technology companies in Europe. During the ceremony, MEMSCAP, represented by its new Chief Financial Officer, Philippe Bringuier(1), also received the Euronext Special Prize for "First listed company in Rhone-Alpes Region." "Getting those two awards represents an important step for MEMSCAP, as membre of Euronext, Next Economy segment and as a Rhone-Alpes company. Both prizes reward our will of growth and care for creating value. Despite the difficult economic and technologic environment, MEMSCAP intends to keep deploying and multiplying its efforts in its different sectors of activity in order to assert its MEMS leader status," declares Jean-Michel Karam, Chairman and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of MEMSCAP. (1) Philippe Bringuier joined MEMSCAP teams as Chief Financial Officer after a fifteen years international experience with KPMG KPMG Klynveld Peat Marwick Goerdeler (accounting firm) KPMG Kaiser Permanente Medical Group KPMG Keiner Prüft Mehr Genau (German) KPMG Kommen Prüfen Meckern Gehen . About MEMSCAP MEMSCAP is the leading provider of micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS)-based solutions. MEMSCAP solutions include components, component designs (IP), CAD design tools, manufacturing and related services. MEMSCAP customers include Fortune 500 businesses, major research institutes and universities. The company's shares are traded on Euronext under the ticker symbol Ticker Symbol An arrangement of characters (usually letters) representing a particular security listed on an exchange or otherwise traded publicly. When a company issues securities to the public marketplace, it selects an available ticker symbol for its securities which investors MEMS (Euroclear France code: 7939), where MEMSCAP belongs to the Next Economy segment, to the SBF SBF Studium Biblicum Franciscanum (Franciscan School of Biblical Investigations; Jerusalem, Israel) SBF Small Block Ford (automotive engine) SBF Single Black Female SBF Société des Bourses Francaises 250 and ITCAC50 indexes. More information on the company's products and services can be obtained at http://www.memscap.com. |
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