Industrial gas companies support the two distinct market segments of the semiconductor industry—silicon and compound—with many of their product offerings serving both segments. The industrial gas industry produces a variety of specialty and tonnage gases, specialty and bulk chemicals, and services...
Air Products’ recent purchase of DuPont’s 50 percent stake in DA NanoMaterials makes it the first chemical mechanical planarization (CMP) supplier to offer a fully integrated portfolio, comprised of polishing slurries, delivery equipment, and post-CMP cleaners.
In 2011, a new feed-in tariff (FiT) scheme for solar projects was introduced by the NDRC (National Development and Reform Commission of the People’s Republic of China), a group that formulates and implements strategies of national economic and social development. A...
Since its inception in 1940 Noble Gas Solutions (www.noblegassolutions.com) (formerly Albany Welding Supply Co., then AWESCO) has had a customer-centric attitude, striving to meet or exceed expectations. This focus has allowed the company to identify and react quickly to the changing...
This year SEMATECH (www.sematech.org), the international consortium of leading semiconductor device, equipment, and materials manufacturers, observes its 25th anniversary. SEMATECH’s members and partners, who represent about half of the world’s semiconductor production, work to reduce the time from innovation to manufacturing through...
More than 30,000 professionals in the global technology industry are expected to descend on the Moscone Center in San Francisco this July 10–12 for the 4th annual combined SEMICON West/Intersolar North America. SEMI PV Group is...
Bing Crosby was famously dreaming of a white Christmas, and so were many Americans this snowless holiday season [December 2011]. But a review of historical documents, archival photographs, and press clippings shows that GE scientists led by Nobel Prize winner Irving...
Edwards, a global manufacturer of vacuum and abatement equipment and services, announced that it has opened a new “Center for Excellence” vacuum and abatement support facility in Hillsboro, Oregon, USA.
Linde announced the launch of a new website that makes it easy for oil and gas producers to obtain technical information on the use of energised solutions containing carbon dioxide (CO2) or nitrogen (N2) for...
MOCON, Inc. has released the MultiCheck® 425 – a testing system for packages with one-way degassing valves.
