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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. and SCOTTS VALLEY, Calif., July 6, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Highvac Corporation, a leading U.S. supplier of vacuum pumps, accessories and related equipment and site services today announced that it has acquired all of the outstanding stock of Steed Technology, a leading provider of thermal processing equipment and process gas abatement systems. Highvac and Steed Technology both primarily serve customers in the Semiconductor, LED and Solar Industries, which lends to the...
SAN JOSE, Calif., July 6, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Zeta Instruments, Inc., a leading provider of cost-effective, precision optical profilers for micron-scale surface analysis, together with Applied Materials, has published a paper presented at the 37th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference. The publication identifies a novel technology that helps improve the effectiveness and manufacturing of solar cells for the growing solar semiconductor wafer sector. The publication, entitled, 'Texture...
CLEVELAND, July 5, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- OM Group, Inc. (NYSE: OMG) today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to purchase Vacuumschmelze GmbH & Co. KG (VAC) of Hanau, Germany, a global market leader in advanced materials and specialty magnetics, for approximately euro 700 million, including $50 million in common stock equity. Founded in 1923, VAC is widely regarded as one of the premier designers, producers and marketers of the world's most technologically advanced...
ATLANTA, June 20, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Qcept Technologies Inc. today announced that it has established a subsidiary in Korea, called Qcept Technologies Korea. Located in Hwaseong, Qcept Technologies Korea strengthens the company's ability to provide local applications and field service support for its growing installed base of ChemetriQ(®) non-visual defect (NVD) inspection systems. Qcept also announced today that it has appointed semiconductor industry veteran, Richard Hong, as...
DUBLIN, Pa., June 10, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Quantum Global Technologies, LLC (QuantumClean®), a leading provider of validated high-purity outsourced process tool parts cleaning and restoration to the semiconductor industry, today announced that it has completed the acquisition of the Metron Chamber Performance Services (Metron CPS) business from Applied Materials, Inc. (Nasdaq: AMAT). Applied Materials, headquartered in Santa Clara CA, is a world leader in semiconductor and solar wafer...
MILPITAS, Calif. and BOISE, Idaho, June 7, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Open-Silicon, Inc. and Micron Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq: MU) today announced that the companies have entered into an agreement that will enable them to explore opportunities around Micron's recently announced Hybrid Memory Cube (HMC) products. The companies will initially focus on the data networking and high-performance computing markets. Open-Silicon's depth of knowledge in these verticals and its broad ecosystem for ASIC,...
MILPITAS, Calif., June 6, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- KLA-Tencor Corporation(TM) (NASDAQ: KLAC), the world's leading supplier of process control and yield management solutions for the semiconductor and related industries, today introduced FabVision(TM) Solar. The new integrated solution is designed to help photovoltaic (PV) cell manufacturers improve production yield and profitability by enabling manufacturers to react more quickly to metrology and defectivity excursions. FabVision Solar leverages...
PRINCETON, N.J., June 6, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Next Inning Technology Research (http://www.nextinning.com), an online investment newsletter focused on semiconductor and technology stocks, has updated outlooks for Brocade Communications (Nasdaq: BRCD), Applied Materials (Nasdaq: AMAT), NetApp (Nasdaq: NTAP), Blue Coat Systems (Nasdaq: BCSI), and OmniVision Technologies (Nasdaq: OVTI). Next Inning editor Paul McWilliams has leveraged a decades-long career as a semiconductor industry insider...
VPs and Senior Directors of Supply Chain from leading hi-tech & electronics manufacturers and retailers will join together in Singapore, September 20-21 to discuss rapid changes and opportunities facing supply chain operations in the Asia-Pacific region (PRWEB) June 03, 2011 Jeff Gallinat, VP Global Manufacturing Operations at Cisco Systems, will open a high-level discussion of the future of hi-tech and electronics supply chains in the Asia-Pacific region. Gallinat will offer the...
PRINCETON, N.J., May 13, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Next Inning Technology Research (http://www.nextinning.com), an online investment newsletter focused on semiconductor and technology stocks, has updated outlooks for Intel (Nasdaq: INTC), Google (Nasdaq: GOOG), EZchip Semiconductor (Nasdaq: EZCH), Applied Materials (Nasdaq: AMAT), and DragonWave (Nasdaq: DRWI). Next Inning editor Paul McWilliams has leveraged a decades-long career as a semiconductor industry insider to deliver in-depth...
