Metrology provider appoints new chairman

March 14, 2002 — Therma-Wave Inc., a Fremont, Calif., manufacturer of process control metrology systems, appointed Papken Der Torossian as chairman, according to a company news release.

Der Torossian was formerly president of ECS Microsystems and of the Santa Cruz Division of Plantronics Inc. He has served on the boards of the Silicon Valley Manufacturing Group and the Semiconductor Industry Supplier Association. He was chairman of the Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International Environmental, Health & Safety Committee and as been chairman of Semi/Sematech.

He said in the news release that he will work alongside Boris Lipkin, Therma-Wave president and chief executive, to prepare the company for the next industry upturn.

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