Globalfoundries appoints head honcho of fab 2
GLOBALFOUNDRIES HAS APPOINTED a vice president and general manager as well as a vice president of operations of its new Fab 2, at the Luther Forest Technology Campus in Saratoga County, New York.
Norm Armour, formerly of Applied Materials, has been put in the role of Veep and GM, with "overall responsibility for the development and execution of the Fab 2 campus" as well as an order to ensure the focus stays on "maximising efficiency".
Armour shouldn't have too much trouble with orders or efficiency, before joining Applied Materials he spent six years at AMD as director of operations - first at Fab 10 and then Fab 25 in Austin - and took part in the initial programming of Fab 30 in Dresden, Germany (now Global's Fab 1).
New Glofo veep of operations is apparently Eric Choh, another member of the AMD old boys club, in charge of day-to-day operations at Fab 2. In his past life, Choh was a member of the Fab 25 start-up team in Austin, Texas and served as director of operations from start-up to full ramp at Fab 30 in Dresden. He will now report to Armour.
The INQ has been told site development work for construction of Fab 2 began back on June 15th and that an official groundbreaking ceremony is being planned for late July. µ
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From http://www.epa.gov/region02/superfund/npl/0202084c.pdf, describing the current Luther Forest site for GloFo Fab 2:
The Malta Rocket Fuel Area site consists of the 165-acre Malta Test Station and some undeveloped forest that forms
part of the safety easement for the Test Station. The Test Station was established in 1945 by the U.S. Government for
rocket engine and fuel testing, and was first leased by various agencies, including several departments of the military,
and then purchased in 1955 by a predecessor of the Department of Defense. The site was also leased to NASA and
used for research and development projects conducted on behalf of the Department of Energy. The General Electric
Company (GE) operated the Test Station as a government contractor from 1945 to 1964. In 1964, the Test Station and
the easement were acquired by a predecessor of the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority
(NYSERDA). GE continued as an operating contractor while NYSERDA and its predecessor conducted atomic and
space research and development at the Test Station. In 1984, NYSERDA sold approximately 81 acres of the Test
Station, including most of the original buildings, test areas, rocket gantries, and other facilities to the Wright-Malta
Corporation. Operations at the site involved the use of hazardous substances. Investigations of soil, sludge, surface
water, and ground water at the site indicated the presence of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and polychlorinated
biphenyls (PCBs). Numerous potential source areas were identified at the site, including scrap metal storage, chemical
storage, solid waste disposal, drum disposal, and fuel mixing areas; a burning pit; the rocket gantries and associated
cooling pits; septic tanks and leach fields; aboveground and underground storage tanks and piping systems; and the
magazine area. In 2004, the Luther Forest Technology Campus Economic Development Corporation purchased the Test
Station property from the Wright-Malta Corporation. The property is currently slated for redevelopment.
The population within a 2-mile radius of the site is approximately 12,000, which includes the Luther Forest housing
development. Water is supplied to area residents through the public system, which draws ground water from wells
located 6,000 feet from the site.
The ground water and surface water at the site are contaminated with VOCs, primarily carbon tetrachloride and
trichloroethylene. The Test Station water supply is treated by an air stripper to remove unacceptable levels of VOCs prior
to on-site use; however, trespassers and on-site cleanup workers could be exposed to contaminated ground water or
surface water. Residents of the Luther Forest housing development have expressed concern that contaminants may
reach their water supply wells located 6,000 feet from the site.
Site soils were contaminated with PCBs, lead, and mercury at concentrations that posed a threat to human health and
the environment.
Thank you Sylvie, for bringing the news that Hector (El Idioto Supremo) Ruiz will be denied the opportunity to stick his fingers into Glofo's Fab 2 operations.
Armour and Choh should turn out to be solid choices.
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