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, Pittsburgh, has agreed to acquire privately held TITAL, a German producer of titanium and aluminum investment castings for aircraft engines and airframes.
Amkor Copper, Chandler, Ariz., has available a copper pillar bump flip chip interconnect, which offers advantages in many designs while meeting current and future ROHS requirements.
Researchers at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, have shown that films of black phosphorus can be used to make radio-frequency transistors, components found in many telecommunication devices.