'The next five years will see microelectronics investment in
'Or will foreign microelectronics suppliers sharpen their technological teeth on the fat pickings of the European market which they have been eyeing up for many years?'
This is how a story opened in Electronics Weekly's September 14th 1994 edition.
The story continues:
'An all-star cast from both the local European microelectronics industry and leading players from foreign countries will assemble to debate these issues at the Fourth European Executive Micro-electronics Forum at Munich's Hotel Vier Jahreszeiten on October 16-18 organised by Future Horizons of Sevenoaks led by Malcolm Penn.'
'Leading the overseas delegation are: Tsuyoshi Kawanishi currently senior executive vice-president at Toshiba and a former boss of the company's microelectronics business; Marco Landi president of Texas Instruments Europe; and Toshio Ohta director and general manager of NEC Semiconductors UK. '
'Leading the home team are: Pasquale Pistorio president of Europe's second largest microelectronics company SGS-Thomson; Heinz Hagmeister president of Jessi; Jean-Pierre Liebaut president of Mietec-Alcatel; Anatoliy Andreev head of the Russian State Defence Committee (which has responsibility for Russian microelectronics); and Ivan Lobov technical director at Electronica of Voronezh Russia's largest electronics conglomerate. '
'Getting down to the core of the conference - the applications of microelectronics to automotive and telecommunications purposes - are two top executives from Motorola and Alcatel Bell - Arturo Kruger director of strategic and technical development at Motorola and Leon Cloetens microelectronics and hardware technology manager at Alcatel Bell.'
Plus ca change all over again.
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