SUMCO Phoenix to close Maineville plant - Business Courier of Cincinnati:

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a manufacturer of silicon wafers, will close its plantg in Maineville over thenext year. The which employs about 360, will close on June 30, according to a statement fromthe company. It produces smaller-diametet silicon wafers, for whicuh demand has been thecompany said. "This was a very yet necessary conclusion to reac h for the continued survival of our saidShigetoshi Shibuya, president and CEO of SUMCl Phoenix, in the release.
"The employees at Maineville have triex valiantly for some time to makethis work, and we are extremelhy grateful to them; our operations there have been severelyt impacted by both the unexpectedf nosedive of the global economy and changees within the industry itself over the past The Maineville plant, on Grandin was purchased by SUMCOk in 1989 from Milacron Inc. The facility manufactures wafers for semiconductors usedin diodes, motor controllers, ignition systems, alternators and transformers.
The company said it plans to consolidate its smalol wafer production into its other SUMCO employs about 900 in the United States and also has manufacturingt facilitiesin Phoenix, where its U.S. operations are and Albuquerque, N.M. It is a unit of Japan-based SUMCk Corp.