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Novartis Receives Licenses for Developing Nanobodies

Ablynx [Euronext Brussels: ABLX] announced today that Novartis has obtained licenses to further develop and commercialise Nanobodies against two complex targets. This has triggered a total of EUR1 million in upfront...

14 Jul 2010

Evonik Introduces New Barrier Film for Flexible Solar Modules

Thin-film solar cells are developing into a rapidly growing market segment. If their commercial potential is to be fully exploited, the solar modules must be produced in a roll-to-roll manufacturing process. &n...

14 Jul 2010

NEXX’s Stratus Tool Enables 300mm Lead-Free Wafer Bumping

Technology leaders in the emerging lead-free bumping market are meeting “green” global policy requirements, such as ROHS, by using NEXX Systems’ Stratus plating tool to produce their system-in-package (SiP) and 3D wafer-level packaging (3D WLP) devices.

14 Jul 2010

New 9900 System for Dicing Ultra-Thin Wafers from ESI

Electro Scientific Industries, a leading supplier of innovative, laser-based manufacturing solutions for the microtechnology industry, today unveiled its new 9900 system for ultra-thin wafer dicing.

From Electro Scientific Industries (ESI) 14 Jul 2010

New Report on Global Innovation of Nano-Based Personal Care Products

Small particles are becoming a big business for the world's personal care products manufacturers according to an analysis of world patent activity published today by the IP Solutions business of Thomson Reuters.&nbs...

14 Jul 2010

Applied Materials to Service Equipment at NXP’s Wafer Facility in Holland

Applied Materials, Inc. today announced that it has signed a comprehensive, five-year contract to service all Applied Materials chip production equipment at NXP Semiconductor’s facility in Nijmegen, Holland.

From Applied Materials Inc. 14 Jul 2010

New Initiative to Bring Clean Energy Technologies to Market

Semiconductor Research Corporation (SRC), the world’s leading university-research consortium for semiconductors and related technologies, today announced it has established a $5 million industry-university partnership devoted to bringing clean, reliable and efficient energy systems and technologies to the marketplace.

14 Jul 2010

GSA Launches Awareness Campaign to Support European Semiconductor Industry

The Global Semiconductor Alliance (GSA), the voice of the global semiconductor industry, announces it is launching an awareness campaign for Europe to encourage the EU Commission, regional governments, universities,...

14 Jul 2010

SUSS Expands Next Generation Lithography Mask Integrity Product Portfolio

Today, HamaTech APE GmbH & Co. KG, a wholly owned subsidiary of SÜSS MicroTec AG, introduced the latest addition to its Next Generation Lithography line of mask integrity platforms, the MaskTrack Pro Bake/Develop (BD).

From SUSS MicroTec AG 14 Jul 2010

Increased Customer Acceptance of ASML's Holistic Lithography Solutions

ASML Holding NV (ASML) (NASDAQ:ASML) (Amsterdam:ASML) today at SEMICON West announces broad customer adoption of holistic lithography products which optimize semiconductor scanner performance and provide a faster st...

14 Jul 2010

Piezoelectric-Operated Actuators and Motors Estimated to Reach $12.3 Billion by 2014

A confluence of new piezo-based technology has breathed new capability into the nano- and micro-positioning world. Piezo actuation is increasingly suitable for applications formerly addressable only by magnetic motors, and the technology offers significant benefits in terms of size, speed, fieldlessness, reliability, vacuum compatibility, resolution and dynamics.

13 Jul 2010

Keithley Instruments Announces New Nanotechnology Technical Test Library on CD

Keithley Instruments, Inc. (NYSE:KEI), a world leader in advanced electrical test instruments and systems, announced its new Nanotechnology Technical Test Library on CD.

From Tektronix 13 Jul 2010

Crossing Automation Receives Order for ExpressConnect Integrated Automation Platform

Crossing Automation, Inc., a leading supplier of efficient, cost-effective front-end and back-end automation solutions and engineering services to high volume semiconductor equipment manufacturers, today announced that it has received an order for its ExpressConnectTM integrated automation platform.

13 Jul 2010

INSCX Provides World's Only Source of Accredited Engineered Nanomaterials Available on Any Exchange

The Integrated Nano-Science + Commodity Exchange (INSCX exchange) operates to provide the world’s only source of accredited, compliant and validated engineered nanomaterials available on any exchange. INSCX will tr...

13 Jul 2010

Bayer Technology Services Collaborates with University of Erlangen-Nürnberg

Bayer Technology Services GmbH (BTS) and the Excellence Cluster for the Engineering of Advanced Materials – Hierarchical Structure Formation for Functional Devices (EAM) at the University of Erlangen-Nürnberg ...

13 Jul 2010