Photronics, Inc. Appoints Daniel Liao to Its Board of Directors, Effective September 10, 2020
July 16, 2020 at 05:00 pm
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Photronics, Inc. announced that Daniel Liao will join its Board of Directors as an independent director, effective September 10, 2020. With his appointment, Photronics’ Board now has seven members, with four independent directors. Daniel is currently serving as Senior Advisor of Asia Pacific for Lam Research Corporation. Mr. Liao brings a wealth of industry experience, especially in international operations and technology development. Mr. Liao is currently serving as Senior Advisor of Asia Pacific for Lam Research Corporation. He was previously Chairman of Asia Pacific from 2017, retiring in February 2020, where he was responsible for operations in the rapidly growing region. Prior to that, he served as Group Vice President of Asia Pacific Operations from 1997 until 2000 when he was promoted to President of APAC Operations. He started at the company in 1993 as General Manager of Taiwan, China, and Southeast Asia Operations. Prior to joining Lam, Mr. Liao held various engineering roles at Integrated Device Technology, Inc. (acquired by Renesas Electronics Corporation in 2019) and Intel Corporation. In addition to his extensive experience working in the semiconductor industry, Mr. Liao is also a member of the Board of Directors for Amkor Technology, Inc.
Photronics, Inc. is a manufacturer of integrated circuit (IC) and flat panel display (FPD) photomasks. Photomasks are a key element in the manufacture of ICs and FPDs and are used as masters to transfer circuit patterns onto semiconductor wafers and FPD substrates during the fabrication of ICs, a variety of FPDs and, to a lesser extent, other types of electrical and optical components. The Company sells its photomasks to semiconductor designers and manufacturers, and manufacturers of FPDs. Photomask technology is also being applied to the fabrication of other electronic products such as photonics, microelectronic mechanical systems, and certain nanotechnology applications. The Company operates approximately 11 manufacturing facilities, out of which three are located in Taiwan, one in Korea, three in the United States, two in Europe, and two in China.
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