Brewer Science, Rolla, Mo., announces that its Cee semiconductor processing equipment business unit has been sold to former Brewer Science employee Russ Pagel, who has formed a new company, Cost Effective Equipment LLC, to take over ownership and operate the business.
Bruker Corp., Germany, launches its S8 Tiger Series 2, the next-generation wavelength dispersive X-ray fluorescence spectrometer, said to be the most versatile WDXRF tool available for advanced quantitative elemental analysis.
JEOL USA, Peabody, Mass., introduces its new compact InfiTOF mass spectrometer, which is designed for real-time, direct gas introduction and analysis.
Hitachi High-Technologies Corp., Japan, introduces the new Regulus series of field emission scanning electron microscopes that offer enhanced functionality with improved resolution and operability.
Imec, Belgium, and Cascade Microtech, Germany, announce the successful development of a fully automatic system for pre-bond testing of advanced 3D chips.
