05/21/2007 Avago Technologies expanded its manufacturing outsourcing program as part of a business model shift announced in January 2007. The component supplier will reduce its Singapore manufacturing staff by about 230 people to allot resources to higher value-added activities.
05/21/2007 Singapore Technologies Semiconductors Pte Ltd., wholly owned subsidiary of Temasek Holdings Limited, closed its voluntary conditional cash offer for STATS ChipPAC shares and convertible notes by increasing its holdings to 83.1%.
05/21/2007 Potential solutions are starting to emerge for preparing wafers for manufacturing at and beyond the 45 nm technology generation, technologists indicated at a recent industry meeting organized by
05/21/2007 Developed for the repair of flat panel displays, micro circuits, and wafers, the new IX-70 ChromAblate on-target inspection and short deletion system from J.P. Sercel Associates promises precision and power in a small package.
05/18/2007 Sonoscan determined that some delaminations in plastic IC packages contain air and fluid contaminants, possibly caused by silicone used as a release agent in molding equipment. Acoustic microscopic imaging identified partly red and partly white delaminations on plastic-encapsulated microcircuits, which indicated two types of contaminants.
05/18/2007 Veeco Instruments Inc., supplier of instrumentation for nanoscience, has sold its new Dektak 150 Surface Profiler to PrimeStar Solar, an emerging manufacturer of cadmium telluride (CdTe) photovoltaic (PV) modules for the solar energy market.
05/18/2007 The inaugural California Clean Innovation conference highlighted "two vital segments of the clean technology value chain -- energy and transportation." Small Times' Tom Cheyney reports that the event featured micro- and nanotechnology solutions in the sessions and the entrepreneurial competition.
05/17/2007 May 4, 2007 -- /FDA News/ TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA -- Aulcorp Food Marketers Inc. of Toronto, Ontario, Canada is recalling Archer Farms Four Cheese Risotto flavor, 6 oz., with "Best If Used By 16JUL2008AA," because it has the potential to be contaminated with salmonella.
05/17/2007 May 7, 2007 -- /PRNewswire/ -- ENGLEWOOD, CO -- Baxa Corporation has signed a co-marketing agreement with CriticalPoint LLC, to promote its web-based sterile compounding curriculum.
05/17/2007 May 7, 2007 -- /FDA News/ -- The FDA is warning pharmaceutical manufacturers, suppliers, drug repackers, and health professionals who compound medications to be especially vigilant in assuring that glycerin, a sweetener commonly used worldwide in liquid over-the-counter and prescription drug products, is not contaminated with diethylene glycol (DEG).
05/17/2007 May 17, 2008 - MEMC Electronic Materials Inc. says it has authorized a share repurchase program for up to $500 million of its shares. Specific timing and amounts were not disclosed; the company said they would vary depending on market conditions and other factors.
05/17/2007 May 17, 2007 - A Japanese firm says that adding carbon nanotubes to antistatic rubber, used to make test benches and transport trays, can improve the strength of the base material and prevent particles from scattering around the cleanroom, notes the Nikkei Business Daily.
05/17/2007 May 17, 2007 - STMicroelectronics and the SAES Getters Group say they will integrate SAES' PageWafer getter thin-film technology, used in high-vacuums in wafer-level packaged MEMS devices, into ST's next-generation MEMS gyroscopes, targeting consumer devices, gaming, and navigation devices.
05/17/2007 May 17, 2007 - Vtex Corp., a unit of Hitachi Zosen that makes specialty valves for semiconductor equipment, will spend 100 million yen (~US $831,000) to tool up a five-year-old maintenance location in Seoul, South Korea, in order to take aim on new business in the US
05/17/2007 May 17, 2007 - Targeting FEOL 65nm/45nm cleans, FSI International Inc. says it has received a US patent for a method that combines a rinse/dry step in a single immersion tank. The technology is part of FSI's "SymFlow" technology, integrated into the company's surface tension gradient rinse/dry process for its Magellan immersion cleaning system.
05/17/2007 May 17, 2007 - Worldwide silicon wafer area shipments rose just 1.4% in 1Q07 to 2070 millions of sq. in. (MSI) in what is typically a slow year-opening period, but represents the third straight quarter of little or no growth in wafer shipments.
05/17/2007 Nano-Terra Inc. has announced a multi-year development and licensing agreement with 3M. The partners plan to use Nano-Terra's nanoscale fabrication methods in 3M products.
Developed for the repair of flat panel displays, micro circuits, and wafers, the new IX-70 ChromAblate on-target inspection and short deletion system from J.P. Sercel Associates promises precision and power in a small package.