Unitec Semicondutores, the largest and most modern semiconductor fab in the southern hemisphere, works in intensive semiconductor solutions supply for many markets by the development, production and encapsulation of integrated circuits. The Company, built to attend the global market, with main focus on Latin America, has a big capability to draw and develop high technology products for urban systems connections, smartcards, modernization of diagnosis in health sectors and hospitals systems interconnections, and innovative components to many industries. Unitec Semicondutores is a society that has as shareholders CorporaciÑn Am_rica, Banco Nacional de Desenvolvimento Econªmico e Social (BNDES), Banco de Desenvolvimento de Minas Gerais (BDMG), International Business Machine Corporation (IBM), WS-Intecs and Matec Engenharia. With an important regional presence and industrial plant in RibeirÜo das Neves (MG), in Brazil, the company contributes to boost the technology and development sectors. Per year, the production capacity of the fab is 130 thousand wafers.