“Early indications are that consumer products with high semiconductor content such as LCD TVs, PMP, and MP3 players, along with digital cameras, all sold well in the holiday buying season,” said SIA President George Scalise. “These products are all finishing the year with very healthy unit sales increases. Cell phone unit sales in 2007 will grow by over 20 percent for the fifth consecutive year, while unit sales of personal computers will grow by more than 10 percent.

(January 04, 2008) OULU, Finland — Braggone, an optoelectronics materials company, has received multimillion dollar funding from TEKES (The National Technology Agency of Finland) to commercialize their polymer materials. Semiconductor devices and flat panel displays are primary targets.