X-FAB Silicon Foundries of Erfurt, Germany - a mixed-signal IC, sensor and micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) foundry – has entered wide-bandgap semiconductor production by announcing the availability of silicon carbide (SiC) ...
Tags: SiC MOSFET SiC Schottky barrier diodes SiC power devices
At the Light + Building 2016 trade fair in Frankfurt, Germany (13-18 March), Osram Opto Semiconductors GmbH of Regensburg, Germany is unveiling its Duris P 10 LED, suitable for use in professional outdoor lighting systems. Offering typical ...
Kiefel, the German manufacturer of thermoforming machines and a unit of Brückner Group, has announced to acquire 100% stake in Mould & Matic Solutions, an Austrian supplier of tools and of automation solutions to the packaging ...
Tags: Kiefel, Mould&Matic, Haidlmair Group
Researchers in the UK have claimed the first demonstration of laser diodes grown directly on silicon that perform up to 75°C and 120°C under continuous wave (cw) and pulsed operation, respectively [Siming Chen et al, Nature ...
Tags: Quantum dot lasers, GaAs, Silicon substrate, MBE
Samsung Electronics Co Ltd of Seoul, South Korea has introduced a full line-up of chip-scale LED packages (CSP), including 0.6W-class and 3W-class packages, CSP arrays, and PoW (Phosphor on Wafer) packages. Samsung says that its CSP ...
Italian producer of pharmaceutical glass packaging, Stevanato Group has acquired the operating units of Balda Group, a Germany based supplier of precision plastic solutions, for €95m ($105m). Under the terms of the deal signed ...
Tags: Stevanato Group, Balda, Aquisition
At the SEMI Industry Strategy Symposium Europe 2016 conference in Nice, France (6–8 March), Paul Lindner, executive technology director at EV Group of St Florian, Austria (a supplier of wafer bonding and lithography equipment for ...
Tags: EV Group, Engineered substrates
Deposition equipment maker Aixtron SE of Herzogenrath, near Aachen, Germany says that Seoul-based LG Innotek (a subsidiary of South Korean electronics company LG Group) has selected an AIX G5 WW (Warm-Wall) reactor for the development of ...
Tags: SiC Epiwafers, Aix G5 WW System
Monolithic microwave integrated circuit developer Custom MMIC of Westford, MA, USA has added to its growing line of products with the CMD232, a 2-9GHz gallium arsenide (GaAs) MMIC driver amplifier that offers high gain, wide bandwidth, ...
Tags: Driver Amplifier, Custom MMIC
KHS is offering a multistage preform inspection under the name of Innocheck PPI (PET Preform Inspection) program. This recognizes faulty preforms, finds foreign objects in preforms and detects the tiniest damage. The Innocheck PPI ...
Ford Escape models can now be equipped to help taking away winter headache to maintain clear windshield. No more wiper blades freezing to the glass. And the funny-looking parking lot ritual of pulling wipers off the windshield and ...
Tags: Ford Escape, Wiper De-Icer, SUV
Combi Packaging System, a US based manufacturer of end-of-line packaging equipment, has developed a packaging machine designed specifically for the craft brewery industry. The new machine, BrewPack, is expected to allow brewers to ...
German automotive company Opel has broken ground on the €11m expansion of its Design Center of the Rüsselsheim headquarters. This investment will go into ultra-modern visual and communication technologies which will allow for ...
Tags: Opel, automotive
Spun-off from ITT Corporation in October 2011, Xylem Inc. was formed from ITT's separate water businesses and now operates as a global water technology organization. The company was organized into the five areas of transport, treatment, ...
Tags: Xylem, ITT, Patrick Decker
Volvo says that a standardised charging infrastructure for electric cars must be introduced by the global automotive industry. Volvo Cars believes the global automotive industry should strive towards the introduction of a standardised ...
Tags: Volvo, Electric car, Automotive industry