12/01/2006 The week-long Fall meeting of the MRS in Boston was a "Boston Marathon" of the mind. The scope of subjects and technical disciplines was challenging: 41 multi-day symposia on a wide range of topics; 245 technical sessions, beginning at 8 a.m. and continuing through evening, some until 11 p.m.; more than 4,000 technical presentations in five days.
12/01/2006 Dec. 1, 2006 -- Philips Business Electronics is selling off its remaining shares of FEI Company. The shares are being offered by Philips Business Electronics International B.V., a wholly owned subsidiary of Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
12/01/2006 Dec. 1, 2006 -- Agilent Technologies announced the introduced of the Agilent 5400 AFM/SPM system, a high-precision instrument offering atomic resolution for a variety of research, industry and teaching applications.
12/01/2006 FEI Co. of Hillsboro, Ore., announced it will expand its Helios NanoLab family of DualBeams when it introduces the Helios NanoLab 400 and 400S systems next week at SEMICON Japan.
12/01/2006 Altair Nanotechnologies, Inc., a provider of advanced nanomaterials for use in alternate energy, life sciences and industrial applications, announced that it has completed the first phase of a research project on workplace nanomaterial exposure characterization in conjunction with the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health.
12/01/2006 EV Group (EVG), a St. Florian, Austria, supplier of wafer-bonding and lithography equipment for the advanced packaging, MEMS and semiconductor markets, and Sonix Inc., a supplier of advanced acoustic NDT solutions for bonded wafers & MEMS, announced they are joining forces as Sonix selects EVG as their exclusive worldwide reseller/distributor of selected Sonix products.
12/01/2006 Sonix, Inc., selected EV Group as exclusive worldwide reseller and distributor for select products. Sonix (Springfield, VA), a wholly owned subsidiary of the Danaher Corporations, manufactures acoustic NDT solutions for bonded wafers and MEMS.
12/01/2006 For many “conventional” cosmetics and personal care products, regulatory scrutiny varies. Companies operating in this sector are GMP-regulated, but many of their products are made, labeled and sold in a regulatory gray area that avoids the intense scrutiny warranted by drugs and medical devices.
12/01/2006 Although the lighting field has seen many technological improvements over the last decade, many challenges remain for design teams working to specify the best technology systems for environmentally controlled environments.
12/01/2006 In 1993, ISO Technical Committee 209, Cleanrooms and associated controlled environments, was formally established and had its first meeting in Chicago, Illinois.
11/30/2006 FlipChip International completed stage two of an environmental management standard (EMS) conformance audit for ISO 14001:2004, a globally accepted standard for manufacturing and semiconductor businesses. The auditing body SGS will now recommend FCI for certification.
11/30/2006 November 30, 2006 - Sumco Corp. plans to raise up to 59.7 billion yen (about US $50.8 million) by issuing new shares, in order to boost production of 300mm wafers, according to Japanese press reports.
11/30/2006 Five Star Technologies received $7.1 million in an investment round headed by Morgenthaler Ventures. The nanotechnology startup focuses on dispersions of conductive, sub-micron particles to create electrical/thermal stability and uniformity in packages and assemblies.
11/30/2006 NanoOpto Corp. and MOXTEK Inc. announced they will jointly develop a suite of nanotechnology-based optical products for various consumer electronics markets.
11/30/2006 Nov. 30, 2006 -- Veeco Instruments Inc., a Woodbury, N.Y., supplier of instrumentation to the nanoscience community, announced the release of the Wyko NT9300 and NT9800 Optical Profilers.
11/30/2006 Veeco Instruments Inc., a supplier of instrumentation to the nanoscience community, announced the launch of the new Dektak 150 Surface Profiler for high-performance research and industrial metrology applications.
