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Semiconductor Equipment Industry Looks Set for Consolidation as Cycle Comes to an End

Since 1970, the semiconductor industry has experienced seven cycles (’71-73 – 3 years), (’78-’80 – 3 years), (’83-’84 – 3 years), (’86-’88 – 3 years), (&l...

10 Dec 2004

Alcoa Sell Venezuelan Aluminium Extrusion Business

Alcoa today announced the sale of Aluminum Reynolds de Venezuela, known as "Alreyven," to Topes Y Techos S.A., a Venezuelan Company. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Alreyven, is a small extrusio...

7 Dec 2004

Alcoa Have Begun Production of Vino-Lok a New Closure System for Wine Bottles

Alcoa announced today that its Alcoa Closure Systems International business has begun commercial production of Vino-Lok, its "glass on glass" closure system for wine bottles that it developed as an alternative ...

7 Dec 2004

Rising Stainless Steel Prices Spawn New Market for Faux Stainless Products

While stainless steel appliances such as refrigerators and cooktops are still the items of choice for those who can afford them, rising prices are sending them beyond the reach of the budget conscious. Observers of th...

7 Dec 2004

Teck Comminco Granted Patent for Hydrometallurgical Nickel Process

Teck Cominco Limited is pleased to announce that its affiliate, Cominco Engineering Services Ltd (CESL) has been granted a Canadian patent for its hydrometallurgical nickel production process. The new, low-cost process e...

6 Dec 2004

Aviza Technology Introduce Low Temperature Silicon Nitride Deposition Process

Aviza Technology, a leading supplier of production-proven thermal process systems and an industry innovator in atomic layer deposition (ALD), today introduced Satin(TM), a low pressure chemical vapor deposition (LPCVD) p...

6 Dec 2004

da Vinci Project Complete Construction and Flight Qualification of World’s Largest Reusable Helium Balloon

The Golden Palace.com Space Program Powered by the da Vinci Project announced today that it has completed construction and flight qualification of the “Worlds Largest Reusable Helium Balloon” for its planned ...

6 Dec 2004

Breakthrough Holds Potential for Numerous Applications in Fuel Cells, Catalytic Converters

For the first time ever, Emory University researchers have broken through the so-called "oxo-wall" to create stable multiple chemical bonds between oxygen and platinum – once thought impossible because ox...

30 Nov 2004

Alcan Looks to Restructure 9 Plants Across Europe

Alcan Inc. announced today that it has begun consultations with employee representatives on a proposed restructuring involving nine of its European sites. This intended measure is a result of changing market conditions a...

26 Nov 2004

Alcan Put Rolled Products Spin Off to the Shareholders

Alcan Inc. announced today that its Board of Directors has approved the convening of a special meeting of its shareholders on December 22, 2004 to consider the proposed spin-off of its rolled products businesses into an ...

25 Nov 2004

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