2006 News
MAX's C.E.O. Mr. Oded Tal was asked to join the CS MANTECH Board of directors. Mr. Tal accepted and stated, "We believe that MANTECH is one of the key conferences to attend and always enjoyed participating. Joining the board is a great chance for us to contribute to the industry and fortify our relationships our colleagues from fabs, foundries, and equipment companies. We feel that you cannot consider yourself part of the compound semiconductors and Optoelectronics community if you do not attend this show, and hope we can further promote manufacturing excellence through our involvement in MANTECH."
MAX's operational team started an "Overall Resource Effectiveness" study in UMS Fab in Ulm. UMS is one of the leading technology innovators in the European compound semiconductors industry. UMS joins as the forth new compound semiconductors client this year, following industry leaders Triquint, Anadigics, and Northrop Grumman.
MAX's compound semiconductors benchmark study featuring most of the leading CS fabs was featured as a key note article. Among the companies participating are industry leaders that range from commercial power houses to defense high rel providers. A set of high level indicators were presented to the forum. This presentation had one of the highest participation in the conference proving that the CS community is serious about improving its capabilities.
Dave Cunningham, Allegro Microsystems Worcester fab director presented the article titled, "Experiencing cycle time reduction in a multi-technology, multi-diameter fab". The article describes the joint effort of MAX's team and Allegro's fab management in reducing cycle time and achieving dramatic results. The talk received many accolades and the questions asked by the audience showed the great interest the companies have in improving manufacturing.
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