ST. PETERS, Mo., Sept. 26 - MEMC Electronic Materials, Inc. (NYSE: WFR) today provided an update on the status of its facility in Pasadena, Texas, which was threatened by Hurricane Rita.
The company reported that its employees in the Pasadena area are safe and that business resumption activities had begun on Sunday. The facility itself sustained no major damage from the hurricane. Prior to the hurricane, MEMC had safely evacuated employees from this facility.
About MEMC
MEMC is the world's largest public company solely devoted to the supply of wafers to semiconductor device manufacturers. MEMC has been a pioneer in the design and development of wafer technologies over the past four decades. With R&D and manufacturing facilities in the U.S., Europe and Asia, MEMC enables the next generation of high performance semiconductor devices.
