04/29/2008 April 29, 2008 -- /PRNewswire/ -- ST. LOUIS, MO -- The 5,000-sq.-ft. facility consists of an ISO 4 cleanroom, a distillation suite, and office space.
04/29/2008 April 29, 2008 -- /FDA NEWS/ -- On April 24, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a final regulation barring certain cattle materials from all animal feed, including pet food.
04/29/2008 April 29, 2008 -- /FDA NEWS/ -- On April 24, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued an order requiring that Evanger's Dog & Cat Food Co., Inc. obtain an emergency permit from the FDA before its canned pet food products enter interstate commerce.
04/29/2008 April 29, 2008 -- /PRNewswire/ -- CORONA, CA -- Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced today that FDA has completed the inspection of the company's Florida manufacturing facilities and has informed the company that it has removed the Official Action Indicated status at Watson's Davie, FL site.
04/29/2008 MEMS/nano development tools supplier SUSS MicroTec has entered an agreement with Philips Research to create a new type of nanoimprint lithography (NIL) technology called Substrate Conformal Imprint Lithography (SCIL). The partnership aims to bring this feature to an existing equipment platform, and enable new approaches to large-area apps.
04/29/2008 Apr. 29, 2008 - IBM and Spansion have signed a seven-year patent cross-licensing agreement that is expected to widen Spansion's reach into flash memory design and manufacturing, and support both companies' end-market interests in China.
04/29/2008 Apr. 29, 2008 - IBM and Matheson Tri-Gas, a subsidiary of Japan's Taiyo Nippon Sanso, have signed a four-year deal to jointly develop new high-purity gases and delivery systems for use in semiconductor manufacturing starting at the 32nm node.
04/29/2008 Apr. 29, 2008 - Suss MicroTec and Philips Research say they are partnering to develop a new nanoimprint lithography technology targeting a niche in sub-50nm patterning between small rigid stamps and larger soft stamps.
04/29/2008 SUSS Microtec and Philips Research, Eindhoven, Netherlands, announced a license agreement to develop an enabling technology called substrate conformal imprint lithography (SCIL). The intention is to bring existing equipment platform with additional nanoimprinting (NIL) feature to the market, enabling new approaches to large-area imprint applications.
04/28/2008 Apr. 28, 2008 - A Japanese media report claiming Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. is buying Sanyo Electric Co. is untrue, say the two companies -- but that hasn't stopped speculation in various media outlets.
04/28/2008 by James Montgomery, News Editor, Solid State Technology
Apr. 28, 2008 - ASM International has come up with an extensive new plan to return its frontend business to profitability. Key points for improvement: no more rapid-thermal processing (RTP) tools, more work sent to Singapore, and standardizing on one single-wafer platform.
04/28/2008 Nanophase Technologies, provider of nanomaterials and advanced nanoengineered products, says that for the quarter ending March 31, 2008, gross margin as a percentage of revenue increased to 35%. While the nanotechnology company reported a net loss of $950,000, losses continue to narrow.
04/28/2008 Quickfilter Technologies' QuickfilterPro 2.20 software, companion to the company's QF1D512 SavFIRe programmable filter chip, aims to help MEMS/microsystems designers quickly and easily add precision digital filtering to applications.
04/28/2008 StratEdge, provider of semiconductor packages for microwave, millimeter wave, and high speed digital devices, announces that it has received ISO 9001:2000 certification for its facility that opened in November 2007. Achieving certification indicates that StratEdge meets specific requirements for a quality management system.
04/26/2008 Apr. 25, 2008 - Industry analysis firm iSuppli is upgrading its rating of near-term DRAM market conditions to "neutral," up from a "negative" assessment back in November, saying future conditions look to be positive and indications suggest "the worst is over for DRAM suppliers" -- but the road back to market balance and profitability will still be bumpy in the near term.
04/25/2008 Apr. 25, 2008 - Japan's Elpida Memory plans to buy an ownership stake in 2nd-tier firm ProMOS Technologies through a private placement, even as it explores a DRAM JV with Qimonda and an existing far-reaching JV with regional rival Powerchip Semiconductor, according to local reports.
04/25/2008 Apr. 25, 2008 - A JV between Japan's Toray Industries and Korea's Samsung Electronics is increasing output capacity for film circuit substrates on which FPD chips are mounted.
04/25/2008 Apr. 25, 2008 - A technique developed by a team from the Kochi U. of Technology, Casio Computer, and Geomatec can be used to manufacture TFT-LCD panels using far less of the increasingly costly material indium, reports the Nikkei Business Daily.
04/25/2008 Apr. 25, 2008 - Researchers at Chuo U. have developed technology that could slash costs for high-output long-wavelength lasers by 90%, reports the Nikkei Business Daily.
