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editor’s word
Editor-in-Chief David Ridsdale
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Plenty of positives
Director of SOLAR & IC Publishing
Jackie Cannon
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For most of last year you would have been hard pressed to find anyone
Account Managers
Shehzad Munshi prepared to declare that 2010 would be a positive year for the
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Tommy Beazley
semiconductor industry. But as the Northern Hemisphere enters Spring,
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it is not just the weather that has a decidedly positive outlook. Analysts
Design & Production Manager
have been constantly revising figures as the news continues to be good
Mitchell Gaynor
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for the industry overall with output and ASPs not only remaining
strong, but seeing positive growth.
Subscriptions Manager
Issue I 2010
Debbie Higham square4
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Some of this positive news is due to the global economic climate with
USA Representatives: new economies holding up the overall situation better than anyone
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imagined. But it is also due to the improved cyclical management that
Janice Jenkins, Tom Brun Media.
has developed within the industry over the last few years. No longer
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Japan Representative:
content with the damaging effects of a cyclical industry there has been
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a concerted effort from manufacturers and foundries to manage their
China Representative: expenditure and output in a more realistic manner. The current figures
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are suggesting they are managing this better than they have before.
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William Dunlop Uprichard, (Chief Executive Officer)
Stephen Whitehurst, (Chief Operations Officer) It is not all wonderful news along the value chain and there are a
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