01/23/2007 Surface Technology Systems, announced that they won an EU tender for an MPX Pegasus system from the Fraunhofer-Institut für Zuverlässigkeit und Mikrointegration IZM.
01/23/2007 Planet82 announced the debut of their full-color imaging sensor, Single carrier Modulation Photo Detector, for taking images in the dark without a flash.
01/23/2007 NanoHorizons announced the availability of SmartSilver(TM) permanent anti-odor/antimicrobial for wool. SmartSilver leverages nanotechnology to impart anti-odor performance to fabrics.
01/22/2007 January 17, 2007 -- /IEST/ -- ROLLING MEADOWS, IL -- Two new working groups will meet to develop Recommended Practices during ESTECH 2007, the Institute of Environmental Sciences and Technology (IEST) annual technical meeting and exposition.
01/22/2007 January 19, 2007 -- /PRNewswire/ -- HARRISBURG, Pa. -- With outbreaks of viral gastroenteritis, or "stomach flu," continuing to be reported across the commonwealth and nation, the Pennsylvania Department of Health is reminding the general public about ways they can help to avoid norovirus infection -- a common cause of the illness.
01/22/2007 January 22, 2007 -- /BUSINESS WIRE/ -- BALDWIN PARK, Calif. -- APEC, a contract manufacturer for the medical device industry, today announced the opening of APEC ASIA, a state-of-the-art manufacturing facility for mid to high volume medical molding.
01/22/2007 RS Components and Omron Electronic Components Business Europe, with corporate headquarters in Japan, signed a pan-European distribution agreement. RS Components will carry a broader offering of Omron products and technologies under the extended partnership.
01/22/2007 Blaze DFM opened a development and support center in San Diego for its electrical design for manufacture (DfM) products. The company concurrently appointed Steffen Rochel, Ph.D., as vice president of engineering. President and CEO Jacob Jacobsson remarked that the moves coincide with the company shipping initial products and initiating further development of intellectual property (IP).
01/22/2007 January 22, 2007 - A coalition of memory suppliers formed last spring to develop a chip-level standard interface for NAND flash memory has delivered its first specification, which the group says simplifies flash controller design to facilitate integration of a wide range of NAND flash components into diverse end-use applications.
01/22/2007 January 22, 2007 - Having finally received the green light from Taiwan's government to transfer 200mm/0.18-micron technologies to mainland China, Powerchip Semiconductor Corp. reportedly will expand its current partnership with Japan's Renesas to include setting up a 200mm fab in China
01/22/2007 New Scale Technologies, Inc. of Victor, NY announced plans to create a $1M automated, high-precision manufacturing center for its patented SQUIGGLE motors. The new 15,000 square foot facility will allow New Scale to increase its production capacity...
01/22/2007 Industrial Nanotech, Inc., a Naples, Fla. company specializing in nanotechnology materials solutions, announced that it has agreed, at the request of the U.S. Government's Center For Integrated Nanotechnologies (CINT), to expand the capabilities of its planned manufacturing facility in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
01/19/2007 January 19, 2007 - New demand for new semiconductor manufacturing equipment continued to slow in December, but sales surged during what was the final fiscal month for most North American companies, according to the latest data from SEMI.
01/19/2007 After a brief period below parity, the North American semiconductor equipment book-to-bill ratio reached 1.05 in December 2006, according to a SEMI report. The positive ratio suggests near-term growth for semiconductor-equipment manufacturing.
01/19/2007 January 19, 2007 - Praxair Inc. says its China unit has been tabbed to supply industrial gases to Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp.'s (SMIC) Fab 8 300mm/90nm facility in Shanghai, where significant expansions are expected to come online later this year.
01/19/2007 Endevco Corporation, a Meggitt group company, named Jennifer MacDonell MEMS business manager, with responsibility for the MEMS research and production facility in Sunnyvale.
01/19/2007 January 19, 2007 - QD Vision, a startup founded by MIT scientists in 2004 says it has received a US patent for "Stabilized Semiconductor Nanocrystals," materials that the company says can enhance the performance of quantum dots, for use in quantum dot light-emitting devices (LED) for flat displays.
01/19/2007 Advance Nanotech Inc., a New York-based provider of financing and support services to drive the commercialization of nanotechnology related products for homeland security and display technologies, announced that its subsidiary, Advance Display Technologies plc (ADT), commenced trading on the PLUS-quoted market in London.
01/19/2007 Alcoa announced that it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with India's Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR) to partner in collaborative research projects that address critical global issues such as energy efficiency, alternative and renewable energy sources, environmental technologies as well as multi-material engineered solutions.
New Scale Technologies, Inc. of Victor, NY announced plans to create a $1M automated, high-precision manufacturing center for its patented SQUIGGLE motors. The new 15,000 square foot facility will allow New Scale to increase its production capacity...