October 13, 2011 — SEMI honored Dr. Tibor Pavelka (Semilab) with the European SEMI Award; Heinz Kundert (SEMI Europe) with the IC Industry Award for Excellence; and Christian Prischmann (UIbrich) with the SEMI Europe Standards Leadership Award. The ceremony took place during SEMICON Europa, which wraps up today in Dresden, Germany.
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Dr. Tibor Pavelka, CEO of Semilab Co. Ltd., received the European SEMI Award 2011 for proving that a European metrology company could compete with US and Asian makers. Pavelka co-founded Semilab, became CEO in 1995, and led R&D activities until recently. He helped expand the metrology lines to 32, adding optical and other new electrical material characterization techniques alongside DLTS and