MILPITAS, Calif. — July 16, 2024 — SEMI announced the election of two new members of the SEMI International Board:
– Masao Asami, Director, President, Representative Executive Officer, CEO & COO President, Precision Machinery Company, Ebara Corporation
– Yoshiaki Yoshida, Director, Chairperson of the Board, Advantest Corporation
The elected board members’ three-year terms took effect at the annual SEMI membership meeting on July 10 during SEMICON West 2024.
SEMI announces election of the Board of Directors
Date: 2024/07/16
SEMI has elected a new board of directors. The international board of directors has elected Masao Asami, President of the EBARA Group. “We thank Asami-san and Yoshida-san for their commitment to SEMI and to advancing the objectives of our global membership,” said SEMI President and CEO Ajit Manocha. “With the strong and diverse leadership in the SEMI International Board of Directors from across segments and regions, we are well positioned to address the semiconductors industry’s most pressing challenges and countless opportunities today and well into the future.”
The 18 voting directors and 11 emeritus directors on the SEMI International Board reflect the global scope of the association’s activities. SEMI directors are elected by the general membership as voting members of the Board and can serve a total of five three-year terms.
About SEMI
SEMI® connects more than 2,500 member companies and 1.3 million professionals worldwide to advance the technology and business of electronics design and manufacturing. SEMI members are responsible for the innovations in materials, design, equipment, software, devices, and services that enable smarter, faster, more powerful, and more affordable electronic products. Electronic System Design Alliance (ESD Alliance), FlexTech, the Fab Owners Alliance (FOA), the MEMS & Sensors Industry Group (MSIG) and SOI Consortium are SEMI Strategic Technology Communities.
About EBARA
EBARA Precision Machinery Europe (EPME) GmbH, headquartered in Sauerlach near Munich, is the European sales and service company of EBARA Corporation Tokyo. EBARA is a leading global manufacturer of vacuum and semiconductor systems used to produce wafers, liquid crystals, solar cells and other high-tech products. EBARA Corporation was founded in 1912 by Issey Hatakeyama and employs over 19,600 people worldwide. With an annual turnover over 4.6 billion euros, EBARA is one of the three largest companies in the industry. EBARA supplies 16 of the top 20 manufacturers in the chip industry.
About EBARA Precision Machinery Europe
The EPME portfolio includes dry and turbomolecular vacuum pumps as well as modern gas abatement systems for the chemical industry, for example. In addition, EPME distributes state-of-the-art CMP tools, wafer bevel polishing and substrate coating systems for chip manufacturing. 2021 EBARA opened its second modern overhaul centre for vacuum pumps in Dresden. EPME has been operating a vacuum pump overhaul centre in Livingston (UK) since 1994 and since 2021 also in Dresden, Germany. EPME employs over 240 people in Europe and Israel with 28 nationalities.
