“Worldwide sales of semiconductors remain on pace to exceed the record sales of 2004,” says George Scalise, SIA president. “While there are lingering concerns about the effects of high energy prices and the impacts of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita in the United States, end markets for semiconductors continue to be very strong. Unit sales of personal computers are continuing to run ahead of earlier forecasts, resulting in strong increases in sales of microprocessors and DRAMs. Flash memory sales were also up sharply, reflecting robust sales of cell phones and consumer products such as MP3 players.”
(October 4, 2005) Utica, N.Y. — Indium Corp. is enhancing customer service resources in Malaysia, India, and the Philippines by promoting Sehar Samiappan to senior technical engineer, and by hiring David Vetharudge as area sales manager. These appointments should help to fully support customers in this region with experienced sales and tech support experts.
Sehar joined Indium in 2001 and has provided technical support and customer service to his customers throughout Malaysia. In his new position, he will support Indium’s customers throughout the Asia-Pacific region, and is based in Penang, Malaysia. Vetharudge is responsible for providing customers with PCB assembly materials and semiconductor packaging and power semiconductor assembly materials in Northern Malaysia, India, and the Philippines. He has over 17 years of experience in the electronics industry, and also is based in Penang.