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Fab owners association moves to 30 members & associates
The Fab Owners Association (FOA), the association of semiconductor manufacturing executives and suppliers, has announced that Philips Semiconductors and MagnaChip Semiconductor (Seoul, Korea) have joined the organisation as voting members.
Applied Mechanical Corporation; CAE Online, Inc.; CIMAC, Inc.; Entrepix, Inc.; FabTime, Inc.; Toppan Photomasks, Inc.; and Vistec Semiconductor Systems have joined as associate members. "The FOA's value proposition is that semiconductor fabs are a strategic selling and marketing advantage," stated L.T. Guttadauro, executive director of the FOA. "This organisation provides the forum for device makers and suppliers to advance this business model and to find commonalities that can be leveraged through their combined strengths." The benefits of joining are significant. The FOA, a nonprofit, mutual-benefit, international corporation, promotes cooperative efforts between member companies, exploring methods to improve manufacturing efficiencies. The FOA's device maker members are the following companies: AMI Semiconductor, Cypress Semiconductor, Delphi Microelectronics Center, Fairchild Semiconductor, Intersil, Jazz Semiconductor, LSI Logic, MagnaChip Semiconductor, Micrel Semiconductor, ON Semiconductor, Philips Semiconductors, Spansion, and ZMD AG.
