Xavier Buch Email & Phone Number

Hanau, Hessen, DE

Leuven, BE

Responsible for the Semiconductor Business Unit in EMEA (Production, Sales, R&D)Successfully ramping up EUV production despite Covid impact.

Leuven, BE

Leuven, BE

Leuven, BE

R&D Manager for the European Operations of JSR Micro supporting Lithography and CMP products Manage a Team of 8 R&D/Application Engineers Manage product development projects covering CMP and Lithography - this includes partnership with Technology centers to develop/test very advanced materials Customer relationship with all major IC Manufacturers in.

 Responsible of a team of 65 Process/Equipment Engineer/Technicians Manufacturing and Projects covering 70nm to 110nm in 2 Factories - 200mm and 300mm Manage budget, negotiate contracts and tools purchase Successfully ramp up of the 300mm factory with increasing yield Insure continuous improvement (Yield, Productivity, Throughput...) Increase capacity.

 Responsible of a team of 25 Process/Equipment Engineers/Technicians  Manufacturing and Projects covering 193 to 365nm in a 200mm Factory –  Technologies from 130nm to and 250nm Manage budget, negotiate contracts and tools purchase Insure continuous improvement (Yield, Productivity, Throughput...) Decrease Defect Density and improve Monitoring.

 Implementation of new processes (Bilayer resist, Copper technologies, …) Production & maintenance support  Develop monitoring scheme of litho. Clusters (Exclusion monitor, …) Reduction of the Defect Density Writing of reports and fabrication procedures Relation with furnishers (Tracks and resists) Training of operators

Ph.D, Material Sci.

Masters, Inorganic Chemistry

Engineer, Chemistry