Hitachi America begins new semiconductor equipment center in Texas
Semiconductor Business News
(02/22/00, 09:41:31 AM EDT)
CARROLLTON, Tex. -- Hitachi America Ltd. today began groundbreakingOn a new 71,600-sq.-ft. semiconductor equipment center in Irving, Tex.
The two-story building, located on four acres inside the Dallas/Ft. Worth airport foreign trade zone, will house the Semiconductor Equipment Group's sales, service, parts warehouse, customer technical training center, and support staffs. The building also will include a state-of-the-art clean room and 200/300-mm tool demo lab for U.S.-based customers.
"This modern, state-of-the-art semiconductor equipment facility will enable us to more effectively address the needs of our customers in North America," said Tomoharu Shimayama, president and CEO of Hitachi America Ltd. "We plan to consolidate all of our sales, training and customer support and warehouse operations into our new location later this year. This will enable us to have a top-notch demonstration facility in the U.S. for our advanced etch, PFC abatement, ion beam products and implant systems."
Hitachi America's Semiconductor Equipment Group plans to increase its employee base by 30% by adding technicians, engineers and other staff to support the new facility. The unit currently employs 45 people.
"These skilled people, combined with our new clean room and 200mm/300 mm demo facility capabilities, will complement the cross-functional team of professionals we already have assembled in Japan and in other keys regions to serve the worldwide semiconductor industry," said Hisashi Ono, vice president and general manager of the Hitachi America Power and Industrial Division. "Our R&D and technology resources that are focused on the semiconductor process markets are some of the best in the world."
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