CEO Interview with Francisco Almada Lobo of Critical Manufacturing

CEO Interview with Francisco Almada Lobo of Critical Manufacturing
by Daniel Nenni on 10-18-2026 at 10:00 am

Industrial AI in semiconductor manufacturing

Francisco Almada Lobo is CEO and co-founder of Critical Manufacturing. He began his career at a CIM research institute and joined Siemens Semiconductors in 1997. In 2004 he led the migration of an MES in a running high-volume facility, and from 2005 to 2009 he managed the Porto Development Center for Infineon and Qimonda, responsible… Read More