GLOBALFOUNDRIES Announces New Fab 2 Executive Team
GLOBALFOUNDRIES today announced the appointment of Norm Armour as vice president and general manager and Eric Choh as vice president of operations to lead an expanding team dedicated to developing Fab 2, the companys next semiconductor fabrication facility, or fab, at the Luther Forest Technology Campus in Saratoga County, New York. Once constructed, Fab 2 is expected to be the worlds most advanced semiconductor foundry, creating more than 1,200 new direct jobs plus an additional 5,000 spin-off jobs in the region.
Norm and Eric bring a wealth of semiconductor manufacturing experience to GLOBALFOUNDRIES and will play critical leadership roles as we build and operate the most sophisticated semiconductor manufacturing facility in the world, said Douglas Grose, chief executive officer, GLOBALFOUNDRIES. With a wealth of industry expertise in fab build-out and global operations, we now have the leadership team in place to create a cluster of semiconductor manufacturing and technology innovation in upstate New York that will bring the next wave of chip innovation to the marketplace.
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