Kitchener, Ontario, September 12, 2024 – PEER Group®, the largest supplier of innovative factory automation software products for the semiconductor industry, is a proud supporter of the inaugural edition of CHIPS Month Canada, a month-long celebration of Canada’s growing semiconductor industry.
Kicking off on October 7, 2024, CHIPS Month Canada will bring together key members of the North American semiconductor industry for a series of special events including open houses, conferences, networking opportunities, and webinars.
The focus will be on Canada’s unique contributions to the global semiconductor industry and the ways Canadian innovators can help advance chip manufacturing into the future.
“As a proud Canadian company supplying the global semiconductor industry, PEER Group is excited to be part of CHIPS Month Canada,” says Doug Suerich, PEER Group’s Director of Marketing and Chair of the CHIPS Month Canada Steering Committee. “With our world-leading R&D capabilities, talented workforce, advanced manufacturing, access to critical minerals, and so much more, Canada has great potential to play a very important role in the North American – and for that matter, global – semiconductor industry. CHIPS Month Canada is the perfect way to celebrate and chart that path.”
Scheduled events during CHIPS Month Canada, which will take place at various locations throughout Ontario and Quebec, include the 36th annual Advanced Process Control Smart Manufacturing (APCSM) Conference, the Canadian Semiconductor Symposium, a SEMI® North American Advisory Board (NAAB) Meeting, the MEMS & Sensors Executive Congress, and more.
The CHIPS Month Canada Steering Committee includes representatives from C2MI, CMC, Mitacs, PEER Group, University of Waterloo, ventureLAB, and distruptor. For more information, including a complete list of events, visit: www.chipsmonthcanada.ca.