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Revised, new, and future recommended practices

11/01/2006  Highlights from IEST’s contamination control division Standards and Practices Committee 3: Procedural

Cleanroom markets in the Americas

11/01/2006  Other than U.S., most countries will continue to be minor players

Positive development for mad cow disease detection

11/01/2006  BSafE Innovations Inc. (BSafE), a joint venture company dedicated to veterinary applications of prion research, has announced preliminary findings from its most recent testing.

ESD and contamination control considerations are not mutually exclusive

11/01/2006  Resolving issues must begin with an understanding of the fundamentals of both contamination and ESD control

Modern materials present new contamination problems in semiconductor processes

11/01/2006  In the good old days-say, five years ago-shrinking semiconductor features meant contamination challenges due to eliminating smaller particles.

Lithium-ion production and R&D facility underway

11/01/2006  EaglePicher Technologies, LLC (Inkster, MI; www.eaglepicher.com) a leading producer of batteries and energetic devices for the defense, space and commercial industries

2006-2007 scholarship program announced

11/01/2006  The Institute of Environmental Sciences and Technology (IEST) recently announced three scholarships for full-time students in the educational programs of science or engineering.

Wafer transition program elaborated

11/01/2006  With extensive industry feedback, the International SEMATECH Manufacturing Initiative (ISMI; http://ismi.sematech.org) has detailed the initial scope of its 300 mm Prime (300 Prime) effort

Nationwide recall of store-brand acetaminophen caplets

11/01/2006  The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently alerted the public to a voluntary recall being conducted by Perrigo Company (Perrigo) of Allegan, Michigan, for 383 lots of acetaminophen 500 mg caplets manufactured and distributed under various store brands.

NAFA announces 2006 Clean Air Award recipients

11/01/2006  The National Air Filtration Association (NAFA), the trade association for heating, ventilating and air conditioning air filter manufacturers and distributors around the world, has announced the recipients of the Clean Air Awards for 2006.

Keeping research clean

11/01/2006  Innovative cleanroom use helps cut time, money from product development cycles

Hesse & Knipps Names Senior Field Service Engineer

11/01/2006  SAN JOSE, CA - Hesse & Knipps, Inc., fully-owned subsidiary of German Hesse & Knipps GmbH Semiconductor, has appointed Guill Muyot as senior field service engineer.

Dare to Share

11/01/2006  It’s amazing how much you learn when you reach out to others. My father often told me figuring out what I would do with my life was a quandary to him.

Born To be Wild

11/01/2006  Get your motor running, head out on the highway - looking for adventure, and whatever comes your way Gail Flower, editor-in-chief gets a ride from Dick Schedtler, VP AR Marketing.

Interview with EOPlex

11/01/2006  It wasn’t exactly the Roadshow, but I visited a fascinating start-up company and spoke with Arthur Chait, CEO; and Anwar Mohammed, VP of manufacturing and operations, about EoPlex Technologies, headquartered in Redwood City, CA.

Ribbon Wire Bond Testing

11/01/2006  Semiconductor assembly and packaging process engineers routinely face pressures of evolving technology requirements such as lead-free compliance, product introductions, and customer demands for quality.

Joe Fjelstad Releases Flexible Circuit Technology, 3rd Edition

11/01/2006  SEASIDE, OR - The third edition of Flexible Circuit Technology features new technologies and applications that have developed over the eight years since the second edition was published.

International Consortium Forms around TSV

11/01/2006  KALISPELL, MT - Through-silicon vias (TSVs) are pivotal in thermally conscious packaging, and a budding consortium pledges to address the technical and cost issues of creating 3-D interconnects using TSV technology for chip stacking and MEMS/sensors packaging.

Freescale Packages Hit 30 Million Mark

11/01/2006  AUSTIN, TX - Freescale Semiconductor announced they have shipped over 30 million high-power laterally diffused metal oxide semiconductor (LDMOS) radio frequency (RF) transistors in over-molded plastic packages.

Museum Hosts Anniversary Party

11/01/2006  MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA - To commemorate the 35th anniversary of the 4004 Intel microprocessor, the Computer History Museum and the Intel Museum hosted a night of history and discussion, November 13, 2006.