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01/31/2008  January 29, 2008 -- /ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, IL/ -- The Institute of Environmental Sciences and Technology (IEST) announces that the virtual expo for ESTECH 2008, the 54th Annual Technical Meeting and Exposition, is now open.

01/31/2008  January 29, 2008 -- LEUVEN, BELGIUM, AND HSINCHU, TAIWAN -- Powerchip Semiconductor Corporation, a leading Taiwan-based memory semiconductor supplier offering dynamic random access memory chips and flash memory chips, has entered into a partnership with IMEC, Europe's leading independent nanoelectronics research center, to perform research and development for the sub-32 nm memory process generations.

01/31/2008  January 29, 2008 -- /PRNewswire/ -- TOKYO, JAPAN -- TAZMO Co., Ltd. and Silecs, Inc. today announced an extension of their existing partnership that allows them to co-market their respective solutions to mutual customers.

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01/31/2008  January 28, 2008 -- /FDA/ -- The FDA today announced a nationwide recall of all lots of Heparin and saline pre-filled flush syringes manufactured by AM2 PAT, Inc. of Angier, NC.

01/31/2008  January 29, 2008 -- /PrNewswire/ -- SUNNYVALE, CA -- Cepheid today announced that Health Canada has issued a medical device license for the Xpert^TM MRSA test for the rapid detection of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus on nasal swabs and the GeneXpert^R system.

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01/31/2008  A new report by market research firm Yole Développement ranks the top MEMS manufacturers of 2007. "Nine companies are above $200 million sales, compared to only four companies two years ago," said Jean Christophe Eloy, Yole's founder.

01/31/2008  DuPont has submitted documentation related to its Light Stabilizer 210, which contains nanoscale titanium dioxide particles, as demonstration of its support for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Nanoscale Materials Stewardship Program (NMSP).

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01/30/2008  ; "Addressing Cost and Performance-driven Semiconductor Packaging through the Supply Chain." is the theme of this year's Global Business Council of the International Microelectronics And Packaging Society (IMAPS) Spring Meeting, set to take place March 17, 2008 at the Fort McDowell Resort, Scottsdale, AZ.

01/30/2008  Swiss MEMS developer Colibrys says its inertial, vibration and tilt sensors have been certified for safety critical railway applications by the CENELEC (European center for electronic and electro-technique normalization).

01/30/2008  AMI Semiconductor Inc., which designs and manufactures mixed-signal and digital products for the automotive, medical, industrial, aerospace and high-voltage communication markets, has entered into a new two-year collaboration program with IMEC, an independent European nanoelectronic research center, to develop AMI's smart power technologies.

01/29/2008  ; Angstrom Sciences Inc. has announced it is celebrating its 20th Anniversary this year. The company was founded in June 1988 near Pittsburgh, PA, by current president, Mark A. Bernick. Angstrom Sciences has since grown into a leader in the design, development, and manufacturing of thin film deposition magnetron sputtering cathodes, a technology utilized in advanced coating industries.

01/29/2008  ; STMicroelectronics has announced a new series of precision digital-output temperature sensors, operating over the -55 to +125°C temperature range, good for low power applications in a broad range of product areas. The STxx75 devices are software-compatible drop-in replacements for industry-standard LM75, DS75 and TCN75A parts, and also complement ST's STLM20 analog temperature sensor, now being used in several mobile phone designs.

01/29/2008  ; Fox Electronics, a supplier of frequency control solutions, has announced its acquisition of Jet City Electronics Inc., a Seattle, WA-based fabless semiconductor design firm. As a wholly-owned subsidiary, Jet City will continue to provide Fox with leading-edge timing ASICs as well as with core research and development. In addition, the president of Jet City, John Fallisgaard, will be joining Fox's Board of Directors.

01/29/2008  ; TAZMO Co. Ltd. and Silecs Inc. have announced an extension of their existing partnership that allows them to co-market their respective solutions to mutual customers. Under the terms of the agreement, Silecs' silicon-based materials and TAZMO's coating equipment are now available as a mutually optimized solution to help manufacturers of semiconductors and LCDs.