Oct. 19, 2005 — Ovonyx Inc., a Santa Clara, Calif.-based memory technology developer, announced that Intel Capital has made an additional investment in the company. Financial terms were not disclosed.

Ovonyx memory technology uses a reversible phase-change memory process that has been previously commercialized in rewritable CD and DVD optical memory disks. The company says the technology can be used in mobile computing, communications, and information appliances, as well as embedded applications in microcontrollers and logic processors.

In February 2000, Ovonyx announced that Intel Capital had made an investment in the company and that Ovonyx had licensed its phase-change memory technology to Intel. The two companies have been working together since then to develop and demonstrate the feasibility of high-density, non-volatile memory based on the technology.

Oct. 18, 2005 – Advance Nanotech Inc., a provider of financing and support services for nanotechnology companies, announced the appointment of Bill Milne, Peter Rugg and Virgil Wenger to its board of directors.

Milne is the head of electrical engineering at the University of Cambridge and director of the Centre for Advanced Photonics and Electronics as well as head of the electronic devices and materials group at the University of Cambridge.

Rugg is managing partner of Tatum Partners LLP and has experience in capital structure, financing and public company reporting.

Wenge is a CPA and former partner at Ernst & Young. Since retiring in 1990 he has continued his business activities as an independent consultant and financial advisor.

Oct. 18, 2005 — GE Global Research, the central research arm of General Electric (NYSE: GE), named Mark Little as its new director. He replaces Scott Donnelly, who left in July to become president and CEO of GE Aircraft Engines, another division of the conglomerate.

Little was previously with GE Energy’s power generation business in Schenectady, N.Y., where he was vice president since 1997. He has been with GE for 27 years.

“We’re placing big bets in major areas such as sustainable energy, biotechnology and nanotechnology to help fuel the future growth of the company,” said Jeffrey Immelt, GE Chairman and CEO, in a prepared statement, “and the Research organization is the epicenter of where these investments come to life.”

Michael Idelchik, who has been serving as interim director since July, will return to his role as vice president of advanced technologies for GE Global Research.

Oct. 17, 2005 — Bruker AXS Inc. announced an agreement to acquire Roentec AG, an X-ray microanalysis instrumentation company, based in Berlin. The acquisition is expected to close in the fourth quarter. Terms were not disclosed.

Bruker says Roentec has developed an X-ray microanalysis product line with fast acquisition electronics and a comprehensive analysis and quantification software suite. Roentec also has developed mobile systems for the X-ray elemental microanalysis of works of art, as well as transportable Total X-ray Reflection systems for elemental trace analysis in liquids for environmental or beverage analysis.

Oct. 14, 2005 — Tegal Corp. (Nasdaq:TGAL) announced that a major European integrated device manufacturer had placed an order with the company for three additional new 6540 advanced plasma etch systems, valued at over $7.5 million.

Tegal says the systems, directed at an application that enables the production of very high density de-coupling capacitor modules incorporated into cell phones and other wireless devices, will be installed in a production facility in the Asia-Pacific region later this year and early next year.

Oct. 13, 2005 — Kopin Corp. (NASDAQ: KOPN), a manufacturer of microdisplays for mobile consumer and military electronics, and Solomon Systech Ltd., a fabless semiconductor company specializing in display driver integrated circuits, announced that Solomon Systech will sell Kopin’s Binocular Display Module products for mobile video eyewear in China under a marketing agreement between the companies.

The module is a complete video subsystem for eyewear that integrates Kopin’s CyberDisplays, Solomon Systech’s Microdisplay Controller IC, and other electronics and optics for mobile video applications into a lightweight, self-contained unit. The BDM-230K with a QVGA (320 x 240) resolution weighs less than 1 oz, but provides a large image equivalent to a 35-inch TV at a distance of seven feet.

Oct. 13, 2005 – Nanophase Technologies, a Romeoville, Ill., provider of nanomaterials and nanoengineered products, announced the availability of a new line of high purity zinc oxide nanoparticles that is primarily targeted for electronics, catalysts, healthcare products, personal/suncare products, and industrial UV protection where a high degree of transparency is required.

The new product line provides zinc oxide nanoparticles that are approximately 35 nanometers and feature non-agglomeration and narrow particle size distribution.

The nanomaterial, NanoTek Zinc Oxide HS30, is commercially available as nanoparticles, surface-treated nanoparticles, and stable nanoparticle dispersions in a variety of solvents.