Okmetic
Encyclopedia
Okmetic is a Finnish
manufacturer of silicon
wafer
s for sensor and semiconductor industries. Okmetic shares are traded on the Helsinki Stock Exchange
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The company was established in 1985 and at the end of 2006 had about 365 employees. Net sales for fiscal year 2006 were 64.7 million €.
Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...
manufacturer of silicon
Silicon
Silicon is a chemical element with the symbol Si and atomic number 14. A tetravalent metalloid, it is less reactive than its chemical analog carbon, the nonmetal directly above it in the periodic table, but more reactive than germanium, the metalloid directly below it in the table...
wafer
Wafer (electronics)
A wafer is a thin slice of semiconductor material, such as a silicon crystal, used in the fabrication of integrated circuits and other microdevices...
s for sensor and semiconductor industries. Okmetic shares are traded on the Helsinki Stock Exchange
Helsinki Stock Exchange
The Helsinki Stock Exchange is a stock exchange located in Helsinki, Finland. Since 3 September 2003 it has been part of OMX, referred to as OMX Helsinki . Since NASDAQ's acquisition of OMX in February 2008, the official name of the Helsinki exchange has been NASDAQ OMX Helsinki.- History :The...
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The company was established in 1985 and at the end of 2006 had about 365 employees. Net sales for fiscal year 2006 were 64.7 million €.