SEMI Acquires SEC/N

SEMI announced on October 1, 2008 that it had acquired SEC/N, the semiconductor industry's international trade association for secondhand equipment and related services. SEMI plans to integrate many of SEC/N's existing programs into corresponding SEMI operations. In addition, SEMI will be establishing a Special Interest Group to provide future secondary market leadership and focus. The transition of programs is to start immediately.

Gary Alexander, SEC/N's Founder and outgoing Executive Director,  will continue to work with SEMI in the interim as a transition agent and consultant, as well as helping to produce secondary market seminars at SEMICON Europa '08, Japan '08, and Korea.'09.

SEMICON Europa 2008

SEC/N and SEMI co-hosted a seminar at SEMICON Europa on October 8, 2008 entitled "Secondhand  Equipment: A Global Perspective" The seminar was free to SEMICON show attendees and was held at the new Stuttgart Messe outside of Stuttgart, Germany. The seminar featured an overview of the semiconductor industry's secondary market and a panel discussion. Gary Alexander, AMC Intl. LLC and SEC/N's Executive Director served as the seminar's moderator.

Given that VolkFest was also going on in Stuttgart at the same time, it is only appropriate to include pictures of both SEMICON Europa and the Stuttgart's version of Oktoberfest.

SEMICON Europa 2009 is being held October 6-8 in Dresden, Germany. For more information on SEC/N's participation in SEMICON Europa 2008, please visit the SEC/N website at www.secn.org.

SEC/N GALA (SEMICON West 2008)

SEC/N hosted its annual Gala in conjunction with SEMICON West on Thursday Evening, July 17th. By popular demand, this year's Gala was again held at the Harry Denton Starlight Room high atop the Sir Francis Drake Hotel in downtown San Francisco. Over 60 representatives from the secondhand equipment segment of the semiconductor industry attended the event and all had a very good time, especially Matt!

For more Gala information and pictures, please visit the SEC/N website at www.secn.org.

SEMICON West 2008

SEC/N and SEMI, in conjunction with Semico Research and FEO Magazine, co-hosted another very successful seminar at SEMICON West on July 16, 2008 entitled "Used Equipment: Today and Tomorrow" The seminar was free to SEMICON show attendees and was held at the Marriott Hotel in San Francisco. The seminar featured an overview of the semiconductor industry's secondary market and a panel discussion. Over 100 attendees participated in the seminar. Gary Alexander, AMC Intl. LLC and SEC/N's Executive Director was both a seminar presenter and panel member.

For more Seminar information and pictures, please visit the SEC/N website at www.secn.org.

SEMICON Singapore 2008         

The Suntec Singapore International Convention and Exhibition Centre for SEMICON Singapore 2008, May 5th - 7th. SEC/N co-hosted a seminar with SEMI entitled "Used Equipment: The Global Secondary Market." Gary Alexander served as moderator for the seminar, as well as giving the opening address.

For more information on SEMICON Singapore and the SEC/N-SEMI seminar, please visit the SEMI website at www.semi.org and the SEC/N website at www.secn.org.

SEMICON China 2008

SEMICON China 2008 was held March 18th -20th in Shanghai, China. Gary Alexander (AMC Intl. LLC & SEC/N's Executive Director) attended the show and gave the welcoming address at the SEC/N-SEMI used equipment seminar on on Thursday, March 20th.

For more information on SEMICON China and the SEC/N-SEMI seminar, please visit the SEMI website at www.semi.org and the SEC/N website at www.secn.org.

FEO (Fab Engineering & Operations)    

An exciting new online publication premiered November 29, 2007 called "FEO." The fourth edition will be available in August 2008. The publication is offered free of charge and focuses on the operations and engineering challenges involved in running mainstream device manufacturing facilities. 

Gary Alexander is a member of the FEO editorial panel, primarily focused on the area of third party involvement. He will also be an ongoing contributing writer.

For more information on either receiving or advertising in FEO, visit the website www.feomag.com or contract Gary at gary@amcintl.com.

SEMICON Korea 2008

The 21st Anniversary of SEMICON Korea 2008 was held January 30th - February 1st at the COEX Convention Center in Seoul, Korea. Over 40,000 visitors and exhibitors participated in seminars and  the over 1,500 booths that covered the Atlantic and Pacific exhibition halls. Mr. H.D. Cho (President of SEMI Korea) and his staff are to be congratulated on an excellent show and reception.

Gary Alexander (AMC Intl. LLC & SEC/N's Executive Director) gave the welcome presentation and served as moderator for the first SEC/N-SEMI seminar at a SEMICON Korea show. The seminar was well attended by approximately 100 SEMICON Korea visitors and exhibitors.

For more information on SEMICON Korea and pictures, please visit the SEMI website at www.semi.org and the SEC/N website at www.secn.org.

SEC/N 2008 Golf Classic & Conference

SEC/N's 2008 Golf Classic and Conference was held January 14-15, 2008. The Golf Classic was held at the Starfire Golf Club in Scottsdale, Arizona on January 14th. The Annual Meeting and Conference were held at ASML's training center in Tempe, Arizona on the 15th. Gary Alexander (AMC Intl.LLC & SEC/N's Executive Director) planned, coordinated and presided over both events. A post-conference dinner was held at Aunt Chilada's Mexican Restaurant.

The Golf Classic and part of the Conference were open to non-members. There was no charge for IDM's to participate in the Conference.

SEMICON Japan 2007

AMC Intl. LLC supported the Arizona Department of Commerce (ADOC) by providing ongoing booth staffing at the ADOC Booth at SEMICON Japan 2007.  SEMICON Japan is a three day semiconductor industry exhibition that was held this year on December 5-7 at the Makuhari Messe near Tokyo, Japan. There were over 4,000 exhibitors and 100,000 attendees.

Representatives from Arizona companies attending SEMICON Japan were encouraged to visit and network at the Arizona Booth. In addition to AMC Intl. LLC; Axus Technology, Ridgetop Group, Broadway Engineering Services Team (BEST), and SEC/N were also sponsors of the ADOC booth.

For more information on the ADOC Booth and SEMICON Japan , please contact Gary Alexander at 480-649-8787 or email@amcintl.com.

SEMICON Taiwan 2007

SEC/N and SEMI cosponsored a seminar on the global secondary equipment market at SEMICON Taiwan 2007. Gary Alexander, AMC Intl. LLC and SEC/N's Executive Director was both the moderator and presented at the seminar.

For more information on the SEMICON Taiwan seminar, please visit the SEMI website at www.semi.org and the SEC/N website at www.secn.org.