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Silicon Valley’s Specialty Foundry Noel Technologies Promotes Brenda Hill to Vice President

Long-Time Company Executive’s Promotion Reflects Noel’s Increased Emphasis on Developing New Business for its Foundry Services

June 22, 2015, Campbell, Calif. – Noel Technologies, a specialty foundry in Silicon Valley providing process development and substrate fabrication for a variety of high-technology industries, has promoted Brenda Hill to vice president of business development, marketing and sales, increasing the company’s focus on meeting customers’ requirements, growing its customer base and optimizing its internal resources.

In her new position, Hill’s responsibilities include defining Noel Technologies’ process offerings, identifying growth opportunities, planning capacity expansions, allocating resources, ensuring that each customer’s needs are met and coordinating with Noel’s engineering and production groups.

Hill, who has been at Noel since 2004, has extensive experience in product marketing in the global semiconductor industry. She has a track record in maximizing corporate growth and profits while serving a diverse range of customers across multiple market segments. Before joining Noel, Hill spent 11 years as director of marketing and sales at semiconductor manufacturer Sipex Corporation and, following a 1999 merger, Calogic Corporation. The companies design and produce ICs for applications including power management, serial interfaces and optical storage. Hill’s industry experience also includes more than a decade at Siliconix Inc., where she managed worldwide marketing activities for the company’s small-signal discrete devices.

About Noel Technologies

Noel Technologies, Inc. is a Silicon Valley-based foundry focused on process development, optimization, quality and delivery. An ISO 9001 registered facility, Noel Technologies offers process development and fabrication services on wafers ranging from 50mm up to 300mm as well as several services for 450mm. The company works with silicon, glass, transparent and other specialty substrates in addition to standard technologies. As the increasing costs of technology R&D, along with slower revenue growth, continue to drive the expansion of the fabless business model, Noel Technologies is strategically positioned to provide integrated device manufacturers (IDMs) with a bridge from lab ideas to fabrication. www.noeltech.com

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Company Contact: Brenda Hill, Brenda@noeltech.com, 408.374.9549

Agency Contact: Bruce Hokanson, brucehokanson@comcast.net, 360.258.1260