05/27/2005 May 27, 2005 - A research team from Kyoto University and the Japan Science and Technology Agency has developed a way to significantly boost the efficiency of light-emitting diodes, according to Nihon Keizai Shimbun.
05/27/2005 By Leonid Rosenboim, MKS Instruments Inc.
Collection and analysis of physical measurements have become crucial components in advanced process control (APC) and e-diagnostics for semiconductor manufacturing. To further advance diagnostics capabilities, tool suppliers and device makers are increasing the number of sensors used in process chambers to improve manufacturing steps and ultimately achieve higher yields.
05/26/2005 PRESCOTT, Ariz., May 26, 2005 (PRIMEZONE) -- Produce Safety and Security International Inc, the 'Company,' or (Pink Sheets:PDSS) is pleased to announce that the first ozone unit is to be installed and ready for operation on May 27, 2005.
05/26/2005 Billerica, Massachusetts --- May 26, 2005 --- Millipore today announced the appointment of Dr. Suraj Baloda, group manager for process microbiology and sterile applications, and Eric Rudolph, director of strategic planning and business development, to PDA's Training and Research Institute Advisory Board (TRIAB).
05/26/2005 (May 26, 2005) Jersey City, N.J. — Cookson Electronics has recently opened its advanced Technical Service Center and warehouse facility in Shanghai, China, which will be the basis for Cookson's customers in China, providing hands-on, local-language technical support to PCB fabricators and assemblers and semiconductor packaging assemblers in Northern and Eastern China. It is located in the Zhong Dian Lu Ke Industrial Park in Pudong.
05/26/2005 NORTH ADAMS, MA -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 05/25/2005 -- Concerns over pathogenic bacteria and food safety are becoming increasingly significant health issues for the public and for the food industry. In many countries significant increases in foodborne illnesses have been reported over the past few decades. Moreover, new, serious hazards have emerged in the food chain, such as enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli and bovine spongiform encephalopathy.
05/26/2005 REGENSBURG, Germany--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 25, 2005--The German biotech company profos ag offers optimal solutions for the high efficient removal of toxic contaminations derived from bacteria, so-called endotoxins, from biopharmaceutical products. With the launch of "EndoTrap red" the profos ag extends their EndoTrap product portfolio.
05/26/2005 Getting innovative technology from university labs into the marketplace is a challenge across the globe. Many research institutions have improved their chances by turning to incubators such as Nanotechnology Victoria in Australia, MESA+ Institute in the Netherlands, Isis Innovation in the United Kingdom and the Austin Technology Incubator in Texas.
05/25/2005 May 25, 2005 - Plastics processor Takiron Co. announced yesterday that it has begun marketing a newly developed plastic sheet that has antistatic properties and remains transparent even when bent into shapes like trays, reports the Nihon Keizai Shimbun.
05/25/2005 SOMERS, NY -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 05/24/2005 -- IBM Healthcare & Life Sciences announced a new initiative to support the pharmaceutical industry in its drive towards operational excellence, quality by design and risk-based compliance. As part of this program, IBM teamed with leading technology providers to develop a new solution aimed at enabling the transformation of pharmaceutical development and manufacturing capabilities of large pharmaceutical and biotech companies.
05/25/2005 NAPLES, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 25, 2005--Frost & Sullivan will present its 2005 Leading Analytical Instrumentation Company of the Year Award at tonight's third annual Excellence in Industrial Technologies Banquet to Waters Corporation in recognition of the company's outstanding contribution to the analytical and scientific instrumentation market.
05/25/2005 (May 25, 2005) Cardiff, U.K. — Surface Technology Systems plc (STS) has opened its new sales office in Singapore, further strengthening its commitment to the Asian semiconductor manufacturing market. The Singapore office will provide local sales and service support to customers and STS agents throughout Singapore, Australia, China, Hong Kong, India, Korea, Malaysia, Philippines, Taiwan, and Thailand.
05/25/2005 Most if not all of us are still students when it comes to nanotechnology and its environmental impacts. Relatively few plants and factories manufacture sizable quantities of nanomaterials and nanotechnology-based products, making the possibility of nanoscale byproducts or unintended releases a remote concern. Many of the products that do exist have yet to leach from landfills or percolate into streams and aquifers.
05/24/2005 May 24, 2005 - IBM, Infineon, and Macronix have announced a joint research initiative to explore the potential of a new form of computer memory technology called phase-change memory (PCM), which stores data by changing the state of a special material from an amorphous to a crystalline structure, rather than storing data as an electrical charge.
05/24/2005 May 24, 2005 - Oraxion Diagnostics, a provider of advanced metrology systems, has named industry veterans Bang C. Nguyen as CEO and director and Jonathan M. Sabol as COO.
05/24/2005 (May 24, 2005) Santa Clara, Calif. — Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE) announces that it has assembled, tested, and shipped over 100 million Bluetooth chips for CSR, a designer and manufacturer of Bluetooth technology.
