Word: semiconductor
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...Their Shanghai factory, Grace Semiconductor Manufacturing Corp., is wholly foreign-owned, with Wong as CEO and Jiang serving on the board of directors. It broke ground in November and should start producing eight-inch (20 cm) silicon wafers, used to make computer chips, starting late next year. It is Taiwan's biggest high-tech project in China. Just 50 m away, however, a nearly identical plant is under construction, this one owned by one of Taiwan's best-known chipmakers, Richard Chang's Semiconductor Manufacturing International. Combined, the dozen production lines in the two factories should be able to produce...
...Infineon Technologies Public company based in Munich, Germany CEO: Ulrich Schmacher What it does: Spun off from Siemens in 1999, Infineon makes memory products and semiconductor solutions Why it is hot: It is reporting strong margins in wireline communications, security and chip- card integrated circuits and in its automative and industrial business groups www.infineon.com | last year...
...STMicroelectronics Public company based in Geneva, Switzerland CEO: Pasquale Pistorio What it does: Designs and develops semiconductors used in computer and telecommunications systems and consumer and automotive products Why it is hot: The company is now the world's sixth-largest semiconductor company, up from ninth in 1999. It posted year-over-year double-digit growth in revenues and net earnings in the first quarter www.st.com | last year...
...Germany CEO: Ruediger Stroh What it does: Developer of a broadband wireless chip that aims to understand all major standards, allowing seamless roaming with any broadband wireless device between any network on any continent Why it is hot: Its technology can be applied across many areas of the wireless semiconductor market, estimated to be worth $18 billion by 2004 www.systemonic.com
...Powerhouse Few dispute that there's one thing Japan does get, and that's the art of doing business. Asians admire powerhouse Japan, the economic marvel that pulled itself out of its postwar depths, made and exported the world's best cars, TVs and semiconductor chips, and served notice that the region was a global player. Asians acknowledge sharing in its success: in April, electronics giant Matsushita announced it will spend $16.1 billion to expand factories making mobile phones and other devices in Tianjin, China. In the postwar period through September 2000, Japan has funneled $172 billion in direct investment...