SpeedFam builds technology center to service its Pacific Rim operations
Ayase-City, Japan
SpeedFam Co., Ltd., the Far East Joint Venture of SpeedFam International, Inc., (Chandler, AZ) has built a new technology center in Japan to handle R&D, tool demonstration and training for its operations in the Pacific Rim. The company manufactures and services chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) systems used in the fabrication of semiconductor devices and other high-throughput precision surface processing systems used in fabricating thin-film memory disk media, semiconductor wa- fers, and general industrial com- ponents. — SES