Silverchair to provide hosting for ASM’s online materials information resources

Published: May 18, 2018

Silverchair Information Systems, Charlottesville, Va., announces a partnership with ASM International, Cleveland, to develop a unified hosting solution for ASM’s authoritative materials information resources.

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Alcoa, RioTinto join to develop aluminum smelting process that emits only oxygen gas

Published: May 14, 2018

Alcoa Corp., Pittsburgh, and Rio Tinto, London, announce a revolutionary aluminum smelting process that produces oxygen and eliminates all direct greenhouse gas emissions.

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JEOL adds new monochromated ARM200F to its atomic-resolution TEM family

Published: May 07, 2018

JEOL USA, Peabody, Mass., introduces the new JEM-ARM200F atomic resolution analytical transmission electron microscope that achieves a guaranteed high angle annular dark field resolution of 80 picometers.

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Edwards Vacuum breaks ground on Technology Innovation Center in Hillsboro

Published: April 24, 2018

Edwards Vacuum, England, has begun the process of construction for a new Technology Innovation Center in Hillsboro, Oregon.

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Versum Materials opens Pennsylvania R&D center for semiconductor materials development

Published: April 23, 2018

Versum Materials Inc., Tempe, Ariz., a leading materials supplier to the semiconductor industry, announces the grand opening of its new R&D facility at its semiconductor materials manufacturing site in Hometown, Pennsylvania.

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Functional electronic circuits made via additive manufacturing and 2D printing

Published: April 23, 2018

The University of Nottingham, England, reports that its researchers have pioneered a breakthrough method to rapidly 3D print fully functional electronic circuits made up of electrically-conductive metallic inks and insulating polymeric inks.

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Rigaku SmartLab x-ray diffractometer features 9kW rotating anode x-ray source

Published: April 23, 2018

Rigaku Corp., Japan, announces the release of the next-generation Rigaku SmartLab intelligent multipurpose x-ray diffractometer, which features the new PhotonMax high-flux 9 kW rotating anode x-ray source.

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Plasma-Therm acquires Kobus for its fast atomic sequential deposition technology

Published: April 23, 2018

Plasma-Therm, St. Petersburg, Fla., announces that it has acquired Kobus, a plasma deposition company that enables fast atomic sequential technology (FAST), a valuable alternative to atomic layer deposition where thick and conformal films are required.

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SEMI reports 2017 global semiconductor equipment sales of $56.6 billlion

Published: April 23, 2018

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.

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JEOL presents Grand Arm Transmission Electron Microscope to UC Irvine

Published: April 23, 2018

JEOL USA, Peabody, Mass., announces the Grand Opening of the JEOL Center for Nanoscale Solutions at the University of California at Irvine, featuring the first U.S. installation of the JEOL Grand Arm Transmission Electron Microscope, which was developed for advanced atomic resolution characterization.

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