Market rumors that the new generation of Apple's iPhone may adopt sapphire crystal glass for the home button have been circulating and Taiwan-based sapphire substrate maker Tera Xtal has reportedly sent samples to Apple for verification. ...
Electronics thermal management innovator Cambridge Nanotherm is to build its first prototype manufacturing plant in Haverhill, UK following the award of 250,000 in matched funding from the UK Innovation Agency - Technology Strategy Board ...
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Independent package design and assembly company Sencio launched nCapsulate freeform packaging technology, which adds an extra dimension to sensor and MEMS encapsulation. As nCapsulate offers freedom of shape when encapsulating ...
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This breakthrough development is the result of a collaboration by Cambrios and Novaled to demonstrate the functionality of a high performance large area OLED tile enabled by Cambrios’ silver nanowire material. Commercially ...
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German AlN crystal maker CrystAl-N is shifting its production from 1-inch to 2-inch AlN and accepting pre-orders of the new material. According to the company, which was founded in 2010 as spin-off of Friedrich-Alexander-University ...
Xeikon will exhibit its digital color printing systems, basysPrint computer-to-plate (CtP) UV platesetters and ThermoflexX digital platemaking systems for the flexographic market at the Printtek 2013 International Fair in Istanbul (Turkey) ...
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Epiwafer foundry and substrate maker IQE plc of Cardiff, Wales, UK has launched gallium nitride (GaN)-based high-electron-mobility transistor (HEMT) epitaxial wafers on 150mm-diameter semi-insulating silicon carbide (SiC) substrates ...
Xeikon has developed a new fuser drum Alpine, which has a flexible outer layer to help to produce consistent print on uneven as well as textured media, specifically on recycled board stocks. According to the Netherlands-based company, the ...
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Researchers in the USA at BAE Systems and Purdue University have developed atomic layer deposited (ALD) aluminium oxide as passivation for nitride semiconductor high-electron-mobility transistors (HEMTs) [Dong Xu et al, Electron Device ...
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Over-investment has caused rising inventories in the sapphire industry. Although demand has been returning in the first-half of 2013, to reduce inventories, sapphire prices are unlikely to show any strong increase. Digitimes Research ...
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Textile finishing in classic dip tanks requires large amounts of drying energy in light of the immense water volumes used in the dipping process, which often lead to high water loads in the dryer. In contrast to this, spray application ...
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Sapphire ingot manufacturers are in a state of “the big gets bigger”, says LEDinside, a research department of TrendForce. According to the firm’s 2013 Global Sapphire Substrate Market Report, cost competitive, first-tier ...
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Output value in the LED upstream ingot segment is expected to reach US$324 million in 2015, according to market research institute Displaybank. The downstream segments of the LED supply chain have been in oversupply, causing market ...
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While price drops of sapphire wafers slowed down significantly in the first quarter of 2013, prices for 2-inch sapphire wafers, which stand at US$6.8-7 currently, may rise, according to Taiwan-based sapphire wafer makers. Prices for ...
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For first-quarter 2013, AXT Inc of Fremont, CA, USA has reported revenue of $22.4m, down 5% on $23.5m a year ago but up 18% on $18.9m last quarter. Fiscal Q1/2012 Q2/2012 Q3/2012 Q4/2012 Q1/2013 Revenue $23.5m $25.2m $20.8m $18.9m $22.4m ...
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