SEC/N thoughts. (Asset Management).(Surplus Equipment Consortium Network Inc.'s Japan Regional Council, Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International Japan sponsoring seminar on used semiconductor equipment)(Brief Article)

Semiconductor International, November, 2002 by Alexander, Gary

Thanks to technological advances in communications and transportation, the geographic boundaries between countries are virtually disappearing.

The islands of Japan have nurtured cultural ideals and traditions that go back thousands of years. However, evolutionary changes in international trade continue to challenge traditional ways of Japanese thinking.

Until recently, the Japanese electronics industry, in general, did not positively embrace the purchase and sale of used equipment. Electronics manufacturers often destroyed their surplus equipment to keep their Japanese competitors from gaining any perceived edge. At the same time, OEMs were vigorously striving to control the resale of their equipment in the secondary market. But all that has...

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