04/23/2007 Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., has developed an all-DRAM stacked-memory package using through-silicon vias (TSVs) housed in aluminum pads to avoid performance slow-downs caused by the redistribution layer. The company applied a proprietary wafer-thinning technique to eliminate warped die in the low-profile package.
04/21/2007 April 20, 2007 -- /PRNewswire/ -- ST CHARLES, MO -- Royal Canin USA is announcing today that the company has determined there is a melamine derivative in the rice protein concentrate in some of its dry pet food products.
04/21/2007 April 20, 2007 -- CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA -- GE Fanuc Automation, a unit of GE Industrial, today
announced that Bart Reitter, GE Fanuc global industry manager, life sciences, would be speaking at
INTERPHEX 2007, being held at the Jacob Javits Convention Center in New York City, April 24-26, 2007.
04/21/2007 April 20, 2007 -- MCLEAN, VA -- INTERPHEX 2007, in partnership with the International RFID Business Association (RFIDba), announced today that Dr. Paul Rudolph, former FDA senior policy advisor, will launch the RFID conference track at Interphex 2007 with an update on statutory and regulatory oversight of the pharmaceutical supply chain and its effect on RFID tagging of products.
04/21/2007 April 19, 2007 -- BILLERICA, MA -- Millipore Corporation, a leading provider of products and services that improve productivity and results in biopharmaceutical manufacturing and in clinical, analytical and research laboratories, today announced it is launching a new disposable mixer designed to help companies mix pharmaceutical ingredients and prepare cell culture media.
04/21/2007 April 13, 2007 -- Billerica, MA -- Millipore Corporation today announced that it is the first company to successfully integrate radio frequency identification (RFID) technology with filtration products used to manufacture biopharmaceutical drugs.
04/21/2007 April 16, 2007 -- /ISPE NEWS/ -- TAMPA, FL -- ISPE will present several industry-impacting sessions this year at its Washington Conference June 4-7, 2007 at the Crystal Gateway Marriott in Alexandria, VA.
04/21/2007 April 18, 2007 -- /PRNewswire/ -- CORK, IRELAND -- Campbell Informatics and PIC Consulting (PIC) announced today that PIC will use the AvenioTM engine and methodologies as its preferred design, validation, standardization and quality engineering process control solution for engineering design and C&Q projects in global pharmaceutical and biotech firms.
04/21/2007 April 18, 2007 -- /ABI PR/ -- BUFFALO, NY -- Multisorb Technologies International, a leader in active packaging technologies, today announced that it has acquired Silgel Packaging Ltd. (Telford, UK), a subsidiary of AMCOL Minerals Europe Ltd. (AME) and AMCOL International located in Arlington Heights, IL.
04/21/2007 April 18, 2007 -- HOUSTON and DALLAS, TX -- Air Liquide Electronics U.S. LP was presented with the Texas Instruments (TI) 2006 Supplier Excellence Award in recognition of Air Liquide Electronics' bulk gas operations services for TI over the past calendar year.
04/21/2007 April 12, 2007 -- /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- WASHINGTON, DC -- The Pet Food Institute (PFI), which represents pet food manufacturers, today announced the formation of the National Pet Food Commission, composed of nationally-recognized veterinarians, toxicologists, state and federal regulators and nutritionists, to further strengthen industry procedures and safeguards in light of recent pet food recalls.
04/20/2007 April 20, 2007 - Semiconductor equipment demand was essentially flat in March vs. the previous month, and year-on-year sales and orders of chipmaking tools rose very little, according to data from SEMI.
04/20/2007 April 11, 2007 -- /MARKET WIRE/ WHEAT RIDGE, CO --GeneThera, Inc. announced today that a female cow imported into the United States in 2002 was born in the same Canadian herd as a bull diagnosed in February with Mad Cow disease, the Agriculture Department said Tuesday.
04/20/2007 April 12, 2007 -- /BUSINESS WIRE/ -- CROLLES, FRANCE -- Tronics Microsystems SA today announced that is has expanded the characterization, assembly, packaging and testing capabilities at its Crolles headquarters.
04/20/2007 April 20, 2007 - VLSI Standards Inc. has released a 300mm version of its Resistivity Calibration Standards, which enable user calibration and monitoring of automated 300mm four-point probes and other noncontact sheet resistance measurement tools.
04/20/2007 April 20, 2007 - Rohm and Haas Co. has agreed to acquire Kodak's light management films business, which produces films to improve brightness and efficiency of LCDs, as first step in a wide-ranging plan to identify and invest in growth opportunities.
04/20/2007 April 20, 2007 - Canon Anelva Corp., a provider of manufacturing equipment for semiconductors and display panels, plans to boost production capacity at its Fuji factory, Yamanashi Prefecture, by 80% over the next three years to get ready to make equipment for display panels based on surface conduction electron emitter display (SED) technology, according to the Nikkei Business Daily.
04/20/2007 April 20, 2007 - austriamicrosystems has signed a deal to add its high-voltage module to IBM's 0.18-micron RF CMOS process technology, a migration from austriamicrosystems' 0.35-micron HV CMOS process. Production is slated to start in 2009 at IBM's 200mm facility in Essex Junction, VT, and transferred back to austriamicrosystems' facilities at a later time.
