Technology >> CEO Interviews >> March 6, 2000

Knut Hinrichs – Elmos Ag (elg.f)

KNUT HINRICHS is Member of the Board and President of ELMOS AG. He joined ELMOS first as a consultant in 1985. In 1986, he became the Managing Director and the President of ELMOS GmbH. Prior to joining ELMOS, he was a Consultant to a number of electronics companies. Mr Hinrichs was also Managing Director of an electronics company for more than three years. He has also worked in the Controlling Department of Philips for more than five years. He holds a degree in Business Management from Mannheim University. PHOTO DR KLAUS WEYER is one of the co-founders of the Company and has been managing director and member of the management board since its foundation. He studied physics at the University of Cologne and received his doctorate from the Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich. Subsequently, he was a management consultant for micro-electronics with small and medium sized companies as his main clients. Profile
TWST: Can you start off with a historical sketch on ELMOS Semiconductors

AG. And then can you bring us up-to-date and describe what you see as

the company and the business today.

Mr. Hinrichs: