DuPont Photomasks announces senior management appointments to meet expanding business needs.ROUND ROCK, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 25, 1996--DuPont Photomasks, Inc. (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 : DPMI (DOS Protected Mode Interface) A Microsoft programming interface that allowed a DOS-extended program to run cooperatively under Windows 3.x. It was not compatible with VCPI, the first DOS extender standard. ) more commonly referred to as DPI, today announced two senior management appointments to meet expanding business and photomask development demands from its semiconductor customers. Gilbert V. Shelden has been appointed director of engineering for DPI and will lead technology development at the company's three major North American facilities in Round Rock, Texas, Santa Clara, California Santa Clara, California (IPA: /ˌsæntəˈklærə/) , founded in 1777 and incorporated in 1852, is a city in Santa Clara County, in the U.S. state of California. , and Kokomo, Indiana and technology transfer between DPI sites worldwide. Most recently, Shelden headed photomask development for the research consortium, SEMATECH SEMATECH Semiconductor Manufacturing Technology in Texas. His previous experience includes management and technical positions at IBM's wafer fabrication and photomask facility in Burlington, Vermont. Shelden will fill the role vacated by Paul Chipman. Chipman, formerly vice president of technology, has been named general manager of the DPI Reticle ret·i·cle n. A grid or pattern placed in the eyepiece of an optical instrument, used to establish scale or position. [Latin r Technology Center, a technology venture among DPI and three semiconductor manufacturers, Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : AMD (Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA, www.amd.com) A major manufacturer of semiconductor devices including x86-compatible CPUs, embedded processors, flash memories, programmable logic devices and networking chips. ), Micron Technology, Inc. (NYSE: MU) and Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT). Randal W. Chance has joined DPI as a manufacturing technology consultant to DPI's Round Rock production facility, with specific responsibility for the development of advanced photomasks production capabilities. Chance has extensive experience in photomask and semiconductor technology having worked for both Texas Instruments and Mostek. From 1988 to 1991, he was president of Micron Technology. Chance and Shelden will report to Art W. Launder Launder To move illegally acquired cash through financial systems so that it appears to be legally acquired. , executive vice president, DPI America. "Gil Shelden and Randal Chance add considerable expertise and energy to our technical staff, as well as global business and entrepreneurial experience," commented J. Michael Hardinger, chairman and chief executive officer. "These appointments will help enable our company to continue to provide the most technologically advanced photomasks to our customers all over the world," Hardinger said. DuPont Photomasks, Inc. is the world's leading supplier of photomasks. Operating globally from eight facilities in North America, Europe and Asia, the company produces and supplies photomasks as well as photoblanks (the photomask substrate) and pellicles (protective covers for masks). DPI had worldwide sales in fiscal 1996 of $213 million. CONTACT: DuPont Photomasks, Inc., Round Rock Dianne Schedler, 512/310-6559 or Edelman Public Relations, Dallas Michael Ares, 214/520-3555 |
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