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Maxim announces acquisition of wafer fab facility in Irving, TX

05/06/2007  May 2, 2007 -- /MARKET WIRE/ -- SUNNYVALE, CA -- Maxim Integrated Products, Inc. announced that it has acquired a wafer fabrication facility in Irving, TX, from Atmel for approximately $38 million.

Boost for Packaging Technology division: Bosch plans to acquire Pharmatec

05/06/2007  May 2, 2007 -- STUTTGART, GERMANY -- The Bosch Group plans to acquire Pharmatec GmbH, headquartered in Dresden, Germany, from Fresenius ProServe GmbH.

Bristol-Myers Squibb breaks ground on new biologics manufacturing facility in Massachusetts

05/06/2007  May 2, 2007 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- DEVENS, MA -- Bristol-Myers Squibb Company executives were joined by Governor Deval Patrick, state and local officials, community leaders and MassDevelopment today for a groundbreaking ceremony at the site of the company's new biologics manufacturing facility in Devens, MA.

Onset announces white paper on evaluating and applying data loggers for pharmaceutical monitoring

05/06/2007  April 30, 2007 -- BOURNE, MA -- Onset Computer Corporation, a leader in battery-powered data loggers, today announced the availability of a new white paper entitled "Evaluating and Applying Data Loggers for Pharmaceutical Monitoring."

Air Products nitrogen generator on-stream at Samsung's new 300mm Texas fab

05/06/2007  May 1, 2007 -- /PRNewswire/ -- LEHIGH VALLEY, PA -- Air Products today announced that its 450,000 standard cubic foot per hour (scf/hr) nitrogen generator at Samsung Austin Semiconductor's new 300mm memory manufacturing facility in Austin, TX, is on-stream.

WHO Collaborating Centre for Patient Safety releases nine life-saving patient safety solutions

05/06/2007  May 2, 2007 -- /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- WASHINGTON, DC -- Nine solutions to prevent health care errors that harm millions of people daily throughout the world were unveiled today by the World Health Organization's (WHO) Collaborating Centre for Patient Safety Solutions.

Air Products completes purchase of BOC Gazy from Linde

05/06/2007  April 30, 2007 -- /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- LEHIGH VALLEY, PA -- Air Products announced today that it has completed the acquisition of the industrial gas business of BOC Gazy Sp z o.o. from The Linde Group for 370 million euros or about $503 million.

Major manufacturer of unapproved and adulterated drugs agrees to stop illegal practices

05/06/2007  April 26, 2007 -- /FDA News/ -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced the entry of a Consent Decree of Permanent Injunction against PharmaFab Inc., its subsidiary, PFab LP, and two company officials, Mark Tengler, PharmaFab's president, and Russ McMahen, PFab's vice president of scientific affairs, to stop the illegal manufacture and distribution of prescription and over-the-counter drug products.

basan to acquire cleanroom consumables and garment manufacturing Business

05/06/2007  April 27, 2007 -- KRIFTEL, GERMANY -- The basan Group has agreed to acquire certain assets from Metron Technology, Inc., constituting Metron's Europe and Southeast Asia cleanroom consumables and garment manufacturing business.

Joint update: FDA/USDA update on tainted animal feed

05/06/2007  April 28, 2007 -- /FDA News/ -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) continue their investigation of imported rice protein concentrate which has been found to contain melamine and melamine-related compounds.

QuantumClean earns ISO 9001:2000 certification at all its U.S. cleaning centers

05/04/2007  April 26, 2007 -- /PRWEB/ -- DUBLIN, PA -- QuantumClean(R), the leading provider of outsourced parts cleaning and refurbishment for the semiconductor industry, recently announced the ISO certification of all six of its U.S. Advanced Technology Cleaning Centers(R).

MHI receives order for nine centrifugal chillers from Hynix Semiconductor

05/04/2007  April 25, 2007 -- /JCN Newswire/ -- TOKYO, JAPAN -- Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) has received an order for nine centrifugal liquid chillers from Hynix Semiconductor, Inc., a major semiconductor manufacturer in Korea.

Agion Technologies, AgPOLYMER introduce antimicrobial cheese coating polymers

05/04/2007  April 25, 2007 -- /BUSINESS WIRE/ -- WAKEFIELD, MA -- Although some types of cheese feature mold as part of their appeal, for the most part people don't want cheese covered with mold.

Two of DuPont's newest technologies win Innovation Achievement Awards

05/04/2007  April 26, 2007 -- /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- WILMINGTON, DE -- DuPont(TM) Sorona(R) Polymer and Hybrid Membrane Technology receive prestigious IDEA07 Award.

SAFC completes construction of major new protein purification facility

05/04/2007  April 26, 2007 -- ST. LOUIS, MO -- SAFC, a member of the Sigma-Aldrich Group, has announced the construction completion of two major new protein API facilities at its St. Louis, MO, manufacturing campus.

BIOTECHNICA and INTERPHEX announce co-location partnership

05/04/2007  April 25, 2007 -- BIOTECHNICA, Europe's biggest biotechnology show, is partnering with the INTERPHEX, the largest pharmaceutical trade event in North America, in 2008.

IITC Celebrates 10 Years

05/04/2007  The IEEE International Interconnect Technology Conference (IITC) began 10 years ago in 1997 in response to IBM's copper interconnection technology ramp. The forum, June 4–6 in San Francisco, presents R&D work on semiconductor processing, advanced materials, equipment development, and interconnect systems for scientific, engineering, and related industries.

Taiwan memory designer Elite eyeing mobile phones

05/04/2007  May 4, 2007 - Elite Semiconductor Memory Technology Inc. is eyeing new business providing memory chips for mobile homes, after being passed by Etron Technology Inc. as Taiwan's top memory design house, according to the Taiwan Economic News.

Microrite's training on contamination monitoring and control coming to Boston

05/04/2007  April 24, 2007 -- /MEDICAL INDUSTRY E-MAIL NEWS SERVICE(TM)/ -- SAN JOSE, CA -- Microrite announced details today of its popular training course on all aspects of environmental monitoring, disinfectant qualification, and cleanroom contamination control.

NIST working on single-nanowire positioning system for testing properties

05/04/2007  May 4, 2007 - Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) say they have created a method for manipulating and positioning individual nanowires on semiconductor wafers, enabling fabrication of test structures using only optical microscopy and conventional photolithographic processing.