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Subscribe to “The Ipsen, Harold” for a chance to win an iPad

Ipsen, Cherry Valley, Ill., announces that all new subscribers to “The Ipsen, Harold,” will be entered into a drawing to win an iPad 4.

Aircelle to produce titanium exhaust systems for Boeing 777X

Aircelle (Safran), Le Havre, France, will produce titanium exhaust systems for the new Boeing 777X commercial jetliner, marking the nacelle manufacturer’s first major supplier win with Boeing.

Lucifer Furnaces delivers dual-chamber furnaces to Precision Solutions

Lucifer Furnaces, Warrington, Pa., has delivered a Red Devil RD8-KHE24 furnace to Precision Solutions, Richmond, Utah.

Alcoa invests $16.7 million in Thermatech coating plant

Alcoa, Pittsburgh, reports that Alcoa Power and Propulsion, Whitehall, Mich., will invest $16.7 million in a 7700 sq. ft. building expansion to double coating capacity at its Thermatech Coatings plant in Whitehall.

Alcoa to acquire TITAL for titanium aircraft structures

Alcoa, Pittsburgh, has agreed to acquire privately held TITAL, a German producer of titanium and aluminum investment castings for aircraft engines and airframes.

Semiconductor equipment sales to reach nearly $44B in 2015

SEMI, San Jose, Calif., projects that worldwide sales of new semiconductor manufacturing equipment will increase 19.3% to $38.0 billion in 2014, according to its year-end forecast.

Sematech makes progress in EUV-resist outgas testing

Sematech, Albany, N.Y., reports that promising progress has been made in qualifying outgassing specifications for extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography.

Mentor Graphics EZ-VIP provides re-usable building blocks to cut testbench assembly time

Mentor Graphics Corp., Wilsonville, Ore., announces the immediate availability of its new Mentor EZ-VIP PCI Express Verification IP (VIP).

Helios PFIB designed for semiconductor failure analysis and process development

FEI Corp., Hillsboro, Ore., offers the Helios PFIB for large area deprocessing to enable electrical fault isolation of advanced process ICs, and advanced failure analysis of 3D packages.

Fourth-generation Intel Core processor enables 50% longer battery life

Intel Corp., Santa Clara, Calif., has introduced the 4th generation Intel Core processor family, with power levels as low as 6 watts, up to 50% improvement in battery life over the previous generation in active workloads, and two to three times improvement in standby battery life.