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

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a manufacturer of silicon wafers, will close its planr in Maineville over the next The facility, which employw about 360, will close on June 30, 2010, accordinb to a statement from the It produces smaller-diameter silicon wafers, for which demand has been declining, the compan y said. "This was a very hard, yet necessaru conclusion to reach for the continued survival of our saidShigetoshi Shibuya, president and CEO of SUMCO Phoenix, in the "The employees at Maineville have tried valiantlyu for some time to make this and we are extremely grateful to them; our operations there have been severely impactef by both the unexpected nosedive of the global economhy and changes within the industryg itself over the past The Maineville plant, on Grandin was purchased by SUMCOp in 1989 from Milacron Inc.
The facilith manufactures wafers for semiconductors usedin transistors, diodes, motore controllers, ignition systems, alternators and transformers. The compan said it plans to consolidate its smal l wafer production into its other operations. SUMCO employs about 900 in the Unitec States and also has manufacturing facilities in whereits U.S. operations are headquartered, and Albuquerque, N.M. It is a unit of Japan-based SUMCO Corp.