Worthington Industries acquires brazing manufacturer

Published: January 19, 2016

Worthington Industries Inc., Columbus, Ohio, has acquired the business of NetBraze LLC, a manufacturer of brazing alloys, silver brazing filler metals, solders, and fluxes primarily used in plumbing, HVAC-R, industrial gas, and OEM markets.

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Tresa Pollock named Principal Editor for Metallurgical and Materials Transactions

Published: January 19, 2016

ASM International, Materials Park, Ohio, announces that the new principal editor of the Metallurgical and Materials Transactions (Met Trans) family of journals will be Dr. Tresa M. Pollock, an internationally recognized leader in the science and technology of advanced structural alloys.

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Consortium for the Advancement of Shape Memory Alloy Research and Technology

Published: January 14, 2016

SMST recently teamed up with a small international organization of leading players in the SMA actuation field known as CASMART (Consortium for the Advancement of Shape Memory Alloy Research and Technology).

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Smart supercapacitor fiber with shape memory

Published: January 14, 2016

Fudan University, China, announces that a research team led by Prof. Huisheng Peng has developed stretchable, pliable supercapacitor fibers with shape memory.

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Imec, Coventor collaborate to optimize 7 nm semiconductor manufacturing

Published: December 14, 2015

Imec, Belgium, and Coventor, Cary, N.C., announce the expansion of a joint development project to explore process variation issues in 7 nm semiconductor technology.

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Cardiff University and IQE partner to build center for compound semiconductor research

Published: December 13, 2015

Cardiff University and IQE plc, both of Wales, announce a joint venture to build the Compound Semiconductor Centre, which has the goal of developing and commercializing next-generation compound semiconductor technologies.

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On Semiconductor to acquire Fairchild Semiconductor for $2.4 billion

Published: December 13, 2015

On Semiconductor Corp., Phoenix, Ariz., and Fairchild Semiconductor Intl. Inc., South Portland, Maine, announce plans for On Semiconductor to acquire Fairchild for $20.00 per share in an all cash transaction valued at approximately $2.4 billion.

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Copper oxide coated microporous foam heat sinks enable higher emissivity

Published: December 13, 2015

Goodfellow Corp., Coraopolis, Pa., reports that its microporous copper foam coated with a thin, hard layer of copper oxide provides outstanding performance as a low-profile heat sink in passive cooling environments.

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Helios G4 HX designed for high-throughput failure analysis of semiconductors

Published: December 13, 2015

FEI Co., Hillsboro, Ore., introduces the Helios G4 HX as the industry's highest throughput, dedicated TEM lamella preparation platform, designed to meet the challenges of advanced semiconductor failure analysis labs.

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Bruker D8 Gen 2 crystallography platform optimized for X-ray diffraction

Published: December 12, 2015

Bruker AXS, Madison, Wis., introduces the D8 Gen 2, which features the latest version of the Incoatec Microfocus Source, the IµS 3.0, the first microfocus source specifically designed and optimized for X-ray diffraction.

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