10/10/2007 October 10, 2007 - SEZ Group, Villach, Austria, says 3Q orders came up about 26% shorter than expected to 28 million Swiss francs (about US $40.5M), mainly due to slow business from the DRAM segment.
10/09/2007 Insert Therapeutics, a majority-owned subsidiary of Arrowhead Research, says its anti-cancer compound IT-101 is featured in a public television documentary series. The show will air in New York on October 11, Dallas on October 16, in Los Angeles on November 15, and in other markets beginning January 2008.
10/09/2007 October 9, 2007 - A scan of recent headlines nets several stories of interest to the solar/photovoltaics sector, including growth plans by Japanese firms and Taiwan automation tool suppliers, and a US firm's expansion efforts through M&A in Europe.
10/09/2007 WaferNEWS talks with Oxford Instruments about why it's following the money with its inductively coupled plasma tool into nanoimprint lithography applications, to fill NIL's particularly critical needs in stamp etch, descum, and etching of the polymer mask.
10/09/2007 October 9, 2007 - Jazz Semiconductor is releasing a silicon radio platform that it claims allows complete integration of higher-frequency radio components in a wireless device on a single piece of silicon -- transceiver, antennae, power amplifier, and controllers -- without the need for discrete GaAs devices. Target applications include cell phones, wireless LANs, and WiMAX systems.
10/09/2007 October 9, 2007 - While much of the industry chews over downgraded equipment sales and capex outlooks and anxiously waits the 4Q selling season, now's the time to start locking in profits on some big-name equipment supplier stocks, according to a financial analyst.
10/09/2007 Bourne Research LLC has published a new science and engineering book aimed at children. "MEMS and Nanotechnology for Kids," written by Marlene Bourne, president and principal analyst of Bourne Research, gives readers a basic overview of MEMS and nanotechnology, describing how they work, where they are found and why they are useful.
10/09/2007 October 9, 2007 - Atmel Corp. has finalized agreements to sell off its 200mm wafer facilities in North Tyneside, UK, part of its recent push to strategic transition to a "fab-lite" business model which also targets operations in Germany and Texas.
10/09/2007 October 9, 2007 - A pair of Japanese banks have signed on to give Singapore foundry Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing a $300mm infusion to help the foundry purchase Japanese-made equipment for its Fab 7 300mm facility.
10/08/2007 October 8, 2007 - Toshiba Corp. is planning a production ramp of 30nm flash memory chips by the middle of its fiscal year 2009 (mid- to late CY09) in a bid to pull ahead of South Korean rival Samsung Electronics Co., according to the Nikkei daily.
10/08/2007 October 8, 2007 - BASF says it has joined IMEC's Industrial Affiliation Program to research and develop IC cleaning solutions and advanced interconnects, with an eye toward commercialization for the 32nm in 2010.
10/08/2007 September 26, 2007 -- SOUTHAMPTON, PA -- The Hose Track(TM) Identification and Lifecycle Analysis System from AdvantaPure(R) offers several improvements over the conventional pen-and-paper log book method of recording usage data for process equipment.
10/08/2007 September 27, 2007 -- /PRNewswire/ -- MOORESVILLE, NC -- Anpath Group Inc. reported today that its wholly owned subsidiary, EnviroSystems, Inc. (ESI), announced completion of the initial production run by its manufacturing partner, Minntech Corporation.
10/08/2007 September 27, 2007 -- /PRNewswire/ -- NEENAH, WI -- Plexus Corp. today announced that one of its Penang, Malaysia facilities has received approval from the U.S. FDA to manufacture Class III finished devices on behalf of a large tier-one medical OEM.
10/08/2007 October 1, 2007 -- /PRWEB/ -- DETROIT, MI -- Ash Stevens(TM) Incorporated (ASI) recently brought two new Rosenmund filter-dryers and a 100-liter pilot plant with cryogenic capabilities online in its Riverview, MI development and manufacturing site.
10/08/2007 October 3, 2007 -- ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, IL -- IEST Working Groups develop the standards and Recommended Practices that capture the best practices across industries and distill the experiences of leaders in these fields.
10/08/2007 October 8, 2007 - Spansion Inc. says it is acquiring longtime flash memory partner Saifun Semiconductors Ltd. in a deal valued at roughly $368 million in stock (about $135M will be netted to Saifun shareholders, who will ultimately hold ~15% of Spansion).
10/08/2007 October 8, 2007 - A group of 19 chipmakers, designers, tool suppliers, and research partners are forming a new industry group to expand and accelerate usage of silicon-on-insulator (SOI) by touting the technology's performance and power consumption benefits to a wider audience of end users.
10/08/2007 October 8, 2007 - Germany's Aixtron AG has agreed to acquire UK-based startup Nanoinstruments, a manufacturer of chemical vapor deposition (CVD) and plasma enhanced CVD research systems for nanomaterials including carbon nanotubes, to extend its portfolio "in the mid- and long term within the nanotechnology application space."
10/08/2007 Double patterning technology seemed to be the consensus choice for the next half-pitch node or two for the maskmakers convened in Monterey for SPIE's annual BACUS Symposium on Photomask Technology (Sept. 16-21) -- not that anyone thinks it will be easy. The evident delay in EUV technology poses special challenges for the photomask community, highlighted in a special Friday session subtitled: "Twice the pain for twice the gain."
Insert Therapeutics, a majority-owned subsidiary of Arrowhead Research, says its anti-cancer compound IT-101 is featured in a public television documentary series. The show will air in New York on October 11, Dallas on October 16, in Los Angeles on November 15, and in other markets beginning January 2008.