Speakers included Jack Belani, vice president of business units and marketing for Kulicke & Soffa Industries; Eelco Bergman, senior vice president of marketing for Amkor Technology; Ron Leckie, CEO of Infrastructure; and Wilhelm Radermacher, director of product development for consumer and wireless semiconductor test for Agilent Technologies.
(February 20, 2004) San Jose, Calif.—North American-based manufacturers of semiconductor equipment posted $1.22 billion in orders in January 2004, according to SEMI, and a book-to-bill ratio of 1.18.