KLA-Tencor Corporation Appoints Bobby Bell as Chief Strategy Officer
August 15, 2017 at 05:18 pm EDT
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On August 14, 2017, KLA-Tencor Corporation implemented certain organizational changes that affected the duties and responsibilities of one of its named executive officers, Bobby Bell, who has assumed the newly created role of Chief Strategy Officer. In this new role, Mr. Bell will continue to report to the Chief Executive Officer, Richard Wallace, and will be responsible for ensuring that the Company has a comprehensive strategic planning process that addresses both its current markets as well as initiatives in new markets. Prior to assuming the new role, Mr. Bell was the Executive Vice President for the Company's Semiconductor Business Organization.
KLA Corporation is one of the world leaders in the design, production and marketing of control and improvement procedures for semiconductor production processes. Net sales break down by family of products and services as follows:
- inspection systems (41.3%): for the detection, counting, classification and characterization of defects linked to the manufacture of silicon wafers and semiconductors;
- metrology and extreme ultraviolet lithography systems (26.6%): for the control of lithography, coating, and engraving processes;
- services (20.2%): consulting, technical assistance, installation, maintenance, etc.;
- advanced vacuum deposition and etching process tools (4.7%);
- printed circuit board, display and electronic component inspection systems (3.6%);
- other (3.6%): primarily defect analysis equipment and software.
Net sales are distributed geographically as follows: North America (12%), China (27.3%), Taiwan (23.8%), Korea (18%), Japan (8.4%), Europe and Israel (6.5%) and Asia (4%).
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