SMIC Appoints Mr. Chris Chi as Senior Vice President of Operations
January 24 2008 - 4:58AM
PR Newswire (US)
SHANGHAI, China, Jan. 24 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- Semiconductor
Manufacturing International Corporation ("SMIC"; NYSE: SMI; SEHK:
0981.HK) announced today the appointment of semiconductor veteran
Chris Chi as Senior Vice President of Operations. In this position,
Mr. Chi will focus on customer relationships and strategic
planning. He reports directly to Mr. Marco Mora, Chief Operating
Officer of SMIC. "We are very excited to welcome Mr. Chi to join
SMIC. He has over 28 years of experience in the semiconductor
industry, and we believe with his qualifications and expertise, he
will be able to contribute extensively to the continued success of
SMIC and strengthen our leading position in Mainland China," said
Mr. Mora. Throughout his career, Mr. Chi has demonstrated
distinctive semiconductor leadership in terms of operations
management, planning, facilities management, and marketing and
sales. Prior to joining SMIC, Mr. Chi was the President and COO of
TPO Corporation, Vice President of External Manufacturing with
Freescale Semiconductor, President of UMC Europe, President of UMCi
Ltd, and Senior Vice President of Operations for UMC and Chartered
Semiconductor. "I am very excited to have the opportunity to join
SMIC at a time when leading semiconductor players continue to
enlarge their footprints in a rapidly growing China," said Mr. Chi.
"With its new technology license and extensive manufacturing
capacity, SMIC is well positioned to enter another phase of growth.
And I am honored to play a part in it." About SMIC Semiconductor
Manufacturing International Corporation ("SMIC"; NYSE: SMI; SEHK:
981) is one of the leading semiconductor foundries in the world and
the largest and most advanced foundry in Mainland China, providing
integrated circuit (IC) manufacturing service at 0.35 micron to 65
nanometer and finer line technologies. Headquartered in Shanghai,
China, SMIC has a 300- millimeter wafer fabrication facility (fab)
and three 200 mm wafer fabs in its Shanghai mega-fab, two 300 mm
wafer fabs in its Beijing mega-fab, a 200 mm wafer fab in Tianjin,
and an in-house assembly and testing facility in Chengdu. SMIC also
has customer service and marketing offices in the U.S., Europe, and
Japan, and a representative office in Hong Kong. In addition, SMIC
manages and operates a 200 mm wafer fab in Chengdu owned by Cension
Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation and a 300 mm wafer fab
under construction in Wuhan owned by Wuhan Xinxin Semiconductor
Manufacturing Corporation. For more information, please visit
http://www.smics.com/ . For more information, please contact: SMIC
Reiko Chang Corporate Relations Tel: +86-21-5080-2000 x10544 Email:
DATASOURCE: Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation
CONTACT: Reiko Chang of Semiconductor Manufacturing International
Corporation, +86-21-5080-2000 x10544, or Web site:
http://www.smics.com/
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