08/25/2003 August 21, 2003 - Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing has promoted Mike Rekuc, president of the company's Americas region, to senior VP of worldwide sales and marketing, replacing Bruno Guilmart who is leaving the company.
08/25/2003 August 20, 2003 - Royal Philips Electronics, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, has added to its line of active matrix liquid crystal display technology geared towards the next generation of mobile phones.
08/25/2003 August 22, 2003 - Worldwide manufacturers of semiconductor equipment posted a book-to-bill ratio of 1.02 in July 2003, the first time since January 2003 that the ratio has climbed above the parity level, according to VLSI Research.
08/25/2003 Axsun makes MEMS components for the telecommunications industry. To put it mildly, that does not seem to be the best business plan these days. Jack Kay, Axsun's own chief executive, knows this and he is unafraid to say so. He banished telecom to Axsun's back burner while the company pitches its capacity to manufacture MEMS components.
08/22/2003 August 22, 2003 - A Standard & Poors analyst forecasts strong sales growth in 2004 for the semiconductor equipment sector, following a moderate increase this year.
08/22/2003 August 19, 2003 - DRAM chipmaker Kingston Technology, Fountain Valley, CA, has signed a deal to provide technology to Elpida Memory, Tokyo, Japan, in exchange for non-voting stock.
08/22/2003 August 19, 2003 - German semiconductor equipment maker Aixtron has signed a multi-year agreement to provide LED production equipment to Lumileds, a JV between Agilent and Philips, The Netherlands.
08/22/2003 August 20, 2003 - For Big Blue, August has been decidedly unkind: first a blackout shuts down its Fishkill, NY fab, then workers at the company's Vermont plant get pink slips.
08/22/2003 Guest Column: The MEMS industry has seen mixed success over the last decade. Today, there are only a few high-volume MEMS products available. Despite a major infusion of funds, efforts have not yet produced working MEMS in high volumes. The customer-foundry relationship is a significant factor. The “foundry” must be more than just a foundry; it must be a true manufacturing partner.
08/21/2003 AUG. 22--GENEVA--China will pare down its tariffs on a host of nonwoven roll goods from rates as high as 23 percent to 10 percent by 2005, but the world's most populous nation says it is not prepared to make additional cuts to industrial and agriculture levies.
08/21/2003 AUG. 22--ROLLING MEADOWS, Ill.--IEST, the Institute of Environmental Sciences and Technology, is evaluating the need for recommended practices on new topics developed by the Contamination Control Division during ESTECH 2003, IEST's recent annual technical meeting and exposition. As part of its research, IEST is inviting comments on the following topics:
08/21/2003 AUG. 21--ROCKVILLE, Md--In a 5-part strategic action plan entitled "Protecting and Advancing America's Health: A Strategic Action Plan for the 21st Century," the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today outlined how it is taking new steps to protect and advance public health for America.
08/21/2003 A nanomaterial-based compound designed to reclaim land lost to forest fires is getting its first major workout in challenging weather. "We're dodging thunderstorms every day," said Richard Maile, president of Sequoia Pacific Research Co. LLC, speaking on a mobile phone in the mountains near Taos, N.M., last week. "That presents a certain obstacle but other than that, it's going pretty much as planned."
08/20/2003 AUG. 20--SAN JOSE, Calif.--North American-based manufacturers of semiconductor equipment posted $763 million in orders in July 2003 (three-month average basis) and a book-to-bill ratio of 0.97, according to the July 2003 Express Report published today by SEMI.
08/20/2003 AUG. 19--ST. LOUIS, Mo.--McCarthy Building Companies, in a joint venture with Welliver McGuire, has recently completed the construction of a highly sensitive cleanroom laboratory, which will be used for nanofabrication teaching and research and development at Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y.
08/20/2003 NuGEN Technologies Inc., a San Carlos, Calif., developer of nucleic acid amplification and detection products, announced closing on $7.5 million in Series C financing.
