01/27/2005 Asyst Technologies, Inc. announced that it is launching a 30-day expanded beta site program for its Asyst EIB
(Equipment Information Bridge) 4.0 software product.
01/27/2005 Cleveland tipped its hand last year in October when its medical institutions scheduled a cancer nanotechnology symposium that coincided with a nanomedicine summit and a weeklong event to showcase nanotechnology in the area. The symposium provided a platform for the National Cancer Institute (NCI) to discuss a $144.3 million, five-year initiative to develop nano-based approaches for diagnosing and treating cancer.
01/27/2005 Pall Corporation today announced that is has acquired Euroflow (UK) of Stroud, England. The company is one of the world's leading manufacturers of pilot and production scale chromatography columns for the biotechnology industry. Pall held exclusive global marketing and distribution rights to Euroflow chromatography columns and associated technologies since 2002. Euroflow sales are currently about $5 million a year.
01/26/2005 By Tom Cooper, Tim Higgs, John Harland, Terrence J. McManus*, Intel Corp., Chandler, Arizona
Increasingly, semiconductor manufacturing hurdles are being addressed with new materials and wafer processing techniques that present ever changing environmental challenges. However, process changes and the introduction of larger 300mm wafers also open up the opportunity ...
01/26/2005 January 21--This March, Boston will play host to a dedicated international conference and exhibition of contamination control professionals and biosafety specialists. The timing of the event is fortuitous given recently increased public concern in Massachusetts over
public health and safety issues related to biotechnology research and development.
01/26/2005 (January 26, 2005) Scotts Valley, Calif. — Carsem announces that T.L. Soo has recently joined the company as the new general manager of their M-Site factory. Soo is replacing the former general manager, Ian Ee, who, after 13 years, will retire at the end of January. Soo reports directly to Carsem's COO, S.W. Woo.
01/26/2005 (January 26, 2005) Scottsdale, Ariz. — After two decades of development, and despite increased competition from alternative technologies and more companies developing lab-on-a-chip products, lab-on-a-chip technology finally appears to be making its mark within the MEMS industry, according to In-Stat (www.in-stat.com).
01/26/2005 (January 26, 2005) Phoenix, Ariz. — FlipChip International announces the successful completion of its acquisition of all of the assets of IC Services Inc., including substantial dicing, automated inspection, backgrind, and tape-and-reel capabilities. FlipChip International is integrating the acquired product line into its wafer-level packaging and wafer-bumping services portfolio.
01/26/2005 Lawmakers signaled at the close of the 108th Congress that science and technology will not be spared as they look for ways to trim spending to deal with the growing budget deficit and pay for other priorities. Even though the National Science Foundation (NSF) enjoys widespread support on Capitol Hill, the agency found itself on the receiving end of congressional scissors.
01/26/2005 Dendritic NanoTechnologies Inc. of Mount Pleasant, Mich., The Dow Chemical Company (NYSE: DOW) of Midland, Mich., and Starpharma (ASX: SPL) of Melbourne, Australia, announced yesterday they reached an agreement that provides Dendritic and Starpharma with access to what the companies say is the world's broadest patent portfolio in the field of dendrimers.
01/25/2005 (January 25, 2005) Saratoga, Calif. — The contracting IC industry may face another setback later this year, according to Advanced Forecasting's quantitative forecasting model. The model is predicting a downward turning point in the second half for underlying demand for ICs, but the slowdown currently being experienced in the industry reduces the impact, according to the firm's founder, Moshe Handelsman.
