Jordan Valley Named Mr. Sharon Laor Vice President of Sales

MIGDAL HAEMEK, Israel, July 10, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --

Jordan valley announced today that Mr. Sharon Laor joined the company as Vice President of Sales. Leveraging his 20 years of sales management experience, Mr. Laor will lead the company's Worldwide Sales, and will report directly to the company's CEO, Mr. Isaac Mazor.

Mr. Laor has a wide international business management experience, having worked for leading high-tech companies including: Motorola, Gilat, Amdocs and Nova Measuring Instruments. On top of selling globally, Mr. Laor gained marketing and business development experience in a variety of disciplines and markets. Mr. Laor is familiar with the Semiconductors industry, especially with metrology solutions for advanced technology nodes in Foundries, Logic and Memory manufacturers.

"Jordan Valley succesfuly developed a new line of promising products, utilizing its unique X-Ray technology, and now it is the right time to strengthen our sales organization. Mr. Laor brings with him wide sales management experience, passion and drive that I am certain will help us grow our comapny. I strongly believe Mr. Laor is the right candidate to take JV to the next level," noted Mr. Mazor.

"I am very exceited to join the Jordan Valley family and take this challenging position. I believe the company's unique  technologies, new products, customer presence and strong management, can make it one of the leading players in the metrology and defect industries, and I want to be part of that journey," added Mr. Laor.

Mr. Laor holds B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering and MBA from the Tel Aviv University in Israel.

About Jordan Valley Semiconductors Ltd.   http://www.jvsemi.com

Jordan Valley Semiconductors (JVS), the leader in X-ray metrology solutions for the semiconductor industry, develops manufactures and sells fully automated metrology tools for advanced technology nodes based on non-contacting and non-destructive tools.The company offers the semiconductor industry the most comprehensive portfolio of advanced metrology tools, based on X-Ray technologies such as XRR (X-Ray reflectomerty), XRF (X-Ray fluorescence), HRXRD (X-Ray diffraction).  Jordan Valley's investors include Clal Industries and Investments Ltd. (TASE: CII), Intel Capital (NASDAQ: INTC) and Elron Electronics Industries Ltd. (TASE: ELRN).With headquarters in Migdal Haemek Israel, the company has subsidiaries in Durham UK, Austin Tx, USA, Hsin-Chu Taiwan, Suwon Korea as well as offices and representatives worldwide.

For more information:
Alon Kapel
Director of Sales & Marketing
Jordan Valley Semiconductors Ltd.
Tel: +972-4-654-3666 x 134
alon@jvsemi.com

SOURCE Jordan Valley Semiconductors Ltd.