FRENCH PRESIDENT JACQUES CHIRAC VISITS CROLLES2 ALLIANCE FACILITY, 2003-02-27 (photo)

Left to right: President of Dutch company Philips Gerard Kleisterlee, Chariman of American company Motorola Christopher B. Galvin, French Economy minister Francis Mer, French President Jacques Chirac and President of Franco-Italian company STMicroelectronics Pasquale Pistorio pose together during the inauguration of Crolles2 Alliance facility near Grenoble, south-western France February 27, 2003. Crolles2 Alliance facility is a plant which will produce pioneer CMOS technology from 90mm processes to 32 mm over the next five years and also includes a 300 mm wafer semiconductor manufacturing pilot line. The Crolles2 Alliance was created in April 2002 when American company Motorola joined the existing alliance between Dutch Philips and Franco-Italian STMicroelectronics. REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer PW/WS