04/09/2008 ZESTRON announced it will showcase its latest fast acting surfactant technology (FAST) during the 2008 NEPCON Shanghai tradeshow from April 8th to April 11th at the Everbright Convention and Exhibition Center, Shanghai, China.
04/09/2008 Vectron International, producer of frequency control, sensor, and hybrid product solutions, will partner with Public Service of New Hampshire (PSNH) to host an Energy Fair for Vectron employees and the general public at its Hudson facility on Tuesday, April 15 from 10:00 a.m.
04/08/2008 Tronics Microsystems, the MEMS foundry that stirred controversy last Fall when it claimed that its profitability "validates the pure-play MEMS foundry model," now says it has achieved a 56% increase in annual revenue, to 10.5 million Euros ($15.4 million), in its fiscal year ended Dec. 31, 2007. The company's net profit represents 12% of total revenue.
04/08/2008 Apr. 8, 2008 - Weakened consumer spending -- not just in the US, but now apparently a global trend -- and signs that major buyers are slashing orders have caused analyst firm iSuppli to reduce its outlook for the NAND flash sector in 2008 by a full two-thirds. The firm now projects global NAD flash memory revenues rising 9% this year to $13.9B -- instead of an anticipated 29% rise to $17.9B, essentially removing $4B from the market.
04/08/2008 Researchers at Colorado State University used the MEMS-based Dimatix Materials Printer (DMP) to devise a novel method of rapidly producing, testing, and optimizing new materials that hold promise for efficiently producing hydrogen from water and sunlight. The DMP-2800 jetted smaller-than-nano droplets of compounds to help quantify optimal proportions and deposition conditions.
04/08/2008 April 8, 2008 -- /FDA/ -- Grand Supercenter, Inc. of Lyndhurst, NJ is recalling the following product because it has the potential to be contaminated with Clostridium botulinum, a bacterium that can cause life-threatening illness or death.
04/08/2008 April 8, 2008 -- /MINNEAPOLIS, MN/ -- Malt-O-Meal announced today that it is voluntarily recalling its unsweetened puffed rice and unsweetened puffed wheat cereals produced with "Best if used by" codes between April 8, 2008 and March 18, 2009 because they may have the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella.
04/08/2008 by Ed Korczynski, Senior Technical Editor, Solid State Technology
April 8, 2008 - Carbon nanotubes are the only viable (excuse the pun) new materials being developed to replace copper as the electrical interconnects for future ICs -- there are no known room-temperature superconductors, and optical interconnects require slow and expensive lasers and detectors. The theory and practice of growing CNTs was thoroughly reviewed at this spring's Materials Research Society (MRS) meeting.
04/08/2008 by Brian Dance, European Contributing Editor, Solid State Technology
Ian Burnett, past chairman of JEMI UK, tells WaferNEWS European correspondent Brian Dance what was successful about the just-completed MEDEA+ R&D programs, and how the new programs dubbed CATRENE will force the R&D community to relate expenditures to tangible benefits for society -- and "become the blueprint for government supported R&D not only throughout Europe but at a global level."
04/08/2008 ESI announced that its New Wave Research (NWR) Division has received a multiple system order from Hangzhou Silan Azure Corp., Ltd. for its AccuScribe 2112 laser-scribing equipment. China-based Silan Azure
04/08/2008 SUSS MicroTec AG announced the first installation of its PM300WLR, said to be the world's first dedicated 300-mm wafer-level reliability (WLR) test system, at a leading Japanese semiconductor device manufacturer. According to the company, it will be used for testing the reliability of current and next-generation devices.
04/07/2008 April 7, 2008 -- /PRNewswire/ -- SARASOTA, FL -- Sunovia Energy Technologies, Inc. and EPIR Technologies, Inc. announce the development of new solar cell materials that Sunovia and EPIR believe will rival the most efficient multi-junction solar cell performance in existence today at significantly less cost.
04/07/2008 More than 1,000 children, adults and families throughout New York State's "Tech Valley" got an up-close look at the world of nanotechnology when the University at Albany's College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering (CNSE) held its inaugural Community Day on Saturday, April 5.
04/07/2008 April 7, 2008 -- /PRNewswire/ -- WALTHAM, MA -- Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, announced that it has received FDA clearance for SpectraTM MRSA, a test designed to screen for MRSA, more commonly known as the "superbug."
04/07/2008 April 7, 2008 -- /PRNewswire/ -- VIENNA, AUSTRIA -- Vela Laboratories announced today that it has received the GMP certificate for its analytical and quality control laboratories.
04/07/2008 April 7, 2008 -- /PRNewswire/ -- SHANGHAI, CHINA -- STMicroelectronics, one of the world's leading semiconductor companies, today announced the inauguration of its new headquarters for Greater China.
