BUILDING ON THE PAST, READY FOR THE FUTURE: - MEMC
BUILDING ON THE PAST, READY FOR THE FUTURE: - MEMC BUILDING ON THE PAST, READY FOR THE FUTURE: - MEMC
24 business got off to a slow start. Nonetheless, the 1960s remained a period of steady growth for the company and laid the foundation for MEMC’s future reputation as a leader in the industry. In sharp contrast to its rural setting and the cornfields that surrounded the St. Peters plant, researchers there were giving birth to a technological boom. Monsanto’s roots in research and development helped create an environment that bred technological innovations, a trait that remains a hallmark of MEMC Electronic Materials, Inc., to this day. Additional Sources: www.semi.org www.semi.org/en/About/Awards/index.htm http://www.eoearth.org/article/Czochralski_Jan wafer evaluation, early 1980s. Flattening and grinding wafers, 1970.
Left is Dr. Forrest “Frosty” Williams, resident expert in III-V’s. George McLeod was head of Monsanto’s electronics business. In the early 1970s, he made the trail-breaking move to go offshore. Aerial view of St. Peters plant, 1970. MEMC’s Pioneering Years 25
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24<br />
business got off to a slow start. Nonetheless,<br />
the 1960s remained a period of steady growth<br />
for the company and laid the foundation for<br />
<strong>MEMC</strong>’s future reputation as a leader in the<br />
industry. In sharp contrast to its rural setting<br />
and the cornfields that surrounded the St. Peters<br />
plant, researchers there were giving birth to a<br />
technological boom. Monsanto’s roots in research<br />
and development helped create an environment<br />
that bred technological innovations, a trait<br />
that remains a hallmark of <strong>MEMC</strong> Electronic<br />
Materials, Inc., to this day.<br />
Additional Sources:<br />
www.semi.org<br />
www.semi.org/en/About/Awards/index.htm<br />
http://www.eoearth.org/article/Czochralski_Jan<br />
wafer evaluation, early 1980s.<br />
Flattening and grinding wafers, 1970.
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