01/10/2006 January 10, 2006 - Aubrey "Bill" Tobey, president of ACT International, has been presented with the seventh annual Bob Graham award for "outstanding contributions in semiconductor equipment and materials marketing" by SEMI.
01/10/2006 January 10, 2006 - Photronics Inc., Brookfield, CT, plans to build a new photomask fabrication facility in South Korea, to support R&D and volume production of photomask technologies for semiconductors using 65nm- and below process technologies.
01/10/2006 January 10, 2006 - Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp. (SMIC) and Infineon Technologies AG have agreed to extend their DRAM contract manufacturing partnership beyond 300mm/90nm to include flexibility for 70nm technology transfers in the future.
01/10/2006 January 10, 2006 - Mentor Graphics Corp., Wilsonville, OR, has unveiled a new product to help verify post-optical-proximity correction (OPC) output, and help chipmakers minimize costly mask respins and delays getting products through production.
01/10/2006 /FDA/ -- Dallas, TX -- Scobee Foods, Inc. of Dallas, TX is recalling 364 packages of Double Chili Dogs with Cheese because it has the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.
01/09/2006 January 9, 2006 -- /BUSINESS WIRE/ -- EAST HILLS, N.Y. -- In the spring of 2003, the respiratory virus SARS traveled to five countries within 24 hours.
01/09/2006 January 9, 2006 -- /MARKET WIRE/ -- MILPITAS, Calif. -- Intersil Corporation (NASDAQ: ISIL), a world leader in the design and manufacture of high-performance analog solutions, has introduced a new family of single and dual port dual protocol transceivers featuring the industry's highest ESD (electrostatic discharge) rating and best price/performance in a tiny, space saving, QFN package.
01/09/2006 Austin, TX — Freescale Semiconductor has added two prominent executives to its manufacturing team — Chris Chi, formerly of United Electronics Corp. (UMC), joins as VP of external manufacturing, and Gulzar Mohd Ali, previously with Intel, is now VP of final manufacturing, overseeing assembly and test operations. Both will report to Alex Pepe, Freescale's senior VP of manufacturing operations.
01/06/2006 January 5, 2006 -- /MARKET WIRE/ -- AUSTIN, Texas -- SEMATECH today announced the 2006 SEMATECH Knowledge Series (SKS), a set of public, single-focused industry meetings designed to increase global knowledge in key areas of semiconductor R&D.
01/06/2006 January 5, 2006 -- /MARKET WIRE/ -- TORONTO -- Generex Biotechnology Corporation (NASDAQ: GNBT), a leader in the area of buccal drug delivery, announced today that it has been granted another United States patent.
01/05/2006 January 4, 2006 -- /MARKET WIRE/ -- CLEVELAND, Ohio -- World pharmaceutical packaging demand is projected to increase 6.3 percent annually to over $30 billion in 2009.
01/05/2006 Jersey City, NJ — On December 30, 2005, Cookson Group plc (Cookson) sold its Specialty Coating Systems (SCS) business, which forms part of the Assembly Materials sector of Cookson's Electronics division, to Bunker Hill Capital for $55.5 million. An immediate cash payment of $54.0 million was made up front, with an additional $1.5 million to be paid upon closing of the sale of the SCS China business in early 2006.
01/04/2006 January 3, 2006 -- /MARKET WIRE/ -- SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. -- Cowan Alexander, LLC and Asset Reliance International, a leading technology and Webcast auction and valuation team, today announced the auction dates for Predicant Biosciences equipment.
01/04/2006 /FDA/ -- Hayward, Calif. -- US Trading Co. of Hayward, California is recalling the following product because they may be contaminated with Salmonella:
01/04/2006 The ESD Association in cooperation with the IEEE is sponsoring the 28th Annual Symposium dealing with Electrical Overstress (EOS) and Electrostatic Discharge (ESD) effects.
