Silicon Valley Group Promotes Mahesh Shah to Vice President of Asia/Pacific Sales.SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 3, 1997--Silicon Valley Group (SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) A vector graphics format from the W3C for the Web that is expressed in XML. Introduced in 2001, SVG was designed to become the standard vector format just as GIFs and JPEGs have become the standard bitmaps for the Web. ), a leading supplier of automated wafer processing technology for the semiconductor industry, announced today that it has promoted Mahesh Shah, 47, to the newly created position of vice president of Asia/Pacific sales. Shah reports to Steve Jensen, SVG's vice president of worldwide sales and service. In his new role, Shah is responsible for organizing and directing SVG's sales activities throughout Asia for the company's entire product line. This includes directing a staff of over 90 employees located in China, Hong Kong, Korea, Singapore, Taiwan and Thailand. Shah is also chartered with developing and implementing strategic initiatives designed to strengthen and enhance SVG's presence within the Far East. According to Jensen, the establishment of this new position was a direct result of the company's growing presence in Asia. SVG's business has grown 400 percent in the region over the last three years. "With the increasing sales activity in Asia, we are enhancing our executive presence to better serve the needs of our customers. Mahesh is an ideal candidate to head up this effort, as he has contributed greatly to this organization for the past 11 years. His caliber of management and technology expertise will allow us to enhance our customer service and support to chipmakers in this valued region," said Jensen. Prior to his promotion, Shah was director of Asia/Pacific sales. Before joining SVG in 1985 as product manager for its Thermco division, Shah served as a chemical vapor deposition Chemical vapor deposition (CVD) is a chemical process used to produce high-purity, high-performance solid materials. The process is often used in the semiconductor industry to produce thin films. (CVD CVD Cardiovascular disease, see there ) product manager for Bruce Industrial Controls. Prior to his tenure with Bruce, Shah served as a process engineer for Stone & Webster, as well as a senior engineer for both GCA GCA, ground-controlled approach: see instrument-landing system. Corp. and Abcor. He holds a bachelor's degree in chemistry from Gujarat University in Amdavad, India, a bachelor's degree in chemical engineering from the University of Southern California The U.S. News & World Report ranked USC 27th among all universities in the United States in its 2008 ranking of "America's Best Colleges", also designating it as one of the "most selective universities" for admitting 8,634 of the almost 34,000 who applied for freshman admission and a master's degree in engineering management from Northeastern University in Boston, Mass. SVG will be exhibiting its advanced automated wafer processing equipment at booth number 210 at SEMICON SEMICON Semiconductors Equipment and Material International Conference Korea, February 3-5, in Seoul, Korea. Press are invited to the booth at any time during the exhibition. About Silicon Valley Group Inc.: SVG is a leading manufacturer of automated wafer processing equipment for the worldwide semiconductor industry. The company designs, manufactures, and markets technically sophisticated equipment used in the primary stages of semiconductor manufacturing. Its products include photoresist processing equipment; oxidation, diffusion and low-pressure chemical vapor deposition processing systems; and photolithography exposure tools that use step-and-scan technology. SVG is listed on the Nasdaq Stock Market Nasdaq stock market The first electronic stock market listing over 5000 companies. The Nasdaq stock market comprises two separate markets, namely the Nasdaq National Market, which trades large, active securities and the Nasdaq Smallcap Market that trades emerging growth companies. under the symbol SVGI SVGI Silicon Valley Group, Inc. (stock symbol) SVGI Sequential Vapour Gas Injection . The company's World Wide Web address is: www.svg.com CONTACT: Silicon Valley Group, Inc. Karen Auguste, 408/467-5808 or MCA MCA in full Music Corporation of America Entertainment conglomerate. It was founded in Chicago in 1924 by Jules Stein as a talent agency. In the 1960s it bought Decca Records and Universal Pictures, and today it produces films, music, and television shows. , Inc. Terry Anderson, 415/968-8900 |
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