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Leading Foundry Places Order for Axcelis’ Optima HDx High Current Implanter

Axcelis Technologies, Inc., a leading supplier of enabling ion implantation solutions for the semiconductor industry, announced that it has received an order for its Optima HDx high current implanter from one of the world's leading foundries.

26 Jul 2013

Advantest Enters Market for Testing Advanced PCI Express 3.0 NVMe Solid-State Drives

Leading semiconductor test equipment supplier Advantest Corporation has entered the market for testing advanced PCI Express (PCIe) 3.0 NVMe solid-state drives (SSDs) for enterprise and consumer applications with the versatile NEO-SSD platform, on which the company is building a family of test solutions that are scheduled to begin shipping to customers in the fourth quarter of this calendar year.

26 Jul 2013

OMNOVA to Repurpose Excess Styrene Butadiene Latex Capacity at Mogadore Plant

OMNOVA Solutions announced an investment to repurpose – or redirect – excess styrene butadiene (SB) latex capacity at its plant in Mogadore, Ohio to the production of styrene acrylic and other specialty emulsion polymer chemistries.

26 Jul 2013

ABB Expands Renewables Business with Acquisition of Power-One

ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, and Power-One, Inc., a leading provider of renewable energy and of energy-efficient power conversion and power management solutions, confirmed that ABB has completed its previously announced acquisition of Power-One.

26 Jul 2013

ACerS Honors Penn State Ceramic Science Professor with Distinguished Life Member Award

Gary L. Messing, distinguished professor of ceramic science and engineering and head of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Penn State, has been named a Distinguished Life Member of The American Ceramic Society (ACerS).

26 Jul 2013

Special Extrusion Dies Improve Mechanical Properties of Recycled Aluminum

Aluminum recycling has become a successful business since its inception a century ago. Nearly a third of the aluminum produced in the United States is made from aluminum scraps that have been recycled in a process—usually remelting—that uses only 5 to 10 percent of the energy it takes to extract aluminum from mined bauxite ore.

26 Jul 2013

Super Absorbent Polymers, Adhesives and Sealants Industry Boost Growth of Global Acrylic Acid Market

Transparency Market Research has released a new market report titled "Acrylic Acid Market (Acrylate Esters, Glacial Acrylic Acid & Others) for Superabsorbent polymers & Surface Coatings, Adhesives and Sealants, Textiles, Plastic Additives & Printing Ink Applications - Global Industry Analysis, Size, Share, Growth and Forecast, 2012 - 2018," which observes that the demand for acrylic acid that was over USD 13.6 billion in 2012 is expected to increase to USD 20.0 billion by 2018, growing at a CAGR of 6.5% from 2012 to 2018.

26 Jul 2013

New Book on Organic Materials for Optical and (Opto)electronic Devices

Small molecules and conjugated polymers, the two main types of organic materials used for optoelectronic and photonic devices, can be used in a number of applications including organic light-emitting diodes, photovoltaic devices, photorefractive devices and waveguides.

25 Jul 2013

European Commission Pledges to Continue Funding for Europractice IC Services

Together with its partners STFC and Fraunhofer IIS, imec announced today that the European Commission has pledged to continue funding the Europractice IC services for another 3 years under the FP7 program.

From IMEC 25 Jul 2013

New GPC/SEC Light Scattering Detector From Malvern Instruments

The launch of the Viscotek SEC-MALS 20 brings new standards of performance and greater choice in gel permeation/size exclusion chromatography (GPC/SEC) and extends the Malvern Panalytical family of light scattering detec...

From Malvern Panalytical 25 Jul 2013

Indium Selects Duksan Hi-Metals as Strategic Partner for Marketing SACM Solder Balls

Indium Corporation and Duksan Hi-Metal Co., Ltd. announce a formal agreement to facilitate the global supply of an advanced alloy technology used to manufacture solder balls (spheres) for semiconductor packages. SACM™, a novel alloy composition developed by Indium Corporation, provides the foremost reliability performance in terms of both drop-shock and thermal cycling.

25 Jul 2013

Compound Photonics to Manufacture Lasers at Newly Acquired GaAs Manufacturing Facility

Compound Photonics, the engineered light technology company changing the world of projection, announced an agreement with RFMD whereby Compound Photonics will purchase Europe’s largest Gallium Arsenide (GaAs) manufacturing facility in Newton Aycliffe, County Durham, England.

25 Jul 2013

Best Ultrasonic Wave Frequencies for Detection of Adhesive Failures can be Selected

Ultrasonic waves can find bubbles and cracks in adhesive bonds holding airplane composite parts together, and now aerospace engineers can select the best frequencies to detect adhesive failures in hard-to-reach places more quickly, thanks to Penn State researchers.

25 Jul 2013

Inexpensive New Method to Grow Thin Films of Indium Phosphide

Engineers at the University of California, Berkeley, have developed an inexpensive new way to grow thin films of a material prized in the semiconductor and photovoltaic industries, an achievement that could bring high-end solar cells within reach of consumer pocketbooks.

25 Jul 2013

New Battery and Energy Storage Technology Testing and Commercialization Center in Rochester

The New York Battery and Energy Storage Technology Consortium (NY-BEST) and DNV KEMA Energy & Sustainability, a leading global energy consultancy and authority in testing, inspection and certification, today outlined their new partnership whereby nearly $23 million will be invested to build and grow the new Battery and Energy Storage Technology (BEST) Testing and Commercialization Center in Rochester, New York.

25 Jul 2013