05/10/2006 May 10, 2006 - Air Products has signed contracts to supply nitrogen and bulk gases to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) and Chi Mei Optoelectronics to serve their semiconductor and flat-panel display manufacturing facilities in Taiwan's Tainan Science Industrial Park.
05/10/2006 May 10, 2006 - A new coalition of NAND flash memory suppliers, spearheaded by Hynix, Intel, Micron, and Sony, aims to develop a chip-level standard interface for NAND flash memory used in consumer electronics devices and computing platforms.
05/10/2006 May 10, 2006 - SEMI has bestowed its 2006 North American Government Leadership award to Representative Anna Eshoo (D-CA), praising her strong support on issues important to SEMI members and the nation's high-tech community.
05/10/2006 Stratham, NH — Three lead-free RoHS seminars co-hosted by Stratham, NH-based Vitronics Soltec and Des Plaines, IL-based Kester will take place in June, and will be held in three different locations across the U.S. Each one-day seminar aims to help the North American electronics manufacturing industry get answers to lead-free assembly questions, as well as ease the transition to lead-free and RoHS.
05/10/2006 Analog Devices Inc. and ST Microelectronics announced on Tuesday that they would be supplying tri-axis MEMS accelerometers for use in Nintendo's new home video game console, the Wii. The accelerometers will be used to provide a motion-activated user interface for the gaming machine.
05/10/2006 May 9, 2006 -- MARBLEHEAD, Mass. -- MEDICAL INDUSTRY E-MAIL NEWS SERVICE(TM) -- ePharmaceuticals, a division of healthcare regulatory publisher HCPro, has launched Briefings on Drug Safety.
05/10/2006 May 3, 2006 -- /MARKET WIRE/ -- PRESCOTT, Ariz. -- Produce Safety And Security International, Inc. (OTC: PDSC) ("PDSC"), an ozone and chemical sanitation disinfectant process supplier to the food and medical industries, is pleased to announce that the E.P.A. Registered Spherequat®6400, to be used as an industrial cleaner for the beef and poultry industry, will be ready for shipment by the end of May, 2006.
05/10/2006 May 5, 2006 -- /PRNewswire/ -- ST. LOUIS, Mo. -- New information released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) confirms that an aggressive fungal eye infection associated with contact lens use is now in 31 U.S. states and may be affecting more than 200 people.
05/10/2006 May 8, 2006 -- /BUSINESS WIRE/ -- INGLEWOOD, Calif. -- Minus K Technology, a leading manufacturer of vibration isolation products is partnering with Kinetic Systems, Inc. for the new MK26 High Performance Vibration Isolation Workstation.
05/10/2006 May 2, 2006 -- /MARKET WIRE/ -- SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- Dynatek Laboratories has recently completed its first contract coating durability test for drug-eluting stents utilizing its patent pending Coating Durability Tester.
05/10/2006 May 2, 2006 -- /PRNewswire/ -- CAMBRIDGE, Mass. and BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- Genzyme Pharmaceuticals, a business unit of Genzyme Corporation, and Brookwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc., today announced a broad collaboration to develop novel drug delivery solutions, with an initial focus on peptide delivery.
05/10/2006 May 3, 2006 -- MEDICAL INDUSTRY E-MAIL NEWS SERVICE(TM) -- COSTA MESA Calif. -- The US FDA announced today that 2 executives of AbTox, a Mundelein IL company, were convicted April 13 2006, of fraudulently selling uncleared surgical sterilizing devices that led to eye damage in 18 patients, causing them to lose sight in 1 eye.
05/09/2006 May 9, 2006 - Cree Inc., Durham, Nc, has signed a five-year agreement to supply LEDs to Seoul Semiconductor Co. Ltd., which will purchase at least $40 million of the products during the first five quarters of the contract.
05/09/2006 Munich, Germany — SUSS MicroTec obtained orders for lithography systems and coat/bake/develop tracks from Siliconware Precision Industries (SPIL), including two MA200e full-field lithography systems and multiple production coating clusters for processing 200- and 300-mm wafers, in support of SPIL's solder bumping capacity expansion. The orders were signed in January and April 2006, and represent additional follow-on business from SPIL.
05/08/2006 May 8, 2006 - Mallinckrodt Baker Inc., Phillipsburg, NJ, is increasing manufacturing capacity for its CLk and PRS lines of high-performance photoresist strippers and residue removers.
05/08/2006 May 8, 2006 - Chinese foundry Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp. (SMIC) has ramped to volume production for Aurora Systems Inc.'s liquid-crystal-on-silicon (LCOS) panel chips
05/08/2006 May 8, 2006 - Brooks Automation Inc. is forming a joint venture with Japan's Yaskawa Electric to boost its presence in Japan, and acquiring the firm's US subsidiary to enhance its custom manufacturing services business.
05/08/2006 May 8, 2006 - Photronics Inc., Brookfield, CT, and Micron Technology Inc., Boise, ID, have officially formed a joint venture to develop and produce photomasks based on internal efforts to support 45nm chipmaking processes.
