FORM 6-K
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
For the month of September 2006
TOWER SEMICONDUCTOR LTD.
(Translation of registrant's name into English)
RAMAT GAVRIEL INDUSTRIAL PARK
P.O. BOX 619, MIGDAL HAEMEK, ISRAEL 23105
(Address of principal executive offices)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual
reports under cover Form 20-F or Form 40-F.
Form 20-F [X] Form 40-F [_]
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant by furnishing the information
contained in this Form is also thereby furnishing the information to the
Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
Yes [_] No [X]
On September 05, 2006, the Registrant announced that Tower Semiconductor
Strengthens Senior Management Team, attached hereto is a copy of the press
release.
This Form 6-K is being incorporated by reference into all effective
registration statements filed by us under the Securities Act of 1933.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
TOWER SEMICONDUCTOR LTD.
Date: September 05, 2006 By: /s/ Nati Somekh Gilboa
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Nati Somekh Gilboa
Corporate Secretary
TOWER SEMICONDUCTOR STRENGTHENS SENIOR
MANAGEMENT TEAM
APPOINTS AMNON BEN-YISHAI AS SENIOR VP OF OPERATIONS, FORMER EXECUTIVE IN
APPLIED MATERIALS, INDIGO AND INTEL FAB 8
MIGDAL HAEMEK, Israel - September 5, 2006 - Tower Semiconductor Ltd. (NasdaqGM:
TSEM; TASE: TSEM), a pure-play independent specialty foundry, today announced
the appointment of Amnon Ben-Yishai as senior VP of operations, responsible for
Tower's Fabs, operations and manufacturing services.
Ben-Yishai brings more than twenty-five years of experience in manufacturing and
operations in semiconductor and technology companies. Throughout his career, he
held key positions in manufacturing, engineering, yield, quality and reliability
and was responsible for world-class achievements in the areas of establishing
new operations, ramp-up, cycle time, yield, supply chains, cost effectiveness
and manufacturing efficiencies.
"The Tower team has successfully achieved a 2.5x quarterly revenue growth over
the past year and we guided Q3 to be Tower's third consecutive record revenue
quarter. We are pleased that Amnon Ben-Yishai has joined Tower's senior
management team and are confident that his experience will further contribute to
the immediate success of Tower's Fab capacity increases as well as our long term
growth plans.", said Russell Ellwanger, Tower's chief executive officer. "Amnon
has a strong reputation of achieving Fab efficiencies and establishing
operational benchmark and we look forward to his leadership to inspire and
create further vision towards the next stage of growth and performance."
Most recently, Amnon Ben-Yishai was a vice president in Applied Materials
Corporation (NasdaqGM: AMAT), where he served more than 8 years, including PDC
Operations in Rehovot. Prior to joining Applied, he served as VP operations at
Indigo (now HP; NYSE: HPQ). He began his career at Intel Corporation (NasdaqGM:
INTC) and worked there for 14 years. During this period, he was part of the core
team that established Fab 8 in Jerusalem, served as manufacturing manager and
managed the yield, quality and reliability activities.
ABOUT TOWER SEMICONDUCTOR LTD.
Tower Semiconductor Ltd. is a pure-play independent specialty foundry
established in 1993. The company manufactures integrated circuits with
geometries ranging from 1.0 to 0.13-micron; it also provides complementary
technical services and design support. In addition to digital CMOS process
technology, Tower offers advanced non-volatile memory solutions, mixed-signal
and CMOS image-sensor technologies. To provide world-class customer service, the
company maintains two manufacturing facilities: Fab 1 has process technologies
from 1.0 to 0.35-micron and can produce up to 16,000 150mm wafers per month. Fab
2 features 0.18 and 0.13-micron, standard and specialized process technologies
and has a current capacity of up to 15,000 200mm wafers per month. Tower's
website is located at www.towersemi.com.
CONTACT:
Tower Semiconductor
Ilanit Vudinsky, +972 4 650 6434
ilanitvu@towersemi.com