Epitaxial deposition and process equipment maker Veeco Instruments Inc of Plainview, NY, USA has reported revenue for full-year 2013 of $331.7m, down 36% on 2012's $516m, with all of the firm's businesses experiencing down cycles. LED & ...
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Hospital equipment maker Hill-Rom(Batesville,IN)plans on cutting approximately 350 workers,or 5%of its global workforce,to save roughly$30 million annually.The restructuring efforts include a downsizing of the firm's European manufacturing ...
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The hackers who got into your computer or smartphone are now taking aim at the Internet of Things. The connected toothbrush, sports gear with embedded sensors and smart refrigerators are just a few of the objects showcasing innovations at ...
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Following its first series of seminars in India (in Bangalore) in 2012, UK-based equipment maker Oxford Instruments has completed its second series of seminars. Focussed on nanotechnology tools and their use in multiple fields, more than ...
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Plasma etch, deposition and thermal wafer processing equipment maker SPTS Technologies Ltd of Newport, Wales, UK has won two more awards against other leading companies in Wales and the South West UK. This completes a year in which the firm ...
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The largest medical device companies have had a good run on the stock markets this year, with many clocking in double-digit percentage growth in stock prices over the past 12 months. There are always exceptions to the rule, however. Here ...
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Deposition equipment maker Aixtron SE of Aachen, Germany has celebrated its 30th anniversary, after being co-founded by physicist Dr Holger Jürgensen (now honorary chairman of Aixtron’s Supervisory Board), Dr Meino Heyen and ...
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Growing demand for bottled beverages in the Asian market has prompted beverage equipment maker Krones to take into account local environmental conditions in the latest update to its NitroHotfill technology. Originally introduced in 2009 ...
Telecoms equipment maker Huawei Technologies Co Ltd of Shenzhen, China has presented RF Micro Devices Inc of Greensboro, NC, USA with its Supplier of the Year Award for 2013. This is the second time in three years that RFMD has earned this ...
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Atomic layer deposition (ALD) equipment maker Picosun Oy of Espoo, Finland has launched the P-200 batch ALD system, specifically optimized for fast and efficient manufacturing of MEMS (micro-electro-mechanical systems, e.g. sensors and ...
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Epitaxial deposition and process equipment maker Veeco Instruments Inc of Plainview, NY, USA says that China-based concentrated photovoltaic (CPV) solar cell maker Guangdong Redsolar Photovoltaic Tech Co Ltd has purchased multiple TurboDisc ...
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Deposition equipment maker Aixtron SE of Aachen, Germany says that, at its MOCVD Seminar at the 10th China International Forum on Solid State Lighting (China SSL 2013) in Beijing (10-12 November) - organized by the China Solid State ...
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For third-quarter 2013, deposition equipment maker Aixtron SE of Aachen, Germany has reported revenue of €46.2m, down 26% on €62.2m a year ago but up slightly on €45.3m last quarter. In spite of the lower percentage of ...
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Thin-film processing equipment maker AVACO Co Ltd of Daegu, South Korea, which specializes in sputtering (PVD) vacuum deposition equipment (in-line, cluster, and roll to roll), atomic layer deposition (ALD) equipment, back-end-of-line ...
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The 2013 MBE Innovator Award, which is co-sponsored by co-sponsored by epitaxial deposition and process equipment maker Veeco Instruments Inc of Plainview, NY, USA and the North American Molecular Beam Epitaxy (NAMBE) organization, has been ...
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