Company Description:
MEMC is a global leader in the manufacture and sale of wafers and related products to the semiconductor and solar industries. Wafers are literally the foundation upon which virtually all of the worlds semiconductors and solar cells are built. Those products, in turn, are the building blocks for the $1 trillion electronics market (cell phones, computers, PDAs, CD/DVD players, satellite and automotive electronics, etc.) and the $18 billion solar cell/module market (rooftop, solar farms, consumer lighting, etc.). MEMC has been a pioneer in the design and development of wafer technologies over the past 50 years, and operates facilities in the U.S., Europe and Asia Pacific. MEMCs common stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol WFR and is included in S&P 500 Index.
MEMC is a global leader in the manufacture and sale of wafers and related products to the semiconductor and solar industries. Wafers are literally the foundation upon which virtually all of the worlds semiconductors and solar cells are built. Those products, in turn, are the building blocks for the $1 trillion electronics market (cell phones, computers, PDAs, CD/DVD players, satellite and automotive electronics, etc.) and the $18 billion solar cell/module market (rooftop, solar farms, consumer lighting, etc.). MEMC has been a pioneer in the design and development of wafer technologies over the past 50 years, and operates facilities in the U.S., Europe and Asia Pacific. MEMCs common stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol WFR and is included in S&P 500 Index.