Peter Podesser

Part of OC Oerlikon Corp. AG, Oerlikon USA, Inc. is a private company based in St. Petersburg, FL that develops and markets semiconductor manufacturing machinery and technologies.

EV Group (EVG) is a world leader in wafer-processing solutions for semiconductor, MEMS and nanotechnology applications. Through close collaboration with its global customers, the company implements its flexible manufacturing model to develop reliable, high-quality, low-cost-of-ownership systems that are easily integrated into customers' fab lines. Key products include wafer bonding, lithography/nanoimprint lithography (NIL) and metrology equipment, as well as photoresist coaters, cleaners and inspection systems. In addition to its dominant share of the market for wafer bonders, EVG holds a leading position in NIL and lithography for advanced packaging and MEMS. Along these lines, the company co-founded the EMC-3D consortium in 2006 to create and help drive implementation of a cost-effective through-silicon via (TSV) process for major ICs and MEMS/sensors. Other target semiconductor-related markets include silicon-on-insulator (SOI), compound semiconductor and silicon-based power-device solutions. Founded in 1980, EVG is headquartered in St. Florian, Austria, and operates via a global customer support network, with subsidiaries in Tempe, Ariz.; Albany, N.Y.; Yokohama and Fukuoka, Japan; Seoul, Korea and Chung-Li, Taiwan. The company's unique Triple i-approach (invent - innovate - implement) is supported by a vertical integration, allowing EVG to respond quickly to new technology developments, apply the technology to manufacturing challenges and expedite device manufacturing in high volume.

Part of Thallner Privatstiftung, E V Group E. Thallner GmbH is a German company that manufactures electricity distribution and switching equipment. The private company is based in Neuhaus am Inn, Germany. The CEOs are Friedrich Paul Lindner, Hermann Waltl. The company was founded in 1989.

Part of RHI Magnesita NV, RHI Refractories Asia Pacific Pte Ltd. is a leading producer of refractories with exceptional vertical integration. The private company is based in Singapore, Singapore. The Singaporean company offers a wide range of products and customized services, including basic and non-basic bricks, slide gate plates, isostatic products, prefab components, special machinery, mechanisms, and repair systems. The pulp and paper manufacturing process requires application-specific refractories, and RHI Magnesita offers repair and maintenance mixes, designed and vibrated concretes of high silicon carbide content, and other special products for this industry's equipment. The company has the largest number of locations worldwide and provides innovative, reliable products and services.