08/20/2007 Tegal Corp., designer and manufacturer of plasma etch and deposition systems used in the production of integrated circuits, MEMS, and nanotechnology devices, has received an order for a Tegal 915 batch etch system from a leading Japanese sensor and control system maker.
08/20/2007 The Soitec Group says it is intensifying its focus to ensure that the low-power advantages of silicon-on-insulator (SOI) substrates are accessible to semiconductor companies grappling energy consumption, which has become a key design criteria.
08/17/2007 August 17, 2007 - Industry utilization rates inched up to just under 90% in 2Q07, largely driven by a bump in foundry output and particularly increased activity for trailing-edge technologies, according to data from the Semiconductor International Capacity Statistics (SICAS) group.
08/17/2007 Technologies and Devices International, Inc. (TDI), began producing indium-gallium-nitride (InGaN) substrates for packaging GaN-based high-brightness LEDs and blue and green laser diodes. The material's crystal lattice and thermal properties are composed to match the given overgrown GaN device, which can reduce defects, improve device efficiency and output, and boost lifetime and power usage.
08/17/2007 August 17, 2007 - Orders for semiconductor equipment from North American-based manufacturers sunk to an eight-month low in July, though sales still remain high as previous demand pushes through the pipeline -- sending the B:B ratio, an indicator of healthy demand, plunging to its lowest level in more than two years.
08/17/2007 August 17, 2007 - Taiwan foundry UMC says that it has made a couple of executive moves to establish separate organizations to manage its different technology operations.
08/17/2007 August 17, 2007 - Texas Instruments has acquired privately held Integrated Circuit Designs Inc., to combine its designs for radio-frequency ICs with TI's high-performance analog and low-power microcontroller products.
08/17/2007 August 17, 2007 - Renesas Technology Corp. and NEC Electronics Corp. plan to increase their sales and technology support staff in China in order to build ties with local design houses making chip modules, and thus increase the share of business from domestic companies, according to the Nikkei Business Daily.
08/17/2007 The July book-to-bill for North America-based semiconductor equipment manufacturers fell to 0.84, reports SEMI. The book-to-bill has hovered around parity throughout 2007, but July saw lower order levels than any previous months in 2007, with a month-to-month drop of $167.6 million.
08/17/2007 The National Nanotechnology Coordination Office (NNCO) has released a document, Prioritization of Environmental, Health, and Safety Research Needs for Engineered Nanoscale Materials: An Interim Document for Public Comment , and is requesting input through September 17, 2007.
08/16/2007 August 14, 2007 -- /PRNewswire/ -- VIENNA, VA -- CEL-SCI Corporation announced today that it has entered into an agreement with a biomedical real estate group under which CEL-SCI acquires long term use of a dedicated manufacturing facility for its cancer drug Multikine(R).
08/16/2007 August 16, 2007 - Just weeks after acquiring lithography modeling and pattern-synthesis developer Invarium, Cadence Design Systems is making another splash across the DFM and litho marketspace with its purchase of Clear Shape Technologies. Terms of the deal, which closed Aug. 15, were not disclosed.
08/16/2007 August 13, 2007 -- /MARKET WIRE via COMTEX/ -- MANCHESTER, CT -- Lydall, Inc. - Lydall Filtration/Separation, Inc., a worldwide supplier of specialty media for high-efficiency filtration applications, is underway with several capital improvement initiatives.
08/16/2007 August 7, 2007 -- PHILLIPSBURG, NJ -- Mallinckrodt Baker, Inc. and the Energy research Centre of the Netherlands (ECN) today announced a new processing step in crystalline solar cell manufacturing that provides a 2 percent relative increase in solar cell efficiency.
08/16/2007 August 7, 2007 -- /PRNewswire/ ALPHARETTA, GA -- Microtek Medical Holdings, Inc. and Ecolab Inc. announced today that the companies have entered into a definitive agreement and plan of merger whereby Ecolab will acquire Microtek Medical.
08/16/2007 August 9, 2007 -- BURLINGTON, MA -- Hyaluron Contract Manufacturing (HCM), a leader in aseptic formulation and filling, has received preliminary approval of its safety grant application from the Massachusetts Department of Industrial Accidents, Office of Safety.
08/16/2007 August 9, 2007 -- /PRNewswire/ -- SAN DIEGO, CA -- PacificGMP has launched environmental monitoring services to the San Diego-area biopharmaceutical industry.
08/16/2007 August 16, 2007 - HelioVolt Corp., a developer of CIGS thin-film solar products, says it has closed a $77 million round of Series B financing, which will be used to help build the Austin-based startup's first factory.
