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Cree to invest one billion dollars to build silicon carbide plant in upstate New York

Electronics manufacturer Cree Inc., Durham, N.C., announces plans to establish the world’s largest silicon carbide fabrication facility in upstate New York, just outside the city of Utica.

Apple invests $250 million in Corning Kentucky plant to manufacture advanced glass

Apple Inc., Cupertino, Calif., announces that it is awarding $250 million from its Advanced Manufacturing Fund to Corning Inc., to supports Corning’s research and development into state-of-the-art glass processes, equipment, and materials integral to the delivery of next-generation electronic devices.

Northern Minerals signs rare earths supply agreement with Thyssenkrupp

Northern Minerals Ltd., Australia, announces that it has signed a rare earths supply agreement with Germany’s Thyssenkrupp Materials Trading for 100% offtake from the Western Australia Browns Range pilot plant, which has already begun producing heavy rare earth carbonates.

GlobalFoundries, Soitec sign supply agreements for 300-mm wafers to meet market demand

GlobalFoundries, Santa Clara, Calif., and Soitec, France, have signed multiple long-term supply agreements for 300-mm silicon-on-insulator wafers to secure the high-volume supply needed to meet the growing demand for its differentiated radio-frequency-silicon-on-insulator, fully-depleted-silicon-on-insulator, and silicon photonics technology platforms.

Denso and Toyota to establish a Joint Venture for R&D of in-vehicle semiconductors

Denso Corp. and Toyota Motor Corp., both of Japan, have agreed to establish a Joint Venture for research and advanced development of next-generation, in-vehicle semiconductors, and they aim to establish the new company by April 2020.

Materion QMet 300 copper-chromium-silver strip alloy designed for high current

Materion Corp.,. Mayfield Heights, Ohio, introduces QMet 300 alloy, a high-performance strip alloy that offers a combination of high conductivity, strength, and formability to meet needs in the consumer electronics and automotive markets.

Saarland University refrigerator is based on heating and cooling Nitinol wire bundles

Saarland University, Germany, reports that a team of its researchers has prototyped a heating/cooling system that first stresses and then releases Nitinol wires to create heated and cooled air at twice the efficiency of a heat pump.

Linde Group signs contract with U.S. Praxair to supply a hydrogen plant in Louisiana

The Engineering Division of the Linde Group, Bridgewater, N.J., announces that it has signed a contract to design and supply hydrogen production equipment for the core components of Praxair Inc.’s hydrogen plant in Louisiana.

Xerox acquires Vader Systems for its liquid-metal additive manufacturing technology

Xerox, Norwalk, Conn., announces that it has acquired metal additive manufacturing company Vader Systems, which will enable it to offer its customers access to low-cost metal additive manufacturing with a greater variety of metals.

Titanium carbide nanoparticles infused into aluminum alloy 7075 enable strong welds

Engineers at the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering announce that they have developed a way to weld aluminum alloy AA 7075 by infusing titanium carbide nanoparticles into welding wires, which results in welded joints with a tensile strength up to 392 MPa.

Desktop Metal’s single-pass jetting is four times faster than other binder jet 3D printers

Desktop Metal, Burlington, Mass., announces several major advances and expanded capabilities to its Production System, the world’s fastest metal printer, delivering the lowest cost per part with the highest capacity of any metal 3D printing system available.

Mettech launches NanoFeed nanopowder suspension feeders for thermal spray torches

Northwest Mettech, Vancouver, announces that its NanoFeed line of liquid and suspension feeders for the thermal spray industry has been developed to enable delivery of submicron powders to thermal spray torches.

U. S. Office of Fossil Energy offers funding for technologies to extract rare earths from coal

The U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Fossil Energy, Washington, has announced a funding opportunity for both novel and conventional technologies for recovering rare earth elements and critical materials from domestic coal resources.

Steel Dynamics to invest $1.6 billion in new electric-arc furnace flat roll steel mill

Steel Dynamics Inc., Fort Wayne, Ind., announces that its Board of Directors has authorized the company to construct a new state-of-the-art, electric-arc-furnace (EAF) flat roll steel mill with annual production capacity of approximately 3.0 million tons, including the capability to produce the latest generation of Advanced High Strength Steel products.

ISTFA 2018 Conference summary and highlights

Two weeks ago, ASM Events coordinated the International Symposium for Testing and Failure Analysis (ISTFA) in Phoenix, co-located with the IEEE International Test Conference (ITC).

Zinc oxide nanopillars deposited in surface coatings impale bacteria on nanospikes

The A-Star Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (IBN), Singapore, reports that its researchers have developed nanostructured coatings that annihilate microbes by piercing their cell walls.

Wisconsin Oven annealing furnace heat treats parts for firearms manufacturer

Wisconsin Oven Corp., East Troy, Wis., has shipped an electrically heated annealing furnace to a firearms manufacturer for annealing an assortment of brass and bronze firearm caps.

Global Foundries spins off ASIC; shifts tech focus to support autonomous cars and 5G

Global Foundries, Santa Clara, Calif., announces a change in its technology portfolio to intensify its focus on delivering differentiated offerings for clients in high-growth markets.

Micron to invest $3 billion in Virginia to expand production of electronic memory devices

Micron Technology Inc., Boise, Idaho, announces plans to invest $3 billion by 2030 to increase production of electronic memory devices such as DRAM and NAND at its semiconductor manufacturing plant in Manassas, Virginia, creating roughly 1100 new jobs over the next decade.

Nucor to build pilot facility for environmentally friendly chrome plating technology

Nucor Corp., Charlotte, N.C., announces that it has purchased a minority equity position in the parent of Trion Coatings LLC, which is developing an environmentally friendly chrome plating technology.

Broadcom to acquire CA Technologies to grow infrastructure software solutions

Broadcom Inc., San Jose, Calif., and CA Technologies, New York, announce that the companies have entered into a definitive agreement under which Broadcom has agreed to acquire CA to build one of the world’s leading infrastructure technology companies.

Makers of construction materials invest in Seco Warwick fire-resistance test furnaces

Seco Warwick, Meadville, Pa., reports that manufacturers of construction materials have recently invested in fire-resistance test furnaces to guarantee compliance with the strictest standards and regulations.

Rohm and GaN Systems collaborate for R&D to improve GaN power semiconductors

Rohm Semiconductor, Kyoto, and GaN Systems, Ottawa, announce their collaboration in the GaN (gallium nitride) power semiconductor business, with the goal of contributing to the continuing evolution of power electronics.

SEMI reports 2017 global semiconductor equipment sales of $56.6 billlion

SEMI, Milpitas, Calif., the global association representing the worldwide electronics manufacturing supply chain, has reported that worldwide sales of semiconductor manufacturing equipment totaled $56.6 billion in 2017, a year-over-year increase of 37 percent from 2016 sales of $41.24 billion.