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STATS ChipPAC Appoints Jimmy Phoon as Director
| Quelle: STATS ChipPAC
UNITED STATES--(Marketwire - August 6, 2007) - SINGAPORE -- 8/6/2007 -- STATS ChipPAC Ltd.
("STATS ChipPAC" or the "Company") (NASDAQ : STTS ) and (SGX-ST: STATSChP), a
leading independent semiconductor test and advanced packaging service
provider, today announced the appointment of Jimmy Phoon Siew Heng as a
member to its Board of Directors, effective immediately.
"We are pleased to have Jimmy Phoon join our Board. He brings with him a
wealth of financial acumen and diverse investment experience. As the
Company continues to grow, we expect Jimmy's varied experience to be a
significant addition to the strength of our Board," said Charles Wofford,
Chairman of STATS ChipPAC.
Mr. Phoon is currently Senior Managing Director and Chief Investment
Officer at Temasek Holdings (Private) Limited ("Temasek Holdings"). Prior
to joining Temasek Holdings in 1999, Mr. Phoon was with Standard Chartered
Merchant Bank Asia Ltd. He was a Deputy Director in the Ministry of
Finance, Singapore, from 1988 to 1992. Mr. Phoon also sits on the Board of
Directors of Shin Corporation Public Company Limited, Alliance Bank
Malaysia Berhad, among others. Mr. Phoon was previously a Director of SP
PowerGrid Limited, SMRT Corporation Ltd, Singapore Airport Terminal
Services Limited, SIA Engineering Company Limited and a Board Commissioner
in PT Bank Internasional Indonesia Tbk and PT Bank Danamon Indonesia Tbk.
Mr. Phoon holds a Bachelor of Economics (Honors) degree from Monash
University, Australia.
About STATS ChipPAC Ltd.
STATS ChipPAC Ltd. ("STATS ChipPAC" or the "Company") (NASDAQ : STTS )
(SGX-ST: STATSChP) is a leading service provider of semiconductor packaging
design, assembly, test and distribution solutions. A trusted partner and
supplier to leading semiconductor companies worldwide, STATS ChipPAC
provides fully integrated, multi-site, end-to-end packaging and testing
solutions that bring products to the market faster. Our customers are some
of the largest wafer foundries, integrated device manufacturers (IDMs) and
fabless companies in the United States, Europe and Asia. STATS ChipPAC is a
leader in mixed signal testing and advanced packaging technology for
semiconductors used in diverse end market applications including
communications, power, digital consumer and computing. With advanced
process technology capabilities and a global manufacturing presence
spanning Singapore, South Korea, China, Malaysia and Taiwan, STATS ChipPAC
has a reputation for providing dependable, high quality test and packaging
solutions. The Company's customer support offices are centered in the
United States (California's Silicon Valley, Arizona, Texas, Massachusetts,
Colorado and North Carolina). Our offices outside the United States are
located in South Korea, Singapore, China, Malaysia, Taiwan, Japan, the
Netherlands and United Kingdom. STATS ChipPAC's facilities include those
of its subsidiary, Winstek Semiconductor Corporation, in Hsinchu District,
Taiwan. These facilities offer new product introduction support,
pre-production wafer sort, final test, packaging and other high volume
preparatory services. Together with our research and development centers in
South Korea, Singapore, Malaysia, China, Taiwan and the United States as
well as test facilities in the United States, this forms a global network
providing dedicated test engineering development and product engineering
support for customers from design to volume production. STATS ChipPAC is
listed on both the Nasdaq Stock Market (NASDAQ) and the Singapore Exchange
Securities Trading Limited (SGX-ST). In addition, STATS ChipPAC is also
included in the Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) Index. Further
information is available at www.statschippac.com. Information contained in
this website does not constitute a part of this release.