 St. Louis, MO - SAFC Hitech, a division of the Sigma-Aldrich Group (Nasdaq:SIAL), today announced that its program of collaboration with universities has been named Education Initiative of the Year by EuroAsia Semiconductor magazine. The award was given to the company last night (July 18) at the annual EuroAsia IC Industry Awards held at the Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) in San Francisco.
Commenting on the award, SAFC Hitech President Barry Leese said: “To be recognized by our customers and peers within the semiconductor industry in this field is extremely rewarding. Collaboration with our university partners has long been an integral part of our strategy and also a major success for the company. Throughout the course of such research and development projects, secondments of staff and students between SAFC Hitech and the Institutions have been made to meet project demands. The understanding and qualification of materials is central to gaining their acceptance and integration into fabrication processes. Without these partnerships, scientific progression would be extremely slow. We see collaboration across the board, with universities, equipment and device manufacturers and, ultimately, with customers as a vital element in developing the best chemistries, process technologies and integration for future generations of semiconductors.”
SAFC Hitech has a global program funding research and development within University institutions to further materials research and development and analysis. The company has collaborative partnerships with a number of institutions, including University of Liverpool, University of Bath, University College London, University of Southampton, Helsinki University of Technology (HUT) and University of Helsinki.
"EuroAsia Semiconductor is proud of the EuroAsia IC Industry Awards and the extraordinary response from the microelectronics’ industry this year," said David Ridsdale, Editor-in-Chief for EuroAsia Semiconductor magazine. “With over 21,000 votes cast, these awards remind us what is good about the microelectronic industry - the people who drive it with their technical expertise and customer orientated perspectives. The program of collaboration with educational institutions that SAFC Hitech has in place is a worthy winner of the Educational Initiative of the Year award as it encapsulates what this particular award is all about – developing and introducing a program that truly demonstrates a significant step forwards in industry standards and achievement.”
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About SAFC Hitech: SAFC Hitech provides a unique chemistry service translating application understanding into performance materials worldwide. Through collaborative partnerships and an integrated approach from research and development, process development and scale up to commercial manufacturing, SAFC Hitech invests in innovation and manufacturing enabling current and future technology needs.
About SAFC: SAFC is the custom manufacturing and services group within Sigma-Aldrich that focuses on high-purity inorganics for high technology applications, cell culture products and services for biopharmaceutical manufacturing, biochemical production and the manufacturing of complex, multi-step organic synthesis of APIs and key intermediates. SAFC has manufacturing facilities around the world dedicated to providing manufacturing services for companies requiring a reliable partner to produce their custom manufactured materials. SAFC has four operating segments - SAFC Pharma, SAFC Supply Solutions, SAFC Biosciences, and SAFC Hitech - and had annual sales of nearly $500 million in 2006. SAFC is one of the world's 10 largest fine chemical businesses.
About Sigma-Aldrich: Sigma-Aldrich Sigma-Aldrich is a leading Life Science and High Technology company. Our biochemical and organic chemical products and kits are used in scientific and genomic research, biotechnology, pharmaceutical development, the diagnosis of disease and as key components in pharmaceutical and other high technology manufacturing. We have customers in life science companies, university and government institutions, hospitals and in industry. Over one million scientists and technologists use our products. Sigma-Aldrich operates in 36 countries and has 7,600 employees providing excellent service worldwide. We are committed to accelerating Customers' success through leadership in Life Science, High Technology and Service. For more information about Sigma-Aldrich, please visit our award-winning web site at sigma-aldrich.com.
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