Susumu Kohyama, Ph.D., president and CEO, Covalent Materials Corporation; Kiyoshi Togawa, senior VP and executive officer, Hitachi Chemical Co. Ltd.; Way Tu, CEO and president, Allegro Manufacturing, Pte. Ltd.; and Kazuo Ushida, director, board member, and senior executive officer, Nikon Corporation, and president of Nikon’s Precision Equipment Company, join Coder on the Board.
(August 13, 2007) LIVINGSTON, Scotland, U.K. — Four Scotland-based R&D-focused institutions and companies founded a consortium to engage emerging technology companies in MEMS, biomedical, control electronics, remote sensing, and advanced technology sectors. The Institute for System-level Integration (iSLI), the Scottish Microelectronics Centre (SMC), Optocap, and Photonix Limited plan to provide R&D, commercial scaling, and higher-value services to U.K.-based and global industry members.