Chartered Expands Marketing Presence in Europe.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)--Nov. 7, 1996--As part of its strategy to build a global market presence, Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing SGX: C27 NASDAQ: CHRT (abbreviated CSM) is the world's fourth largest dedicated independent semiconductor foundry, with its headquarters and main operations located in the Woodlands Industrial Park, Kranji Singapore. has announced the appointment of a new executive and the immediate opening of new regional headquarters in Europe. Walter Prochaska has joined Chartered as vice president of sales for Europe. Prochaska, who is based near Munich in Germering, Germany, will focus on extending Chartered's marketing focus to those companies seeking leading-edge, deep-submicron foundry support. Prochaska will also oversee all sales and customer service activities in Europe. An industry veteran with more than 25 years' experience in high technology, Prochaska has held numerous sales and marketing positions in 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 Europe. Most recently he was a sales director 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) Microelectronics. He has held management positions at several other companies, including Fairchild Semiconductor and Texas Instruments See TI. (company) Texas Instruments - (TI) A US electronics company. A TI engineer, Jack Kilby invented the integrated circuit in 1958. Three TI employees left the company in 1982 to start Compaq. . Prochaska holds a B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from Engineering Academy in Koblenz, Germany. Prochaska will report to Ray Hawkins, senior vice president of worldwide marketing and sales. Hawkins said, "European companies are continuing to play a pivotal role in advanced technologies that can benefit from Chartered's expertise as a manufacturer of deep-submicron integrated circuits. The opening of the Germering office gives our customers the regional support they expect and the means for us to provide the high level of service required to produce complex ICs. Walter Prochaska's experience in semiconductors and systems will be an additional benefit as our customers can be assured of knowledgeable support for their product development." Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing's address in Europe is as follows: Industriestrasse 15 D-82110 Germering Germany Ph: 49-89-84108-599 Fax: 49-89-84108-601 Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing (CSM CSM - ["CSM - A Distributed Programming Language", S. Zhongxiu et al, IEEE Trans Soft Eng SE-13(4):497-500 (Apr 1987)]. ) is a dedicated foundry that provides quality manufacturing and exceptional customer service for semiconductor companies worldwide. Using a broad range of leading-edge processes, CSM manufactures semiconductor products for a broad range of market applications. CSM is headquartered in Singapore, with offices in the United States, Germany and Taiwan. CSM is a member company of Singapore Technologies Semiconductors (STS (Synchronous Transport Signal) The electrical equivalent of the SONET optical signal. In SDH, the European counterpart of SONET, STS is known as STM (Synchronous Transport Module). ). The STS companies provide design, integrated circuit wafer fabrication, assembly and test, marketing and distribution. STS is a strategic business unit of Singapore Technologies. -0- Note to Editors: A photo of Prochaska is available by sending an email to 70062.1774@compuserve.com CONTACT: Maestro Public Relations public relations, activities and policies used to create public interest in a person, idea, product, institution, or business establishment. By its nature, public relations is devoted to serving particular interests by presenting them to the public in the most Barbara Kalkis, 408/996-9975 70062.1774@compuserve.com |
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