03/13/2007 March 8, 2007 -- /FDA News/ -- Pompano Beach, FL -- Flora Foods of Pompano Beach, Florida, is recalling its 25oz jars of "Cerignola Olives" (UPC 0-20038-00693-5) because they have the potential to be contaminated with Clostridium botulinum, a bacterium which can cause life-threatening illness or death.
03/13/2007 March 9, 2007 -- /FDA News/ -- As a follow-up to the recent Salmonella outbreak linked to peanut butter, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is informing consumers that ConAgra has extended their recall of all Peter Pan peanut butter, and all Great Value peanut butter beginning with product code 2111, including peanut butter toppings, back to October 2004.
03/13/2007 March 12, 2007 -- /BOC Edwards/ -- LONDON -- CCMP Capital, through affiliates of CCMP Capital Advisors LLC and CCMP Capital Asia, Ltd., premier international private equity firms, have reached agreement with The Linde Group, the global gases company, to acquire BOC Edwards, a leading manufacturer of vacuum equipment.
03/13/2007 March 12, 2007 -- /FDA News/ -- The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today published a draft final guidance advising processors of fresh-cut produce how to minimize microbial food safety hazards common to the processing of most fresh-cut fruits and vegetables, which are often sold to consumers in a ready-to-eat form.
03/13/2007 March 6, 2007 -- /FDA News/ -- Cibo Specialty Foods, a division of Colavita USA, L.L.C. of Linden, N.J., is voluntarily recalling the following olive products sold under the "DAL RACCOLTO" brand.
03/13/2007 March 7, 2007 -- /FDA News/ -- The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is warning consumers not to drink certain brands of mineral water imported from Armenia due to the risk of exposure to arsenic, a toxic substance and known cause of cancer in humans.
03/13/2007 Nanoident has opened "the world's first dedicated manufacturing facility for printed organic semiconductors" in Linz, Austria. In conjunction with the plant opening, the company has also launched its Semiconductor 2.0 platform for a wide array of application-specific printed semiconductor products."
03/13/2007 March 13, 2007 - NanoIdent Technologies AG, which prints semiconductor-based optoelectronic sensors, has reportedly opened the world's first manufacturing facility for the delivery of printed semiconductor-based optoelectronics.
03/13/2007 March 13, 2007 - The Fabless Semiconductor Association (FSA) has announced in its recent "CYQ4 2006/Year-End 2006 Global Fabless Fundings & Financials Report," that the fabless industry revenue totaled $49.7 billion, which equated to 20 percent of the semiconductor sales total of $247.7 billion.
03/13/2007 A new thermal field emission analytical SEM from JEOL promises high-resolution micrographs at up to 1,000,000X for applications ranging from semiconductor, metals, minerals, materials, and ceramics, to non-conductive biological samples.
03/12/2007 by M. David Levenson, Editor-in-Chief, Microlithography World
First-generation resist systems for immersion lithography employed a topcoat material to protect the resist and prevent leaching of resist components that might damage the optics. By making the topcoat surface hydrophobic and controllable, topcoat materials suppressed defects and facilitated rapid wafer scan.
03/12/2007 March 12, 2007 - A federal judge has limited the scope of a class-action lawsuit filed against Intel Corp., which alleges that the company raised computer prices through anticompetitive conduct.
03/12/2007 March 12, 2007 - Qimonda AG, the former memory unit of Infineon, has announced the planned expansion of its existing facility for the assembly and testing of memory ICs (backend) in China's Suzhou Industrial Park.
03/12/2007 March 12, 2007 - Texas Instruments and Ramtron International Corp. have entered into a commercial manufacturing agreement for ferroelectric random access memory (FRAM) products. The agreement provides for the production of Ramtron's FRAM memory products on TI's advanced 130nm FRAM manufacturing process, including Ramtron's 4Mb FRAM memory.
March 13, 2007 - Kicking off the 20th annual Conference on Optical Microlithography last week during SPIE, TSMC's lithography guru Burn Lin wove a tale that began as a history lesson, but shifted to a modern message tackling today's top lithography challenges. The common thread throughout: "The devil is in the mask."
03/12/2007 March 12, 2007 - Private equity firm CCMP Capital has reached agreement with The Linde Group, the global gases company, to acquire BOC Edwards, a leading manufacturer of vacuum equipment. The deal is valued at just over US$900M.
03/12/2007 SEMICON China 2007, March 21–23 in Shanghai, will include CEO forums on wafer processing and test-and-assembly, a discussion of MEMS opportunities, various talks on the logistics of operating in China and in cooperation with China RoHS, and an IC-design suppliers pavilion, in conjunction with the FSA and SICA. Various exhibitors will also highlight cleanroom technologies, advanced automation, and multi-metal compatibilities.
03/12/2007 March 12, 2007 - According to chipmaking equipment suppliers, NOR flash chipmaker Spansion Inc. reportedly will begin increasing outsource to dedicated chipmakers next quarter, says the Taiwan Economic News (CENS).
Nanoident has opened "the world's first dedicated manufacturing facility for printed organic semiconductors" in Linz, Austria. In conjunction with the plant opening, the company has also launched its Semiconductor 2.0 platform for a wide array of application-specific printed semiconductor products."
A new thermal field emission analytical SEM from JEOL promises high-resolution micrographs at up to 1,000,000X for applications ranging from semiconductor, metals, minerals, materials, and ceramics, to non-conductive biological samples.