Tokyo-based equipment maker Disco Corp has developed the KABRA (Key Amorphous-Black Repetitive Absorption) laser ingot slicing method. Implementing the process is said to enable high-speed production of silicon carbide (SiC) wafers, ...
Tags: SiC, Disco Corp, laser ingot slicing method
Developed around a simple wooden frame, EXPO is a creation by Studio Nespoli e Novara. Alberto Novara, architect from the Lombard studio, recounts: “The EXPO project was born from the memory of an old, solid wood carpenter’s ...
Tags: bathroom collection, EXPO
For most, bonus display space is everything when it comes to an island display. If your budget doesn’t have room for a hanging sign, tower displays are a great alternative to offer advertising you can see from 100 meters away. Adding ...
Researchers based in UK, France, Australia and the USA have developed a chemical epitaxial lift-off (ELO) technique for full 2-inch-diameter gallium nitride (GaN) grown on sapphire and free-standing substrates [Akhil Rajan et al, J. Phys. ...
Tags: GaN, HVPE, free-standing wafers
Skyworks Solutions Inc of Woburn, MA, USA (which manufactures analog and mixed-signal semiconductors) says that, for $76.5m, it has acquired the remaining 34% stake that it did not already own in the filter joint venture it created with ...
Sun Chemical has opened a new coatings lab at its research and development facility in Carlstadt, New Jersey, US. The new lab will enable Sun Chemical to provide enhanced services to the graphic arts and packaging markets. Featuring ...
Researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign (UIUC) say that they have developed a new method for making brighter and more efficient green LEDs (R. Liu and C. Bayram, 'Maximizing cubic phase gallium nitride surface coverage ...
Tags: Green LEDs, MOCVD
China based paper maker Sun Paper has commissioned new Voith-developed kraft liner paper machines at its facility in Zoucheng. Designed to have an annual capacity of 800,000 metric tons, the two new machines including right-hand machine ...
Tags: Sun Paper, Kraft Liner Paper
For second-quarter 2016, AXT Inc of Fremont, CA, USA – which makes gallium arsenide (GaAs), indium phosphide (InP) and germanium (Ge) substrates and raw materials – has reported revenue of $20.5m, down slightly on $21m a year ...
Tags: raw materials
High performance with competitive costs is among striking features of Taiwan-made machines. High performance, excellent energy efficiency and low requirements for manpower and space are growing trends in the global market for machinery. ...
In a trading statement for first-half 2016, epiwafer foundry and substrate maker IQE plc of Cardiff, Wales, UK says that it expects to deliver a significant increase in revenues and profits compared with first-half 2015 and continues to ...
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Tokyo-based Solar Frontier – the largest manufacturer of CIS (copper indium selenium) thin-film photovoltaic (PV) solar modules – has provided solar panels to Projecto YOSI, an organization working to keep Bolivia's Salar de ...
Tags: Solar Frontier, Solar Panels, PV
Vishay Intertechnology Inc of Malvern, PA, USA has expanded its offering of mid-power UV LEDs in the 365nm wavelength range with a new device featuring a silicone lens in a compact 1.6mm by 1.6mm by 1.4mm surface-mount package. Designed to ...
A new report claims that Samsung may be preparing to unveil the Gear S3 smartwatch and Galaxy Tab S3 at IFA 2016 in Berlin this autumn. The news comes to us from Italian tech writer Antonio Monaco via Twitter and points to the pair of ...
Osaka University in Japan has developed a liquid phase epitaxy (LPE) process for the growth of gallium nitride (GaN) in a sodium (Na) flux with a small amount of carbon (C) that, with the addition of lithium (Li) and gallium, can also be ...