When a piece of gift-wrapping tape sticks to itself, it's frustrating, but when small parts in a microgear or micromotor stick together, an electronic device may not work well, if at all. Researchers now report in the journal ACS Applied ...
Tags: Electrical, Electronics
UK-based etch and deposition system maker Oxford Instruments Plasma Technology (OIPT) has appointed Andrew McQuarrie as VP of sales & service in the USA. McQuarrie has more than 28 years of experience in semiconductor and related ...
Tags: OIPT, high-technology businesses
Scientists are reporting the development of a novel metal ink made of small sheets of copper that can be used to write a functioning, flexible electric circuit on regular printer paper. Their report on the conductive ink, which could pave ...
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The LED lighting market in China is expected to double in size from 9.6 percent to 18 percent of all lighting used in the next four years, according to a recent growth forecast from Lux Research. This growth will be spurred by falling ...
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Semiconductor capital equipment provider OEM Group of Phoenix, AZ, USA has opened its new Sales and Service Center in Yokohama, Japan. Operating from this strategic central location, OEM Group Japan G.K. has doubled its staffing in the ...
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Semiconductor capital equipment provider OEM Group of Phoenix, AZ, USA has opened its new Sales and Service office in Hsinchu, Taiwan, complementing its existing re-manufacturing facility in Taiwan (which opened in 2010). The firm says ...
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Global PV production capacity is not expected to significantly increase in the near future and therefore there will not be any large PV capital expenditure before 2015, according to senior marketing manager Wesley Skinner for Applied ...
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All-stock transaction creating a new company as a merger of equals with combined market capitalization of approximately US$29 billion (¥2.8 trillion) Accelerates development of breakthrough products to address future technology ...
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This week Walmart has pushed LED manufacturers into hot water as it releases a US$ 9 LED bulb line, while German manufacturer Osram slashed 900 jobs in the U.S. as part of its restructure plan. Goldman Sachs on the other hand has remained ...
Tags: LED Lighting, Walmart
By blending their expertise, two materials science engineers at Washington University in St. Louis changed the electronic properties of new class of materials — just by exposing it to light. With funding from the Washington ...
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The WTO lawsuit is expected to reach a verdict at the end of this year. Members of the Chinese Society of Rare Earths (CSRE) and Association of Rare Earth Industry (ACREI) have expressed that China has a high chance of losing the lawsuit ...
Tags: Rare Earth, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
ClassOne Equipment of Atlanta, GA, USA (which supplies refurbished wafer fabrication equipment) has increased its presence in Europe with the opening of new facilities committed to the sales and support of the wet chemical processing ...
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ClassOne Equipment (which supplies refurbished wafer fabrication equipment) says that, in response to increased market demand, it has made significant investments in the growth and expansion of its Wet Processing Division. A Design and ...
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Recent advances in microelectronics technology and production processes have led to the rapid acceleration in MEMs and LED manufacturing, and breakthroughs in silicon photonics and printed/flexible electronics. But what comes next? The ...
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Back-end segment and the wafer-level packaging (WLP)-related segments ruled the semiconductor market during the year Global semiconductor capex on manufacturing equipment declined 16.1% during 2012 to $37.8bn compared to 2011, according ...