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Paul Hook
July 21, 2010
From July 13-15, 20,000 semiconductor industry professionals from around the world converged on the Moscone Center in San Francisco for the most popular semiconductor conference, Semicon West. With recent economic and industry challenges, the semiconductor market has been down in recent years. However, the nature of this vital part of the technology world is due for an upturn.
What was the general feeling from this year’s conference? And of great interest to those in upstate New York, what is the current buzz about GlobalFoundries in the greater industry? We asked industry veteran and Zone 5 senior director of west coast business development his impressions of Semicon West 2010 and the general vibe of the keynotes, sessions and discussions from the convention floor. Loren, who has attended 30+ Semicon West conferences, has seen the industry rise and fall over the course of the growth and refining of the industry, and provides the prospective of one who has practically “seen it all” when it comes to semiconductors and their support technologies. Watch the video below to see Loren’s take on this year’s conference.
Zone 5, who hosted a hospitality event at this year’s Semicon West, has been helping technology clients market themselves at Semicon conferences around the world since 2004, working with site and economic developers, technology companies and higher education research institutions to help deliver their message to the masses.
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Spencer Raggio
July 20, 2010
Bloomberg Businessweek has an excellent, interactive table listing the return on investment (ROI) for more than 500 schools in the U.S. Ranking schools in dollars by 30-year net ROI, we see the usual suspects at the top of the list: MIT, Harvard, Dartmouth, Stanford, Princeton, Yale... and then at number 13 we find our friends at Union College. RPI appears at 20, Siena at 144. Interestingly, when you look at annualized rate of return, there's not a huge difference between Siena and Union (10.5% vs. 11.7%). And it will cost you about $50K more to attend Union, but the 30-year ROI doubles. Fun to explore the data, and kudos to Bloomberg Businessweek for doing an excellent job with the presentation.
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Paul Hook
July 13, 2010
Kicking off the 2010 Semicon West and Intersolar conferences in San Francisco, Zone 5 hosted a fantastic evening of “wine and whatnot” at the acclaimed wine venue, Press Club. Technology professionals from each coast and across the ocean enjoyed a sampling of wine from six prestigeous California vinyards. Dubbed as the “unofficial start” to Semicon West, this is the second year Zone 5 has welcomed current and future clients to sample some fine wine while learning about Zone 5’s abilities and experience in the semiconductor industry.
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Graig Mosher
June 28, 2010
I’d like to let you know about a couple green products that we found for the printing division of Zone 5. We had a specific need to find solutions for temporary and one time use signs. Event signs and banners make up a significant portion of our printing revenue. The fact that these signs we were making were being used for a few hours and then being tossed in the garbage was making me cringe. So far I have found two alternative products that are working well.
We produce a lot of vinyl banners. Graduation parties, running races, golf outings, charity events and everything else. Vinyl is great because you don’t have to kill trees to make it. It’s waterproof and durable which is exactly what you need for creating an outdoor banner. However the same properties that make it a great banner product make it terrible for landfills. The solution is a truly biodegradable vinyl banner material called BIOflex. It’s just as thick and tough as non-biodegradable banner material except it will break down in 3-5 years in landfill conditions. This is perfect for temporary banners and I have been promoting it heavily whenever a client asks me for them.
All those events I mentioned need welcome signs and directional signs and we make a lot of those as well. Usually you print on paper, adhere the print to a board and let the mounted poster sit on an artist easel. The problem here is that the boards used are made out of paper so I went on the hunt for a substrate made from recycled content. Joe Pompei, Zone 5’s assistant production manager, found a really nice product called Bioboard. While the name isn’t particularly creative the product itself seems to be terrific. It’s strong and lightweight and made from a high percentage of post consumer content.
I’m constantly asking my vendors for green printing solutions. What started out as sort of a fad or trend seems to have become standard practice in the printing industry, which is good to see. There are new green products coming out often and I’ll be here to determine how I can incorporate them into our daily practices. If you have something that’s been working for you at your place, please let me know about it by commenting below.
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