Von Pierer has served as Siemens’ CEO since 1992, and will assume the role of supervisory board chairman once Kleinfeld takes the reins. The company didn’t give a reason for this move, except to state that “Siemens has begun a generation change in the company’s top management.”

(July 9, 2004) San Francisco, Calif.&#8212At SEMICON West 2004, Mexican Secretary of the Economy Fernando Canales Clariond, Baja California Governor Eugenio Elorduy Walther, and developers will discuss their plans to create a 10,000-acre industrial park for the high-tech industry along the shared border between Mexico and the United States.