08/27/2003 Agilent Technologies Inc. and Qiagen NV have combined technologies in an effort to boost disease research and drug discovery, according to a news release.
08/26/2003 AUG. 25--HARLEYSVILLE, PENN.--Raymond J. De Hont, president and chief executive officer of Met-Pro Corporation says the company's Strobic Air subsidiary, located here has received an order to supply a large university in the midwest United States with a total of nine Tri-Stack fans.
08/26/2003 AUG. 26--TORONTO--Angry retailers and consumers demanded answers Tuesday about a mysterious recall of meat from a southern Ontario packing plant, saying the provincial government had not explained what was wrong with the products.
08/26/2003 August 25, 2003 - Vitesse Semiconductor Corp., San Jose, CA, has agreed to sell its optical systems division to Avanex Corp., Fremont, CA, a developer of photonic processing subsystems, in an all-stock deal worth approximately $5.9 million.
08/26/2003 August 25, 2003 - Intel has upped its projections for 3Q03 revenues, but execs stopped short of saying the semiconductor equipment market or even the overall IT industry is officially in recovery.
08/26/2003 August 25, 2003 - Semiconductor equipment supplier CoorsTek, Golden, CO, has added an 8.900-square-foot facility to its Gumi City, Korea operations.
08/26/2003 August 25, 2003 - ASM International, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, plans to relocate its R&D facilities in from Espoo, Finland, to the University of Helsinki, where the two organizations will jointly develop atomic layer deposition technologies.
08/26/2003 August 25, 2003 - Tower Semiconductor, Migdal Haemek, Israel, says it has received $2.5 million from wafer and financial partners towards its Fab 2 project, and received a commitment for another $20.4 million.
08/26/2003 August 25, 2003 - Infineon, Munich Germany, plans to contract with Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp. (SMIC) to manufacture memory chips with 0.11-micron processes, according to wire reports.
08/26/2003 August 25, 2003 - Credence Systems Corp., Hillsboro, OR, and the Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corp. are partnering to establish a probe and test development center.
08/26/2003 Aug. 26, 2003 - The National Science Foundation is awarding two grants worth more than $1 million apiece to study societal implications of nanotechnology, according to a news release.
08/26/2003 Standards in the MEMS industry may have taken a small step with the recent publication of National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) micromachine measurements, but the larger debate continues over standardization of such a diverse industry. Industry leaders say they hope the new development leads to more efficient manufacturing, improved reliability and greater trust from MEMS purchasers.
08/26/2003 Agendia BV of Amsterdam has selected Agilent Technologies Inc.'s custom microarrays as a platform for cancer research, according to a news release.
08/25/2003 Senior Editor needed with writing/editing skills and some knowledge of semiconductor wafer processing. Job involves soliciting and editing articles about semiconductor processing, working with authors, writing some Technology News stories, and attending technical conferences/exhibitions to keep current on the technology areas covered.
08/25/2003 August 22, 2003 - Chip factory utilization surfaced above the 85% level in the second quarter, closing in on the 90% mark where firms traditionally begin investing in new capacity, according to an industry group.
08/25/2003 August 20, 2003 - Silicon Image, Sunnyvale, CA, a developer of high-bandwidth semiconductors and systems, has appointed Duane Northcutt as its new CTO.
08/25/2003 August 21, 2003 - Bolstered by recent decisions from the US and European Union to levy tariffs against Hynix Semiconductor, other DRAM manufacturers also are seeking similar government action against the South Korean chipmaker, according to local reports.
08/25/2003 August 22, 2003 - Sipex Corp., Milpitas, CA, has signed a deal with PolarFab, a Bloomington, MN, foundry, to produce its high-end power management and interface products, as well as wafers for Silex's photo detector DVD products.
08/25/2003 August 21, 2003 - Metron Technology N.V., San Jose, CA, and Trazar Corp., Santa Clara, CA, have signed an agreement to add Trazar's radio frequency matching networking technology to Metron's Fab Solutions product and service portfolio.
