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Siegmund Named ITRI CEO

Northbrook, Ill.-Jerry Siegmund has been named CEO of the Interconnection Technology Research Institute (ITRI), an industry-led consortium sponsored by the IPC.

Siegmund, who served as a senior marketing executive for Circuit-Wise Inc. before his retirement in 1997, has been active in the electronics industry since 1959. [ipc.org]

Dr. Stroh Joins Polyclad As VP

Londonderry, N.H.-Dr. Edward Stroh Jr. has joined Cookson Electronics' Polyclad Technologies as vice president of marketing, PWB Chemistry, located at the Enthone Inc. Orange, Conn. facility.

Most recently, Dr. Stroh held a variety of business management posts at E.I. DuPont. He earned a doctorate in physical polymer chemistry from Pennsylvania State University. [polyclad.com]

Merix Promotes Trobough to CTO

Forest Grove, Ore.-Merix Corp. has promoted Douglas W. Trobough to chief technology officer from director of new product introduction engineering, a post he held since 1995.

Trobough, who holds a bachelor's degree in chemistry from Portland State University, will continue to oversee product engineering and development, as well as field applications engineering. [merix.com]

Dr. Jurgen Knorr

AMD Posts Maghribi to Group Chief

Sunnyvale, Calif.-Walid Maghribi has been promoted to the new post of president of the company's Memory Group. He was also elected a senior vice president and corporate officer.

The Memory Group, which had sales of more than $1.5 billion last year, produces flash memory devices. Maghribi joined AMD in 1986 as a product line manager. [amd.com]

Dr. Knorr Joins Amkor's Board

West Chester, Pa.-Dr. Jurgen Knorr, former CEO and group president of Siemens Semicon-ductor Group, has joined the board of Amkor Technology Inc., expanding the board to seven directors.

Following his retirement from Siemens in 1996, Dr. Knorr took an active role in advancing the European semiconductor industry as a member of the Joint European Submicron Silicon Initiative and as president and chairman of Micro Electronics Development for European Applications. [amkor.com]