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
48 Above: Epi reactor. Left: Epitaxial deposition. In December of 1988, the federal Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) announced its intention to review the sale under the provisions of the 1988 Omnibus Trade Act, a law that gave the president the right to block the sale of a United States business to a foreign company if national security was threatened by the sale. Again, Bob Sandfort was in the thick of things: “It [the sale] did raise a lot of concern in Washington, and we had to have a number of meetings there to try and eMPloyee reCeiveS PATenT The July 1988 newsletter read as follows: Art Ackermann, Engineering Specialist at St. Peters, has received a U.S. patent, which he shares with Peter Tremont, retired CED engineer. The two men perfected a type of ozone technology used to make ultra pure deionized (D.I.) water. This unique process was developed in 1983 right here at our St. Peters Site. In this process, ozone is added to D.I. water to kill bacteria particles, which, if present, can cause defects by sticking to the wafer surface. The process has had a dramatic positive impact on our wafer quality and yield. As a result, all of the Monsanto wafer facilities now use this technology. In 1986 and 1987 Bob Craven, TSD Superintendent, and Art Ackermann marketed the ozone technology to Monsanto customers. At the end of 1987 the technology was licensed to Arrowhead Industrial water Company for additional worldwide marketing. To date, direct sales, licensing and royalties have grossed over three million dollars for our company. The technology will not be sold to our silicon competitors. Rather, it is marketed to device manufacturers to improve their yield and competitiveness. we believe that all device manufacturers will eventually utilize the Monsanto ozone technology to improve quality and yields. The ozone process is another example of Monsanto’s leading edge technology! understand their concerns. What they didn’t seem to understand in Washington was that we weren’t the only people making silicon. The Japanese had two franchises, Shin-Etsu Chemical and Osaka Titanium (currently known as Sumco), and the Germans had two franchises, Wacker and DNS, so
Missouri Governor John Ashcroft with Roger McDaniel, first CEO of MEMC Electronic Materials, Inc., 1989. they really weren’t losing the technology because it was already there.” This was the first time the law was invoked, and despite concerns expressed by representatives of the departments of Commerce and Defense, the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) voted unanimously to support the sale. Two primary factors contributed to this decision. First, Hüls assured CFIUS that they were committed to keeping the silicon wafer business in the United States. Second was the announcement that the company would be managed by a combination of current executives as well as Hüls officials. On February 7, 1989, then-president George H. Bush announced that he had given his permission for the sale of Monsanto Electronic Materials Company to Hüls AG. The West German government had already granted approval for the sale. All that remained to finish negotiations was approval from the governments of Japan and Malaysia where Monsanto Electronic Materials Company had manufacturing sites. Within a couple months of President Bush’s approval, the sale was finalized. Shortly thereafter, Dongbu Industrial Company took full ownership of an earlier joint venture between themselves and Monsanto located in the Republic of Korea, named Korsil. Hüls, who already owned the DNS facilities in Merano and Novara, Italy, prudently closed down wafer-making plants in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, and Milton Keynes, England, in May of 1989. The new company, MEMC Electronic Materials, Inc., was now the second largest manufacturer of silicon wafers in the world. With Dr. Roger McDaniel named as president and CEO, MEMC launched an entirely new era in the company’s history. MEMC made plans to build a 20,000-square-foot addition to the St. Peters plant to house its new world headquarters. When then Missouri governor John Ashcroft visited the plant, he commented, “The combination of Monsanto and DNS makes MEMC a major player in the world market for this highly specialized product and makes Missouri a world leader in this business.” In the ensuing years following the sale to Hüls, MEMC entered into some strategic alliances and joint ventures, both in the United States and abroad, to enhance their position in the world silicon market. Sources: St. Louis Post Dispatch, May 2, 1990 St. Louis Post Dispatch, June 25, 1990 St. Louis Business Journal, April 23, 1990 Semiconductor International, October 1992 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utsunomiya Great Strides in Technology 49
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48<br />
Above: Epi reactor.<br />
Left: Epitaxial<br />
deposition.<br />
In December of 1988, the federal Committee on<br />
Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS)<br />
announced its intention to review the sale under<br />
the provisions of the 1988 Omnibus Trade Act, a law<br />
that gave the president the right to block the sale<br />
of a United States business to a foreign company if<br />
national security was threatened by the sale. Again,<br />
Bob Sandfort was in the thick of things: “It [the sale]<br />
did raise a lot of concern in Washington, and we<br />
had to have a number of meetings there to try and<br />
eMPloyee reCeiveS PATenT<br />
The July 1988 newsletter read as follows:<br />
Art Ackermann, Engineering Specialist at<br />
St. Peters, has received a U.S. patent,<br />
which he shares with Peter Tremont,<br />
retired CED engineer. The two men<br />
perfected a type of ozone technology used<br />
to make ultra pure deionized (D.I.) water.<br />
This unique process was developed in 1983<br />
right here at our St. Peters Site. In this<br />
process, ozone is added to D.I. water to<br />
kill bacteria particles, which, if present,<br />
can cause defects by sticking to the wafer<br />
surface. The process has had a dramatic<br />
positive impact on our wafer quality and<br />
yield. As a result, all of the Monsanto<br />
wafer facilities now use this technology.<br />
In 1986 and 1987 Bob Craven, TSD<br />
Superintendent, and Art Ackermann<br />
marketed the ozone technology to<br />
Monsanto customers. At the end of<br />
1987 the technology was licensed to<br />
Arrowhead Industrial water Company for<br />
additional worldwide marketing. To date,<br />
direct sales, licensing and royalties have<br />
grossed over three million dollars for our<br />
company. The technology will not be sold<br />
to our silicon competitors. Rather, it is<br />
marketed to device manufacturers to<br />
improve their yield and competitiveness.<br />
we believe that all device manufacturers<br />
will eventually utilize the Monsanto ozone<br />
technology to improve quality and yields.<br />
The ozone process is another example of<br />
Monsanto’s leading edge technology!<br />
understand their concerns. What they didn’t seem<br />
to understand in Washington was that we weren’t<br />
the only people making silicon. The Japanese had<br />
two franchises, Shin-Etsu Chemical and Osaka<br />
Titanium (currently known as Sumco), and the<br />
Germans had two franchises, Wacker and DNS, so
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