03/02/2007 March 2, 2007 - Advanced Energy Industries Inc. says it is closing its RF components operation in Stolberg, Germany, and will transfer manufacturing operations to facilities in China and the US by the beginning of 4Q07.
03/02/2007 Two of Taiwan's top DRAM makers, Inotera Memories and Nanya Technologies, are eyeing plans to issue hundreds of millions in corporate bonds and syndicated loans to help fund planned capacity increases, according to local reports.
03/02/2007 March 2, 2007 - Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. says it has ramped to mass production of 1Gb DDR2 DRAM using 60nm process technologies, which it says offers 40% production efficiencies vs. 80nm shrinks the company has deployed since early 2006.
03/02/2007 March 2, 2007 - Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates Inc. says it has increased the amount of funds to expend in its stock repurchase program from $300 million to $400 million, about half of which remains available for purchases.
03/02/2007 March 2, 2007 - Israel metrology equipment provider Nova Measuring Instruments Ltd. says it has agreed to a $5 million private placement of nearly 2 million shares by a group of several investors.
03/02/2007 Award-winning luggage designer Ricardo Beverly Hills reports that, "After a great deal of research and testing, we identified the usage of nanotechnology as the key to creating lightweight fabric that provides superior protection against stains and other elements."
03/01/2007 March 1, 2007 - Photonics developer Avanex Corp. says it has agreed to sell a 90% interest in its French subsidiary, including indium phosphide and gallium arsenide fabs, to limited liability firm Global Research Co. and current management
03/01/2007 March 1, 2007 - Continuing a restructuring that has already seen a pullback from leading-edge chip development, Cypress Semiconductors says it has agreed to sell its automotive image sensor subsidiary to Sensata Technologies Inc. for an undisclosed amount.
03/01/2007 Synova restructured its strategic business model, allowing select partners to license proprietary Laser MicroJet technology. End users, certain equipment manufacturers, and R&D institutions will gain access to the technology via licensing agreements. "This came about in a natural way, as the fastest method to expand the technology into higher capacities and different markets," said Bernold Richerzhagen, CEO.
03/01/2007 Endicott Interconnect Technologies (EI) entered into a manufacturing services agreement with a intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) catheter manufacturer, due to a process development and manufacturing partnership with Unovis-Solutions. In the $3.9 million contract, EI will develop and manufacture a certain quantity of flexible substrates, and assemble flip chips to the substrates, over 2 years.
03/01/2007 February 28, 2007 - SEMATECH has named Micron Technology Inc. to its International SEMATECH Manufacturing Initiative (ISMI) roster, while reportedly saying goodbye to member Freescale Semiconductor.
03/01/2007 March 1, 2007 - Singapore Technologies Semiconductors Pte. Ltd. (STS), a subsidiary of state-owned holding firm Temasek Holdings Ltd., has filed a $1.6 billion cash offer to acquire full ownership in backend services firm Stats ChipPAC.
03/01/2007 Danny Fields established Pacific Gate Technologies, a technical sales firm, with initial clients Minami (Tokyo), a screen printing and reflow systems manufacturer; and PTA (Penang, Malaysia), an assembly service provider. Both companies will also be represented in Japan by Yoshihiro Shimada of PacVision Corp.
03/01/2007 Georgia Tech researchers have used the semiconducting and piezoelectric properties of zinc oxide nanowires to create a new class of electronic components and devices that could provide the foundation for a broad range of new applications.
03/01/2007 Giant conglomerates and mergers dominate today’s corporate world. Therefore, it is not surprising that not-for-profit organizations too are feeling economic and marketing pressures to follow the path of expansion into new areas.
Award-winning luggage designer Ricardo Beverly Hills reports that, "After a great deal of research and testing, we identified the usage of nanotechnology as the key to creating lightweight fabric that provides superior protection against stains and other elements."
Georgia Tech researchers have used the semiconducting and piezoelectric properties of zinc oxide nanowires to create a new class of electronic components and devices that could provide the foundation for a broad range of new applications.