NEMI Announces Technology Working Group Chairs for 1998 Roadmap
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PORTLAND, OR (March 19, 1998) · The National Electronics Manufacturing Initiative (NEMI) today announced the appointment of 15 technology working group chairs as well as the Director of Roadmapping who will lead the consortium's 1998 roadmapping effort.
NEMI announced the appointments at the opening of its two-day Roadmap Kickoff Working Meeting, which attracted more than 100 technologists from 54 manufacturer, supplier, other consortia, and government agencies. NEMI, whose membership employs 946,000 workers with 1997 company member revenues of more than $247 billion, is solely funded by its member companies/organizations.
The goal of the NEMI roadmap is to identify the key technology and infrastructure developments needed to allow the North American electronics manufacturing industry to remain competitive over the next decade. According to the most recent (1996) American Electronics Association report, the electronics industry represents 4.3 million U.S. workers, 6.1% of the Gross National Product, and $150 billion in exports
NEMI's vision is to ensure a world-class manufacturing environment in North America that is competitive for high volume electronics. The NEMI roadmap is a critical element of this process since it allows the industry to identify major gaps that could impact the capabilities of the supply infrastructure in North America. Closure of these gaps can also improve the competitiveness of downstream industries such as automotive, computers, telecommunications, and aerospace/defense. The 1998 NEMI Roadmap is scheduled for completion in December.
The roadmapping process is led by some of the leading companies in the industry who define the cost and performance objectives for their future products. The Technical Working Groups are composed of experts from the original equipment manufacturers, suppliers, government, universities, and other related consortia/trade associations.
The following chairs were announced today: Interconnect Substrates, Jack Fisher, Chief Technical Officer, Interconnection Technology Research Institute; Ceramic Substrates, Rene Cote, Vice President, IMAPS; Displays, Robert Pinnel, Corporate Technical Officer, U.S. Display Consortium; Mass Data Storage, Roger Hoyt, Process and Product Assurance, Storage Systems Division, IBM; Optoelectronics, John Olenick, Project Engineer, Electronic Manufacturing Technology Development, Eastman Kodak Company; Digital & Mixed Mode Semiconductors, Paolo Gargini, Director of Technology Strategy, Intel Fellow, Intel; Energy Storage Systems, Frank Malaspina, Energy Products Division, Motorola; RF Components, Peter W. Staecker, Director of Engineering, Corporate Research and Development, M/A-COM, Inc.; Passive Components, John Rector, Marketing Executive, IBM; Factory Information Systems, John Cartwright, Operations Manager, IFICS, Intel; Supply Chain Management, Rich Beck, Director, Supply Chain Reengineering, Compaq; Packaging, Robert G. Werner, Program Manager, SEMATECH; Board Assembly, John R. Thome, Corporate Director of Manufacturing Processes, Motorola; Test Inspection & Measurement, John Fulton, Director, Software & Test Technology, Compaq, and; Final Assembly, John Rueping, Manager, Process Development Center, Eastman Kodak Company.
The 1998 Director of Roadmapping will be Irwin Asher, Technical Manager, Lucent Technologies. Bob Pfahl, Motorola's Director of International and Environmental Research and Development, who led both the 1994 and 1996 roadmaps, will remain active in the effort especially as it relates to the integration of all National Electronics roadmaps through the work of the National Roadmapping coordinating committee.
About NEMI
The National Electronics Manufacturing Initiative was formed in November 1994 to facilitate long-term North American leadership in electronics. The industry led consortium is made up of electronic equipment manufacturers, suppliers, associations, government agencies and universities. NEMI's goal is to help its member companies become global leaders in volume electronics manufacturing. NEMI also works with government, universities, and other funding agencies to identify infrastructure weaknesses and set priorities for future industry needs and R&D initiatives. NEMI's website is http://www.nemi.org/.
For more information, please contact:
Cynthia Williams
207-871-1260
cwilliams@nemi.org
Ron Gedney
NEMI
703-834-2084
rgedney@nemi.org