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Hayward Quartz Technology, founded in 1984, has grown to more than 250 employees. The company s modern facilities, located in Fremont, Calif., features over 250,000-square-feet of manufacturing space, housing the latest in machining equipment. In addition to being a General Electric authorized quartz fabricator, Hayward applies its machining expertise to other semiconductor industry materials, such as aluminum oxide, single and polycrystalline silicon, aluminum nitride and sapphire. In addition to Hayward s high-volume production capacity, it also has a complete research and development department that is devoted to supporting semiconductor original equipment manufacturers with technical assistance and providing quick-turn performance for time-sensitive projects.

True-Tech Corporation is a contract-manufacturing firm in Northern California that specializes in aerospace, semiconductor and medical machined components. Since 1994, the company has helped its customers maximize their potential and achieve their goals by reducing lead times, improving quality and reducing cost. Its 60,700 square feet of manufacturing space offers advanced manufacturing/materials management programs, quality assurance programs, machined materials, and computerized numerically controlled machining and turning centers. The company is a member of National Tooling & Machining Association, California Chamber of Commerce and the Better Business Bureau. True-Tech Corporation is located in Fremont, Calif.

Headway Technologies designs and manufactures recording heads for high-performance hard disk drives. It serves clients, such as Fujitsu, Hitachi, Maxtor and Toshiba and has more than 600 employees. The company, founded in 1994, is a subsidiary of TDK Corporation. Headway Technologies magneto-resistive recording heads utilize inductive write heads based on the inductive principles of earlier technologies combined with magneto-resistive elements to provide read functions.