Several Chinese MOCVD suppliers announced their first shipments to customers in Q4 2012, which broke the long term monopoly by western companies in the key equipment market. Ideal Energy and TOPEC are two companies located in Shanghai, ...
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While hardware and components makers face economic hurdles, the picture for software is getting brighter, according to earnings reports from major vendors and mid-year market research polls. Vendors and analysts lay much of the blame for ...
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A delegation of SEMI members and other stakeholders in LED manufacturing met with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Assistant Secretary of Energy David Danielson and his senior staff in August to advocate for increased support for R&D and ...
Tags: LED, Solid State Lighting, SSL
The U.S.Dept.of Energy has set a goal to develop battery and energy storage technologies that are five times more powerful and five times cheaper than today's within five years. To accomplish this,U.S.Energy Secretary Stephen Chu is ...
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Applied Materials,the No.1 supplier of semiconductor manufacturing equipment,is to cut 900 to 1,300 jobs representing 6%-9%of its workforce via a voluntary retirement and other programmes. The cuts come in a weak year for semiconductor ...
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Indian flexible packaging manufacturer Uflex will secure EUR30m financing for its third expansion project in Poland, from KfW IPEX-Bank in Germany. Uflex is establishing its first European production facility in Wrzesnia, Poland, which ...
Packaging firms are increasingly adopting the Fraunhofer Institute for Electron Beam and Plasma Technology FEP that was developed jointly by Fraunhofer FEP and Biofilm. The project partners included Applied Materials, hallow cathode ...
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IDG News Service-Though U.S.political leaders managed to spark some good news for the economy Friday,technology stocks are down for the week,showing a continued lack of confidence in the sector. The problem has been earnings.Tech ...
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A delegation of stakeholders in LED manufacturing have met with US Department of Energy officials to plead their case for increased support in solid-state lighting R&D and manufacturing, with their key message that SSL offers greater energy ...
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By demonstrating that LED-based SSL delivers excellent ROI on taxpayer investment, SEMI hopes to secure increased levels of funding to support LED manufacturing in the US. A delegation of SEMI members and other stakeholders in LED ...
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The 2012 update of the SSL Manufacturing R&D Roadmap guides research programs in LED and OLED manufacturing with the goal of meeting aggressive cost targets for 2015 and 2020. The US Department of ...
Developer of organic LED materials and printed electronics specialist agree strategic alliance. Universal Display Corporation(UDC),the New Jersey company that is one of the world's leading developers of organic LED materials,has agreed a ...
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Top tools makers Applied Materials and Tokyo Electron are unenthusiastic about the possible transition to 450mm,reports the Wall Street Journal. Applied corporate vp Kirk Hassrjian told the WSJ that it would be difficult to convince ...
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Eyelit's integrated MES software chosen by GCS to replace legacy system Eyelit Inc of Toronto,Canada,which provides manufacturing software for visibility,control,and coordination of manufacturing operations,says that ISO-certified ...
Tags: Eyelit, GCS, MES software, legacy system, GaN
Photovoltaic manufacturing equipment making is an"industry moving to consolidate"warns forecast. The thin film PV equipment industry is moving towards consolidation.The global thin film PV manufacturing equipment market will achieve a ...
Tags: SBI Reports, Thin film PV, PV, Consolidation