09/29/2004 September 29--AdvantaPure is pleased to announce its International Distribution Network, offering customers in North and South America, Europe, Asia, and Australia quick access to the company's products. The Network allows nearly worldwide coverage of AdvantaPure's sanitary tubing, hose, fittings, and assemblies for markets such as pharmaceutical, biomedical, food, beverage, dairy, cosmetic, chemical, and others involving high purity applications.
09/29/2004 September 29, 2004 - ASML and Nikon have finalized details of their patent settlement, announced in early September, regarding lithography equipment.
09/29/2004 September 29, 2004 - Agere Systems has announced plans to reduce expenses by eliminating 500 employees and ceasing operations at its Orlando, FL, facility by the end of 2005 if a sale cannot be arranged by that time. Agere said that it is aligning its cost structure to match current revenue expectations and to improve profitability.
09/29/2004 September 29, 2004 - Mainland China's entry into volume production of 300mm wafers officially began in late September with the formal opening of a $1 billion fab in Beijing by silicon foundry supplier Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp. (SMIC).
09/29/2004 Angela Belcher, a scientist who uses genetically modified viruses to produce nanowires, self-assembling films and other nanomaterials, received a $500,000 "genius grant" on Tuesday. The fellowship program, now in its 24th year, honors people for their creativity, originality and potential to affect society.
09/29/2004 Results of the 2004 National Small Tech Commercialization Survey will be presented at NanoCommerce 2004 in Chicago, Oct. 5-7. The study shows that the majority of U.S. companies surveyed are shipping nano-enabled products, are profitable and are projecting rapid revenue growth over the next five years.
09/28/2004 September 28, 2004 - More chipmakers are coming forward to downgrade their estimates for 3Q04 performance, claming inventory buildup has become an industrywide problem.
09/28/2004 Honeywell International Inc. and SiOptical Inc. announced Friday that they will develop MEMS-based components for next-generation communication networks for military and commercial use. The companies will work together to produce two technologies for faster, better performing communications networks by 2006.
09/28/2004 The National Science Foundation has awarded a first-of-its-kind grant to train teachers in nanotechnology and help them develop programs for middle and high schools. NSF this week is expected to officially announce a five-year, $15-million award to Robert Chang, a professor in Northwestern's Department of Materials Science and Engineering.
09/27/2004 September 20--The Food and Drug Administration proposed a regulation today to further improve the safety of shell eggs on the farm. When implemented, the production changes defined by the regulation will significantly reduce the number of illness caused by eggs contaminated with Salmonella Enteritidis (SE).
09/27/2004 Do you ever wonder what public relations folks really think about every tool or technology they have to promote? Well, they’ll never tell. But you may gain insights – if not a free tip or two – from the small tech PR veterans below. Most received behind-the-scenes help from colleagues.
09/24/2004 (September 24, 2004) Sunnyvale, Calif.— The current semiconductor cycle has hit its peak in 2004, and 2005 will be the first year of a two-year downturn. High oil prices and post-election year economics are predicted as the reason for this change.
09/24/2004 September 24, 2004 - LG.Philips LCD Co. Ltd. has announced that its new sixth-generation TFT-LCD fabrication plant, "P6," in Gumi, South Korea, began mass production last month. The plant will produce TFT-LCDs (thin-film transistor liquid crystal displays) for large- and wide-screen LCD TVs and desktop monitors.
09/24/2004 No one can deny the impact of the nanotechnology bill that President Bush and his administration championed. Funding for nanotech has nearly doubled since Bush took office and his fiscal year 2005 budget called for $1 billion for nanotech.
