01/18/2006 January 17, 2006 -- /PALL/ -- East Hills, N.Y. -- Pall Corporation announced today that it has entered into an agreement with Biotrace International Plc giving Pall exclusive global marketing and distribution rights to the range of Ascotec environmental air monitoring products for the pharmaceutical industry.
01/18/2006 January 18, 2006 -- /MasterControl/ -- In business, just like in life, there is nothing more constant than change. The fact that change is inevitable makes "control" critical, especially in FDA and ISO-environments, where inappropriate or "uncontrolled" changes could affect the safety and reliability of products and directly impact public health and safety.
01/18/2006 January 18, 2006 -- /MEDICAL INDUSTRY E-MAIL NEWS SERVICE(TM)/ -- COSTA MESA, Calif. -- The FDA has announced new steps to advance the earliest phases of clinical research in the development of innovative medical treatments.
01/18/2006 January 18, 2006 -- /MARKET WIRE/ -- SAN DIEGO, Calif. -- Althea Technologies, Inc., a leading provider of innovative technologies and services for pharmaceutical development and manufacturing, announced today that it has completed the initial phase of its manufacturing facility expansion.
01/17/2006 January 17, 2006 -- /AdvanceTEC/ -- The Rising 25 is an annual list of the Richmond area's fastest-growing private, independent businesses. The recognition is designed to acknowledge the area's entrepreneurial spirit and highlight a select few noteworthy businesses.
01/17/2006 January 17, 2006 -- /BUSINESS WIRE/ -- SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Metron Technology has launched its new eMetron.com online ordering capability designed to optimize the efficiency of purchasing cleanroom consumables for customers in the U.S.
01/17/2006 January 17, 2006 - Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Corp. (TSMC) has entered full production of 80nm "half-node" process technology, a lithographic shrink of its 90nm process technology.
01/17/2006 Boulder, CO — imaging Technology international (iTi), a global designer and manufacturer of industrial inkjet systems, has opened an office in Cambridge, England, which is the first stage of iTi's international expansion plan. Also, Debbie Thorp has been named VP of EMEA Operations.
01/17/2006 Tempe, AZ — The 7th annual Burn-in and Test Socket Workshop (BiTS), to be held March 12–15, 2006, in Tempe, AZ, will provide a gathering for the latest information about burn-in and test socketing, as well as related fields. This workshop targets end users and suppliers of sockets, boards, burn-in systems, handlers, packages, and other related equipment, materials, and services.
01/17/2006 Nano-Tex LLC has launched a search for its top leader after Donn Tice stepped down as chief executive officer. Jim Curley, who joined Nano-Tex as chief financial officer last June, is serving as interim CEO. Tice's three-year contract expired at the end of December. Tice cited personal reasons for leaving Nano-Tex, a company whose nanotechnology-based textile enhancements have appeared in more than 100 textile brands.
01/16/2006 January 16, 2006 - IMEC's Europractice IC service has added a 90nm multiproject wafer run using UMC's 90nm logic and mixed/RF process technology.
01/16/2006 Hauppauge, NY — RVSI Inspection LLC has appointed Nellie Quintana to its VP of Operations position, in which she will report directly to president Kevin Maddy and focus on making a step function improvement in quality, delivery, and cost.
01/16/2006 North Billerica, MA — BTU International Inc. has named Boris Mathiszik as director of sales for the Asia-Pacific region, and he will be stationed in Shanghai, China. The company also has selected Shanghai as its new Asia-Pacific headquarters; however, BTU's regional center for Southeast Asia will stay in Singapore.
01/16/2006 January 13, 2006 -- /FLOMERICS/ -- Flomerics has announced an extensive program of training classes for 2006 designed to help users take full advantage of its thermal, electromagnetic compatibility (EMC), and antenna and microwave simulation software.
01/16/2006 January 16, 2006 -- /MEDICAL INDUSTRY E-MAIL NEWS SERVICE(TM)/ -- FALLS CHURCH VA USA -- Join former FDA investigator Martin Browning on this 90-minute interactive audioconference, Computerized System Validation: When Is Enough, Enough?
01/16/2006 January 16, 2006 -- /IEST/ -- ROLLING MEADOWS, IL -- David E. Brande has been named Chair of International Organization for Standardization (ISO) Technical Committee (TC) 209, Cleanrooms and associated controlled environments.
01/13/2006 Kristofer Pister, an engineering professor and MEMS pioneer at the University of California, Berkeley, received national recognition for his invention of "smart dust" wireless sensor networks. The Industry/University Cooperative Research Centers (I/UCRC) announced today that Pister won the Alexander Schwarzkopf Prize for Technology Innovation. The I/UCRC is an independent association made up of 41 National Science Foundation-funded centers representing more than 60 universities.
