The October 13th webinar has been recorded.
Members of Société can view the webinar here
As factories have resumed activity following Covid-19 pandemic inspired shut-downs, supplies of semiconductor chips integral to the operation of mobile phones, cars, and a host of household and industrial appliances have been in short supply. Car manufacturers including General Motors, Ford, and Toyota are struggling to deal with the shortage and have slowed or idled some production lines.US and global semiconductor fab operators are gearing up to increase production but that will take some time. EMD Electronic Materials Global Head Anand Nambiar will give his perspective on the causes and cures for the shortage. As head of a major global supplier of chemicals and materials to fab operators, he has a unique perspective on what it will take to alleviate the shortages and how governments, such as the US and China, are maneuvering to back their semiconductor champions to secure technology leadership for their industry champions.
Speaker:
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Anand Nambiar
Global Head of Semiconductor Materials,
EMD Electronics,
a business of Merck KgaA
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About our Speaker
Anand Nambiar is the Global Head of Semiconductor Materials, the largest growing business unit within EMD Electronics, a business of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany. He assumed this role in April 2018 and is spearheading the business to become a market leader, focused on innovation and customer centricity.
Prior to this role, Anand was the Managing Director & General Manager Healthcare at Merck India where he was instrumental in developing and implementing growth strategies across all business units.
Anand also has a rich electronics background having served as the Managing Director of Optronics Division at AZ Electronic Materials, Hong Kong and Vice President Operations at Cascade Microtech, Inc. & Associate Director-Quality at Nikon Precision, Inc in the US.
Anand received his undergraduate degree in Electrical Engineering from Boston University and an MBA from the University of California, Berkeley. He is passionate about Deep Sea Diving and Rock Music.
Merck KGaA
The Electronics business of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, operates as EMD Electronics in the United States and Canada. Its portfolio covers a broad range of products and solutions, including high-tech materials and solutions for the semiconductor industry as well as liquid crystals and OLED materials for displays and effect pigments for coatings and cosmetics. Today, the Electronics business in the United States has approximately 2,000 employees around the country with regional offices in Tempe (AZ) and Philadelphia (PA).
Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, a leading science and technology company, operates across healthcare, life science and electronics. Around 58,000 employees work to make a positive difference to millions of people’s lives every day by creating more joyful and sustainable ways to live. From advancing gene editing technologies and discovering unique ways to treat the most challenging diseases to enabling the intelligence of devices – the company is everywhere. In 2020, Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, generated sales of € 17.5 billion in 66 countries.