1990 Tim Berners-Lee develops a new technique for distributing information on the "Internet" in Geneva, Switzerland. Eventually it would become the World Wide Web.
1991 12" (300mm) wafers go into production. Pohang Iron & Steel, Samsung Electronics Company, LTD, and MEMC Electronic Materials, Inc., establish "Posco Hüls Company" (PHC), a joint venture in Chonan, South Korea.
1994 Taisil Electronic Materials (TEM) is formed as a joint venture between MEMC, China Steel and others. It is located in Hsinchu, Taiwan.
1995 MEMC stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange in an Initial Public Offering (IPO) in July. Tickername is "WFR".
1995 MEMC Southwest, a joint venture with Texas Instruments, was established in Sherman, Texas to produce 6" wafers. MEMC acquires the granular poly facility from Albemarle Corporation - it is renamed MEMC Pasadena, Inc.
1996 MEMC Southwest adds 8" production capacity to the Sherman site.
1999 Three new products are introduced to MEMC customers: Optia™, Aegis™, and MDZ®. Perfect Silicon™ brand wafers receive base patents and are transferred into manufacturing.
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