03/31/2005 March 31, 2005 - Global sales of Japanese-made chipmaking equipment in February slid 5.2% from a year before to 113.5 billion yen (US$1.05 billion), the first decline in 17 months, said the Semiconductor Equipment Association of Japan (SEAJ), Jiji Press Ltd reported.
03/31/2005 March 31, 2005 - Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp (SMIC), the biggest chipmaker on the Chinese mainland, saw its first quarterly losses in the 4Q last year, after becoming profitable a year ago, mainly due to compensation payments made to its competitor Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Corp. (TSMC), said Asia Pulse Pte Ltd.
03/31/2005 March 31, 2005 - Ancora Management LLC today said it has completed the purchase of the assets of Robotic Vision Systems Inc.'s Semiconductor Equipment Group (SEG). The company had been operating under protection of the US Bankruptcy Court, which approved the sale of SEG. The business will operate as RVSI Inspection LLC and will continue to be based in Hauppauge, Long Island.
03/31/2005 Argentina is known for many things – world-class beef, tango dancing and a brilliant blue sky, to name a few. But nanotechnology? Perhaps, if the government's recent success at restructuring the national debt results in new domestic and foreign investments.
Government officials and scientists have been pushing nanotechnology research for years, allocating research funds and facilities in the government's nuclear lab to nano. A series of nano conferences have taken place.
03/30/2005 March 30, 2005 - Having achieved a worldwide device market of $3.2 billion in 2004, gallium nitride (GaN) technology continues to be one of the biggest success stories in compound semiconductors, according to Silicon Valley-based market research firm Strategies Unlimited in its Gallium Nitride 2005 -T echnology Status, Applications, and Market Forecasts report.
03/30/2005 PALM SPRINGS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 29, 2005--eFoodSafety.com (OTCBB: EFSF), a company that provides effective methods and products to ensure the safety of fruits, vegetables and meats, announced through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Knock-Out Technologies, Ltd., that the Company's "Big Six" Germicidal product has demonstrated conclusive results
in completely eradicating the Avian Influenza (Bird Flu) virus with 100% efficacy.
03/30/2005 (March 30, 2005) Clinton, N.Y. — Indium Corp. of America is slated to exhibit at SMT/Hybrid/Packaging 2005 conference in Nuremberg, Germany, on April 19-20. Their exhibit will feature advanced technology lead-free electronics assembly materials, spanning solder pastes, wave solder fluxes, rework materials and solder fabrications, such as solder preforms, solder ribbon and wire, and solder spheres.
03/30/2005 SAN LEANDRO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 29, 2005--In response to industry and customer demand, Elsevier MDL has launched a dedicated, phased program to build a robust, scalable, enterprise-strength electronic laboratory notebook (ELN) for the life sciences, built on MDL Isentris technology, for delivery in 2006.
03/30/2005 RALEIGH, NC-- (MARKET WIRE)--03/29/2005 -- Metals & Arsenic Removal Technology, Inc. (MARTI), a portfolio company of HydroFlo, Inc. (OTC BB: HYRF), announced confirmation of original bacterial removal test results of arsenic removal media (ARTI-64). The testing evidenced significant reduction of bacteria including Coliform, E. coli, and Staphylococcus Aureus.
03/29/2005 (March 29, 2005) Brussels, Belgium—The outcome of a recent EU Commision TAC meeting concerning RoHS exemptions was the reaffirmation of its original decision to let the exemptions stand — defying a EU Parliment request to "re-examine" their decision. The Parliament and the Commission's debate over the deficient collaboration on the decision has increased confusion and uncertainty over the exemptions process.
03/29/2005 (March 29, 2005) Morris Township, N.J. — Honeywell's Electronic Materials business has received the Best Quality award from Samsung Electronics' Semiconductor business. This award is one of several top supplier awards presented by Chang-Kyu Hwang, president and CEO of Samsung Electronics' Semiconductor business. Its other awards include localization, technical cooperation, productivity, and distinguished service.
03/29/2005 March 29, 2005 - MagnaChip Semiconductor today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire IC Media Corp., a developer of CMOS image sensors, for an undisclosed amount. The transaction remains subject to certain closing conditions.
03/29/2005 March 29, 2005 - Sony Corp. has opened a new logistics office in South Korea to support operation of a flat-panel joint venture with Samsung Electronics Co., Sony's Korean unit said Monday, according to Asia Pulse Pte Ltd. The new office in Seoul, named Sony Supply Chain Solutions Korea, is aimed at providing services for LCD screens produced by the venture.
03/28/2005 Chaska, Minn. and Billerica, Mass., March 21, 2005 - Entegris, Inc. of Chaska, Minn., and Mykrolis Corporation, of Billerica, Mass., two leading suppliers to the global semiconductor and related industries, announced a definitive agreement to combine in a merger-of-equals transaction that creates a combined company valued at approximately $1.3 billion.
03/28/2005 (March 28, 2005) Seoul, Korea — MagnaChip Semiconductor has signed a definitive agreement to acquire IC Media Corp. for an undisclosed amount, remaining subject to certain closing conditions. IC Media, a fabless semiconductor manufacturer headquartered in Santa Clara, Calif., focuses on the CMOS image sensor market.
