Siltronic’s executive board member Dr. Michael Peterat retires
Dr. Michael Peterat (63) is retiring from the Executive Board of Siltronic AG effective November 1, 2009.
Dr. Peterat, who studied mineralogy at Munich University (TU), has held senior management positions within WACKER since 1980. In November 2004, he joined the Executive Board of Siltronic AG as Personnel Director and Chief Operations Officer.
Dr. Peterat’s duties will be taken over by Executive Board members Dr. Gerhard Brehm, Paul Lindblad and Dr. Joachim Manke. Dr. Brehm will be responsible for German production sites and Mr. Lindblad for all non-German sites. Dr. Manke will become Personnel Director.
Company Profile
Siltronic is a global leader in the market for ultra-pure silicon wafers and the partner of numerous leading chip manufacturers. Siltronic develops and manufactures wafers with diameters of up to 300 mm at production sites in Europe, Asia, Japan and the United States.
Silicon wafers form the heart of modern micro- and nanoelectronics – for computers, mobile telephones, Internet, DVD players, flat-panel displays, navigation systems, airbags, computer tomography machines, aircraft control systems and many more applications.
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