01/22/2003  Mancal Corporation Ltd., a Calgary, Alberta, diversified holding company, has increased its stake in Edmonton, Alberta-based MEMS foundry Micralyne Inc., according to Chris Lumb, Micralyne's president and chief executive. Mancal increased its share in Micralyne to a percentage "in the teens," Lumb said.

01/15/2003  MEMGen Corp. said it has launched what it's dubbed the world's first microdevice design contest.

01/10/2003  Although few are currently hiring, companies operating in the MEMS industry intend to hire new employees this year, according to a recent survey. Industry veterans say turnover is necessary for growth and compare it to the early years of semiconductors. Out of 42 companies responding, only one company reported it would not be hiring one year from now and only two companies indicated fewer employees than they had a year ago.

01/09/2003  Coventor Inc. said it has launched a major upgrade to its CoventorWare MEMS design software.

11/22/2002  Intel Capital, along with others, has invested $10 million in MEMS manufacturer Colibrys. Its fastest growing market at the moment is aerospace and military. These customers are ordering inertial navigation systems and accelerometers, which have to be robust enough to withstand the shock of a missile launch, but sensitive enough to do the job once the system is in flight.

11/22/2002  FLX Micro said it has finished the first manufacturing run of a micromachining process using a material it said is stronger and more durable than standard silicon.

11/15/2002  The case of Standard MEMS Inc., the Burlington, Mass.-based MEMS fab that sought Chapter 11 reorganization protection in September, has been converted to a Chapter 7 liquidation bankruptcy, according to court records.

11/11/2002  In 1994, Mike Jamiolkowski became fascinated by MEMS technology and incorporated Microcosm Technologies to develop MEMS design software. Today, the company now known as Coventor Inc. is getting ready for a December unveiling of its latest software release, CoventorWare2003. But the past eight years have seen many Coventor technology makeovers.

11/01/2002  MEMSCAP S.A. (Euronext: MEMS), a MEMS provider based in Grenoble, France, announced third quarter revenues of $1.29 million, versus $0.99 million for the same period last year. The company did not release information about earnings or losses.

10/29/2002  Corning Inc. said it has launched a miniature lens that enables a significant reduction in size for MEMS and other optical parts packaging.

10/15/2002  Eastman Kodak Co. has tapped Kionix Inc. to provide MEMS fab services at its new manufacturing plant in New York.

10/10/2002  Zyvex Corp. on Thursday officially announced the addition of Honeywell International Inc. to an existing five-year, $25 million industry-government program to create microscale assemblers and then bring them down to nanoscale.

10/04/2002  TRONIC'S Microsystems SA said it has signed distribution deals with two Japanese firms.

10/02/2002  Triad Sensors prefers to think of its new MEMS chip as a bargaining chip. The startup has made hundreds of them primarily to pitch its process – a potentially better way to make MEMS. Triad serves a field that has many different production methods, but no set standard. So, it's touting its approach as a way to make many different microdevices in existing foundries.

10/02/2002  MEMS can provide a boost to the slumping semiconductor market, according to a new report.

09/30/2002  BridgeWave Communications Inc., a Santa Clara, Calif.-based developer of high-speed semiconductor interconnects and packaging, has received $4.75 million in fourth round financing, according to Gregg Levin, senior vice president of marketing and business development.

09/11/2002  MEMSCAP Inc. said it has begun shipping samples of photonic switches and variable optical attenuators for metro and access levels of optical networks.

09/05/2002  Transparent Networks said it has signed a MEMS foundry services deal with Silicon Microstructures Inc.

08/14/2002  Six months ago, Standard MEMS Inc. was one of five companies voted "most promising" at San Francisco's Semiconductor Venture Fair. Now it is down to 25 employees from its height of 270. One fab is closed and another is idle. Even its Web site's home page is offline. What happened?

08/01/2002  Roughly a year ago, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, and Ardesta LLC, Ann Arbor, MI, announced a partnership aimed at transferring MEMS and microsystems technology to start-up companies in the commercial sector.