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IQE supports Asia Pacific region with new sales manager
Based at the Group’s Singapore facility, Norio Hayafuji will provide customers with a technical focus for IQE’s wireless, optoelectronic and photovoltaic products across the APAC area.
IQE, a global supplier of advanced semiconductor wafer products and services to the semiconductor industry, has appointed Norio Hayafuji as Head of Sales and Marketing for the Asia Pacific region.
Norio has more than 27 years’ experience in manufacturing, business development, sales and marketing and general management within compound semiconductor technology companies including Mitsubishi Electric, Procomp and Century Epitech.
Norio will be based at the Group’s Singapore facility. He will coordinate sales and marketing activities and provide a technical focus for wireless, optoelectronic and photovoltaic products across the Group’s Asia Pacific customer base.
CEO and President, Drew Nelson, said, “We confidently expect China, Taiwan, Korea and Japan to become major global powers in emerging technologies over the next decade. We already have a considerable presence in the Far East with a solid customer base and state-of-the-art manufacturing facility. The appointment of an acknowledged industry expert with extensive knowledge and experience of our industry in the region will help ensure that IQE is well positioned to exploit this growth potential.”
IQE’s comprehensive wireless portfolio includes III-V PHEMT, HBT, and BiFET epi-wafers grown by MBE and MOCVD at IQE’s manufacturing sites in the US, UK, and Singapore.
First Solar honours progress at Mesa site
The cadmium telluride solar cell manufacturer has also announced the promotion of Todd Spangler to Site Director and General Manager.
At a ceremony held last week, CdTe solar cell manufacturer First Solar celebrated the construction advancement of its factory site in Mesa, Arizona.
The company also announced that Todd Spangler has been appointed Site Director and General Manager of the new Mesa factory, having previously served as General Manager of First Solar’s factory in Perrysburg, Ohio.
Mike Koralewski will succeed Spangler as manager of the Perrysburg facility, and was appointed Vice President of Site Operations and Plant Manager.
First Solar CEO Rob Gillette and Mesa, Arizona., Vice Mayor Scott Somers unveil a ceremonial marker commemorating construction progress for the company’s new factory, while Barry Broome, President and CEO of the Greater Phoenix Economic Council, looks on.
Representatives from the city of Mesa and First Solar officials hosted a reception at Chandler- Gilbert Community College in Mesa to celebrate construction progress. Vice Mayor Scott Somers, Greater Phoenix Economic Council President and CEO Barry Broome, and Tom Alston, Solar Outreach and Policy Coordinator for U.S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords, also took part in the celebration.
“First Solar coming to Mesa is an important step to establish Arizona as a major player in the solar
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