06/29/2005 (June 29, 2005) Penang, Malaysia — Leadframe manufacturer Dynacraft Industries has recently signed a patent license and technology transfer agreement with Samsung Techwin for the µ-PPF (pre-plated frame) technology, giving Dynacraft the ability to provide nickel-palladium-gold (NiPdAu) alloy pre-plated leadframes with Pd plating thickness of 0.1 µin minimum, rather than 0.8 µin minimum.
06/29/2005 RALEIGH, NC -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 06/29/2005 -- HydroFlo Water Treatment, Inc. (HWTI), a portfolio company of HydroFlo, Inc. (OTC BB: HYRF), has begun the sales of its new HydroFlo Dissolved Air Flotation (HDAF) unit to an undisclosed DAF manufacturer.
06/29/2005 ROLLING MEADOWS, IL--(June 28, 2005)--The Institute of Environmental Sciences and Technology (IEST) is continuing to offer valuable online education classes. IEST will be offering a class on cleanroom ISO Standards, taught by Robert Mielke of Abbott Laboratories, on Tuesday, August 2, 2005 at 11:00 a.m. Central Daylight Savings Time.
06/29/2005 PHOENIX--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 28, 2005--Rohm and Haas Electronic Materials, CMP Technologies, a leader and innovator in polishing technology for the global semiconductor industry, announced that its Newark, Delaware facility conforms to ISO/TS 16949, the international technical specification for automotive and relevant service parts providers.
06/29/2005 ALLENTOWN, PA, June 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Akrion, Inc. announced that it will supply several cleaning systems to a repeat customer in Taiwan. The tools will be used for FEOL cleaning in a 300mm production fab.
06/29/2005 SANTA CLARA, CA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 28, 2005--Applied Materials, Inc., the world's largest supplier of wafer fabrication solutions to the global semiconductor industry, today announced the signing of a definitive agreement with SCP Global Technology, Inc. to acquire SCP's single-wafer HF-last immersion technology and Marangoni(R) clean/dry intellectual property.
06/29/2005 Four members of the nanotechnology business community are scheduled to testify before Congress today. A House subcommittee scheduled the hearing to examine a recent assessment of the government's nanotechnology program.
06/28/2005 (June 28, 2005) Vista, Calif. — Palomar Technologies and Avo Photonics are collaborating for packaging of Luxcore Optronics's 27-dB gain optical chip, taking advantage of Palomar's automation technology and Avo Photonics' advanced assembly process development and experience with the newest packaging techniques. Together, Palomar and Avo have completed the initial advanced prototype design and assembly for Luxcore in support of its advanced optical amplifier chip.
06/28/2005 SARATOGA, CA -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 06/28/2005 -- Will a collapse of the worldwide housing market cause another recession for the semiconductor industry? Not necessarily, says Advanced Forecasting, a Silicon Valley quantitative forecasting house.
06/28/2005 PRESCOTT, AZ -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 06/28/2005 -- Produce Safety & Security International, Inc. (OTC: PDSC) is pleased to announce that the company has entered into a letter of intent for the purchase of a 100,000-plus-square-foot facility in Prescott, Arizona.
06/27/2005 (June 27, 2005) Mountain View, Calif. — Synopsys Inc. and Renesas Technology Corp. have created a 90-nm system-on-chip (SoC) design for wireless applications using Synopsys' Galaxy design platform. Synopsys' physical design solution — with advanced design for yield (DFY) capabilities in the Astro product — enabled Renesas to meet their yield goals in this production design.
06/27/2005 June 27, 2005 - Royal Philips Electronics has agreed to sell its monitor and entry-level flat-screen television business to TPV Technology Ltd. TPV will take over Philips' existing original equipment manufacturing (OEM) monitor business and produce monitors and entry-level flat TV products that Philips will continue to market and sell under its own brand, according to the Taiwan Economic News.
06/27/2005 The National Foundation for Infectious Disease's annual meeting on Antimicrobial Resistance (NFID) will host experts presenting the latest research in the ongoing battle against the growing threat of bacterial infections that are increasingly resistant to available antibiotics.
06/27/2005 BILLERICA, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 24, 2005--Millipore Corporation (NYSE: MIL), a multinational bioscience company, and 3M Company (NYSE: MMM), a leading technology innovator in health care markets, announced today that they have entered into a supply and distribution agreement for 96-well Multi-SPE Extraction Plates.
