01/03/2005 January 3, 2005 - Canon Inc. plans to launch rear-projection TVs, popular in the US, as early as late 2005, said Jiji Press Ltd. Canon will use core parts, such as LCD panels and lenses, which it has developed for business-use projectors.
01/03/2005 We at Harris & Harris Group are more confident than ever that nanotechnology will spawn some great new companies. But we and other venture capitalists are not paying – and should not pay – premium valuations for nanotechnology-enabled companies.
01/01/2005 Moheb Nasr, Ph.D., director of the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) Office of New Drug Chemistry, Office of Pharmaceutical Science, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, will deliver the keynote address on March 22 at the CleanRooms 2005 Contamination Control Technology (CCT) Conference & Exhibition at the World Trade Center here.
01/01/2005 Termed by Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Tommy Thompson as “a milestone in U.S. food safety and security,” the Food and Drug Administration (FDA; www.fda.gov) is now requiring that food producers and distributors establish and maintain records to further protect the human and animal food supply.
01/01/2005 EAST HILLS, N.Y.-LCD manufacturing plants in Asia are among the first to receive Pall Corp. Microelectronics Group’s (www.pall.com) new high-flow-rate filters, designed specifically for high-flow, high-purity bulk gas delivery systems used in next generation display and semiconductor manufacturing processes.
01/01/2005 In today's highly volatile world, nothing is a certainty, but all indications are that 2005 will be a very good year for the contamination control industry.
01/01/2005 Over the next decade, nanotechnology will revolutionize multiple industries - but first it will have to overcome a few obstacles with construction, handling, and sterility of nanomaterials
01/01/2005 Research has demonstrated that ozone can offer a more environmentally friendly alternative to existing cleaning processes and, in many instances, can outperform them.
01/01/2005 Filament “NOMEX,” a patented material developed by E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company (DuPont) for use by NASA, is being incorporated into garments made by White Knight Engineered Products to satisfy recently tightened National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) regulations concerning arc-flash risks within the cleanroom.
01/01/2005 The major assembly and test subcontractors were cautious in their projections for the third quarter of 2004, and the caution turned out to be justified, with revenue figures ranging from small growth to significant drops.
01/01/2005 Extraction (www.extraction.com) has unveiled technology designed to both detect and measure molecular contamination for 193-nm lithography processes.
01/01/2005 A food industry provider seeking to inhibit pathogens in poultry processing is adapting technology that's behind an anti-microbial oral hygiene product.
01/01/2005 The Institute of Environmental Sciences and Technology will offer an online class, "Cleanroom Technology and Operations," February 23 at 11 am CST.
01/01/2005 Celliance, the third operating division of Serologicals Corp. has been formed to focus on providing recombinant human insulin to biopharmaceutical manufacturers.
01/01/2005 Uniting those who use nanotechnology with those who create it, NanoForum 2004, held here in mid-November, may become an annual meeting focused on moving nanotechnology from an academic endeavor to a commercial reality.
01/01/2005 FAIRFAX, Va.-With an origin in military applications, mobile wearable computers devoid of fans and moving parts are increasingly being incorporated into cleanroom garments.
01/01/2005 The issue of particle control with the use of HEPA and ULPA filters has long been an essential part of the fabrication process for integrated device semiconductors as well as the disk drive and liquid crystal display industries.
