07/26/2001  July 26, 2001 -- SAN FRANCISCO, CA -- Entegris, Inc. has signed a definitive agreement to acquire all shares of Atcor Corporation for an undisclosed cash payment. Atcor Corporation is the supplier of precision cleaning systems and cleaning services providing a variety of cleaning/drying technologies to the world's largest semiconductor and hard disk drive manufacturers.

07/24/2001  July 24. 2001 -- AMSTERDAM -- Faced with lower-than expected second quarter results thanks in part to an industry downturn, Royal Philips Electronics plans to cut as many as 4,000 semiconductor jobs.

07/24/2001  Semi Dice Celebrates 25 Years of Service
LOS ALAMITOS, CALIF.
For the past 25 years, Semi Dice Inc. has been supplying bare die components to the hybrid, MCM and COB communities. In a recent interview with Advanced Packaging magazine, Mitch Myers, COO of Semi Dice, reflected on the past 25 years in the industry.

07/23/2001  July 23, 2001 -- SINGAPORE -- UMCi Pte. Ltd. is moving ahead with plans to construct a 300mm fab project in Singapore that will feature more than 430,000 square feet of cleanroom space.

07/19/2001  And the Award Goes To...
At SEMICON West this year, we revealed the winners of The 2001 Advanced Packaging Awards program. Click here to see which products and companies won.

07/12/2001 

07/11/2001  Between the implosion of the dot-coms and the plunge in the semiconductor market, it's hard to imagine a worse business these days than a semiconductor equipment dot-com.

07/11/2001  VLSI Research's recently released 2001 Customer Satisfaction Survey saw some jockeying for top spots, with a combination of first-place stalwarts and blue-ribbon rookies taking high honors. Agilent Technologies, Karl Suss, Ultratech Stepper, Universal Instruments and Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associate snagged top equipment supplier honors in their respective categories.

07/11/2001 

07/10/2001  July 10, 2001 - Westwood, MA - ADE Corp. has reduced its workforce by approximately 5%, as part of a cost-cutting program that is being implemented in response to softening market conditions. All job reductions were associated with ADE's New England facilities and were preceded by actions taken to reduce non-essential spending.

07/10/2001 

07/09/2001  July 9, 2001 -- CRANBURY, NJ -- Princeton Lightwave Inc., has started manufacturing optical components at its new advanced components facility at its headquarters.

07/09/2001  July 9, 2001 - Newport Beach, CA - Conexant Systems has announced additional restructuring and expense-reduction initiatives, including a reduction in workforce of approximately 450 people.

07/01/2001  When we look back on 2001, we will likely remember it as the year that the long-heralded convergence of packaging and wafer fab processes really turned the corner, with convincing advances on many fronts

07/01/2001  CHASKA, MN—Entegris Inc. recently announced that it has joined the Center for Microcontamination Control (CMC) at the University of Arizona. The company says it hopes to broaden its research and development as well as its business offerings.

06/26/2001  June 26, 2001 - Hillsboro, OR - With a company focus on structural diagnostics and structural modification with the utilization of ion beam technology, FEI has an eye on the future.

06/26/2001  June 26, 2001 -- MALAYSIA -- AIC Corp. and U.S.-based National Scientific Corp plan to develop and manufacture advanced power protection semiconductor devices.

06/18/2001  June 18, 2001 - Geneva, Switzerland -STMicroelectronics (ST) has shut down both of its Singapore plants for three weeks to reduce inventory, a recent report said.

06/18/2001 
A survivor of the Iran-Iraq war landed a secure job at IBM. But that wasn't enough. "I wanted to bring MEMS from something gathering dust on papers on the shelf to real products that affect society." So Integrated Sensing Systems Inc. was born.

06/06/2001  The 2000 Back-End Process: Step-by-Step
Industry newcomers and veterans alike benefit from our monthly series of step-by-step articles that outline the packaging process -- how it's changed, how it's stayed the same and how it's applied today. As a special reference tool for our apmag.com visitors, here's a compilation of articles from The 2000 Back-End Process Series: Step by Step.