Communicant Appoints Helmut Brunner as Chief Operating Officer.Business Editors & High Tech Writers FRANKFURT (ODER), Germany--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 10, 2002 Industry's First SiGe:C Foundry Continues to Build World-Class Management Team Communicant Semiconductor Technologies AG (Communicant), a premier European silicon germanium (SiGe) A semiconductor material made from silicon and germanium. Germanium is very similar to silicon, but when one layer is grown on top of the other to form the base of the transistor, the resulting transistor can switch faster and yield higher performance. carbon (SiGe:C) BiCMOS and LDMOS LDMOS Laterally Diffused Metal Oxide Semiconductor LDMOS Lateral DMOS LDMOS Lightly-Doped Drain Metal-Oxide Semiconductor LDMOS Lateral Diffusion Mosfet foundry, today announced the appointment of Helmut Brunner Helmut Brunner was an Italian luger who competed in the early 1980s. He won the gold medal in the men's doubles event at the 1984 FIL European Luge Championships in Olang, Italy. References
The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. . Brunner will lead the company's construction and manufacturing operations Manufacturing operations concern the operation of a facility, as opposed to maintenance, supply and distribution, health, and safety, emergency response, human resources, security, information technology and other infrastructural support organizations. , reporting directly to Dr. Abbas Ourmazd, 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. . Brunner was most recently General Manager of Siemens' Electronic Manufacturing Center in Vienna, Austria. He has held senior general management and plant management positions in semiconductor manufacturing in Germany, England, Austria and France. In these roles, Brunner was responsible for overseeing and managing the construction, ramp-up and day-to-day operations of some of Europe's most successful semiconductor fabrication fabrication (fab´rikā´sh  n),n the construction or making of a restoration. facilities. "I am very pleased to join a semiconductor foundry with a truly differentiated technology offering, such as Communicant's proprietary SiGe:C BiCMOS," stated Brunner. "I look forward to building a manufacturing operation focused on delighting its customers. This takes a culture that thrives on goal-oriented excellence. I am excited to join the company's management team, which is clearly focused on achieving this." Brunner is widely acknowledged to be one of Europe's top semiconductor manufacturing experts, having risen through the ranks to some of the continent's highest operational and management positions. "Helmut's wealth of expertise in the semiconductor manufacturing business makes him an invaluable resource in ramping-up our offerings and providing our customers best-in-class manufacturing services," said Ourmazd. "His outstanding focus on operational excellence, understanding customer needs and disciplined approach to construction and operation of world-class manufacturing facilities, perfectly complement our management team's technical and strategic strengths." About Communicant Semiconductor Technologies: Communicant Semiconductor Technologies AG is the world's first communication-focused pure-play integrated circuits foundry serving the wireless, broadband and high-performance markets. It offers advanced modular SiGe:C BiCMOS, LDMOS and RF CMOS (Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor) Pronounced "c-moss." The most widely used integrated circuit design. It is found in almost every electronic product from handheld devices to mainframes. process technologies for demanding high-speed, low-power applications and System-on-Chip solutions. Communicant's $1.3 billion facility will be operational in 4Q 2004. Prototyping services are available. Communicant is located in Frankfurt (Oder), 50 miles east of Berlin in the state of Brandenburg, Germany. More information about the company can be obtained through its web site www.communicant.de. |
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