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Atotech Expands Operations at NanoCollege
Less than a year after launching a $5 million research and development program at the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering of the University at Albany, global technology leader Atotech will locate newly-created executive positions overseeing worldwide and U.S. sales at its growing operation at CNSE's Albany NanoTech Complex.
The new positions reflect the success of Atotech's initial research activities at the UAlbany NanoCollege, which are demonstrating critical advances in copper plating process technologies while progressing ahead of schedule. In addition, Atotech also expects to hire several new researchers to support its program, which is designed to enable the development of innovative copper-wiring technologies and 3D-integration solutions for use in advanced nanoelectronics device structures, including computer chips, chemical and biological sensors for the health and energy industries, and biochips for medical applications.
A world leader in the development and manufacture of chemistry applications for the nanoelectronics industry, Atotech is headquartered in Berlin, Germany and has more than 3,300 employees in 36 countries around the world. Atotech is providing international support for its research program at CNSE through its operations in Berlin and Yokohama, Japan, and also funding fellowships to support graduate students at CNSE.
Robert Preisser, vice president of semiconductor technology for Atotech, said, "the UAlbany NanoCollege is the perfect place to locate Atotech's global and U.S. sales executives, based on the success of our collaboration with the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering, which includes access to unparalleled intellectual and physical resources and a growing number of global nanoelectronics companies at CNSE's Albany NanoTech. We look forward to further building the Atotech-CNSE partnership, which is accelerating commercialization of our innovative technologies and providing new opportunities for Atotech to compete in the global marketplace."
Dr. Alain E. Kaloyeros, senior vice president and chief executive officer of CNSE, said, "we are delighted to expand and strengthen our partnership with Atotech, a world-class corporate leader in computer chip processing technologies, under the leadership of Mr. Robert Preisser. We welcome Atotech's decision to create and locate its new national and international executive sales positions at the UAlbany NanoCollege, which is further demonstration that Tech Valley is a desired location for the world's leading nanoelectronics companies. Continued growth at the NanoCollege, as evidenced by Atotech, is creating new career and economic opportunities for people and businesses across the state, while enhancing Tech Valley's global competitiveness in the 21st century innovation economy."
The next phase of Atotech's research activities at CNSE involves optimization of copper-plating chemistries for further decreasing device structure size, evaluation of new molecules and modes of operation, and enhancement of environmental protections prior to introducing those advances on a global basis.
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