1. European Regional Standards Committee (ERSC)
April 2011
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Venue, Location, Date

2. Leadership Jean-Marie Collard (Solvay Chemicals)
Werner Bergholz (Jacobs University Bremen)

3. Key Issues
ERSC voted to disband inactive committees (MEMS, Facilities, Micropatterning) at June 2010 meeting
Proposal to form EU PV Automation Committee endorsed by ERSC at June 2010 meeting.
Equipment Automation Committee will meet yearly at SEMICON Europa

4. Major Activities
PV silicon feedstock specification (approved by TC, awaiting A&R procedural review)
PV Wafer Traceability, Transport Carrier, Equipment Communication
Liquid Chemicals
450 mm wafer (edge profile, flatness measurement)

5. ERSC Strategy Meeting December 17-18, 2010, Italy
Held annually, opportunity to think about how to improve the Standards activities in Europe
Kindly hosted by Helios Technology
Agenda included:
Review of existing committee activities and consider re-activating or disbanding non-active committees
Review of reports from other standards developing organizations and what lessons can be applied to SEMI
Overview of technologies requiring standards where SEMI may contribute:
Photovoltaic
Organic/Plastic Electronics

6. Recent Meetings PV TC, PV Automation TC, and related TFs
March 22/23, 2011 at PVFMF in Berlin, Germany
Compound Semiconductor
CS Europe, March 21, 2011, Frankfurt, Germany
ERSC and other TCs
SEMICON Europa, October 2010 in Dresden, Germany

7. Upcoming Meetings Gases & Liquid Chemicals TC
May 26, 2011, Brussels, Belgium
PV TC, PV Automation TC, and related TFs
Intersolar Europe, June 2011, Munich, Germany
Other TCs, ERSC
SEMICON Europa, October 2011, Dresden, Germany

8. Contacts
James Amano
Carlos Lee