NEWS IN BRIEF

REDWOOD CITY, CA: Thomas West, a provider of materials for semiconductor production, has tapped Positio Investor and Public Relations as its first PR agency of record. The account will add about dollars 150,000 in annualized fee revenues to the coffers of Positio, which recently changed its name from Mathews & Clark. Other clients for the Silicon Valley-based agency, which also has offices in New England, London and Munich, include TSMC and the Silicon Valley Group.