Cabot Microelectronics Announces Resignation of Corporate Director To Serve in Bush Administration.Business Editors AURORA Aurora, cities, United States Aurora (ərôr`ə, ô–). 1 City (1990 pop. 222,103), Adams and Arapahoe counties, N central Colo., a growing suburb on the east side of Denver; inc. 1903. , Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 6, 2001 Samuel W. Bodman To Serve As Deputy Secretary Of Commerce Cabot Microelectronics microelectronics, branch of electronic technology devoted to the design and development of extremely small electronic devices that consume very little electric power. Corporation (Nasdaq: CCMP CCMP Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan CCMP Counter-Mode/CBC-Mac Protocol (IEEE 802.11I encryption algorithm) CCMP Capacitively Coupled Microwave Plasma CCMP Coalition of Concerned Medical Professionals ), the leading supplier of chemical mechanical planarization (CMP CMP (cytidine monophosphate): see cytosine. (1) (CMP Media LLC, Manhasset, NY, www.cmp.com) Part of United Business Media, CMP is a leading integrated media company that offers a wide variety of publications and services in the information ) polishing slurries to the semiconductor industry, announced today that Samuel W. Bodman has resigned from the company's Board of Directors to accept a position in the Bush Administration as Deputy Secretary of Commerce. Mr. Bodman had been a director of Cabot Microelectronics since the company was formed in 1999. "Sam Bodman has been instrumental in developing and supporting Cabot Microelectronics' business, strategy and transformation into a publicly traded, fully independent company, and we will miss his guidance," said Matthew Neville, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. "The Board of Directors and the entire company thank him for his outstanding contributions, and wish him well in his new role in government service." Concurrent with Mr. Bodman's resignation from the Board of Directors, the number of directors was reduced from eight to seven. About Cabot Microelectronics Cabot Microelectronics, headquartered in Aurora, Illinois Aurora is the largest city in Kane County, Illinois. The city also lies within DuPage, Will and Kendall counties. As reported in the 2000 U.S. census, the city was home to 142,990 people, while the city's estimated 2006 population is 170,617. , USA, is the world leader in the development and supply of high-performance polishing slurries used for chemical mechanical planarization (CMP), a process that enables the manufacture of the most advanced integrated circuit integrated circuit (IC), electronic circuit built on a semiconductor substrate, usually one of single-crystal silicon. The circuit, often called a chip, is packaged in a hermetically sealed case or a nonhermetic plastic capsule, with leads extending from it for (IC) devices and hard disk drive components. Cabot Microelectronics' global network of facilities encompasses corporate headquarters, a state-of-the-art research and technology center, and manufacturing plants in Aurora; manufacturing plants in the United Kingdom, Japan and the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. ; and regional sales, technical applications and support offices strategically located throughout the world. The Company reported fiscal 2000 revenues of $180 million. For more information visit the Cabot Microelectronics web site at www.cabotcmp.com. |
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