11/22/2002 Intel Capital, along with others, has invested $10 million in MEMS manufacturer Colibrys. Its fastest growing market at the moment is aerospace and military. These customers are ordering inertial navigation systems and accelerometers, which have to be robust enough to withstand the shock of a missile launch, but sensitive enough to do the job once the system is in flight.
11/22/2002 FLX Micro said it has finished the first manufacturing run of a micromachining process using a material it said is stronger and more durable than standard silicon.
11/21/2002 NOV. 20--BRIARCLIFF, NY--Sales erosion has forced Hong Kong Batteries Ltd. (Hkbil), a distributor of cleanroom supplies and tools, to ceased operations.
11/21/2002 NOV. 21--CAMDEN, NJ--A New Jersey company already under investigation for a listeriosis outbreak is expanding a nationwide recall of chicken and turkey meat to 4.2 million pounds, the Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced today.
11/21/2002 Nov. 21, 2002 - Albany, NY - Tokyo Electron (TEL), announced its participation in Albany NanoTech's new 300mm semiconductor research center at a press conference held on the campus of the U. at Albany-State University of New York (UAlbany).
11/21/2002 Nov. 21, 2002 - Pittsburgh, PA - The MEMS Industry Group (MIG), the trade association representing the North American MEMS and microstructure industries, and NEXUS, the European Microsystems Network, based in Grenoble, France, have announced that they have entered into a partnership to foster greater development and commercialization of MEMS and MEMS-enabled devices in Europe and North America.
11/21/2002 Carsten Bahle of Wicht Technologie Consulting doesn’t mince words when it comes to the need to rethink MEMS packaging. “The biggest stumbling block to commercial success is the lack of general, simple and effective packaging techniques,” he said. The reason is simple: cost. Although these microsystems are getting smaller all the time, that doesn’t mean packaging costs are shrinking as well.
11/21/2002 Two continents' leading MEMS trade groups say they will join forces on several projects to boost small tech development and commercialization in Europe and North America.
11/21/2002 The Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and U.S.-based Veeco Instruments Inc. opened a nanometer technology center in Beijing, according to the Xinhua General News Service.
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11/20/2002 Nov. 20, 2002 -- Leuven, Belgium -- JSR Micro NV, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Tokyo-based JSR Corp., has completed construction of its newest semiconductor materials manufacturing facility in Leuven, Belgium. The facility represents an investment of 2.5 billion yen (approximately US$21 million) and is scheduled to begin production by year's end.
11/20/2002 Oxford Biosensors Ltd., a developer of medical diagnostic tools based in Kidlington, England, closed a second round of funding for approximately $6 million, according to a news release. The funds were provided by a consortium of international investors led by Mitsui & Co.
11/20/2002 Nanotechnology will best flourish in an environment that is largely self-regulated but includes measured governmental oversight, according to a report released today. Emerging technologies of the past, especially biotechnology, offer lessons that could help businesses, researchers and policy-makers acknowledge and address public fears that could stifle growth.
11/20/2002 BASF AG has developed metal-organic "nanocubes" that can store and release hydrogen to power fuel cells for laptop computers and other portable electronic devices, according to Chemical Week.
11/19/2002 NOV. 19--WHITE OAK, MD--In his first address as commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Mark McClellan told gatherers at a groundbreaking for new agency facility here that changing the regulatory review process is a key factor in keeping up with medical technology advances.
11/19/2002 NOV. 19--SPARTANBURG, SC--A nationwide alert instituted by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) indicates that all injectable drugs prepared by Urgent Care Pharmacy lack assurance of sterility.
11/19/2002 The U.S. House of Representatives has cleared the way for President Bush's signature on a bill to double the National Science Foundation's budget during the next five years.
