Materion Corp., Mayfield Heights, Ohio, announces that it has acquired the target materials business of the Heraeus Group to strengthen its position in precious and non-precious target materials for the semiconductor, architectural and automotive glass, photovoltaic, and display markets.
Jeol, Peabody, Mass., announces that a new FilterSpray module developed for the AccuTOF-Dart Mass Spectrometer makes it possible to spot a sample on a disposable paper triangle for analysis by ambient ionization.
Hitachi High-Technologies Corp., Tokyo, introduces the HT7800 Series Transmission Electron Microscope, which features digital operation under normal room light conditions (like the HT7700 model) and also incorporates improved electro-optics with many new functions.
Cadence Design Systems Inc., San Jose, Calif., announces its collaboration with the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) to further advanced-node design innovation with TSMC’s new 12nm FinFET Compact (12FFC) process technology.
Bruker, Billerica, Mass., introduces the SkyScan 1275, a high-speed X-ray microtomography benchtop system specially designed for fast scanning using new advances in the technology of X-ray sources and efficient flat-panel detectors.
