Latest Sapphire Stories
HOUSTON, May 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Oceaneering International, Inc. (NYSE: OII) announced it was the high bidder to acquire the DMT Sapphire from an affiliate of Deep Marine Technology, Inc. (DMT), under a bankruptcy-sponsored auction proceeding. The bid was $16.5 million. A bankruptcy court hearing to approve the sale of this Class 2 dynamically positioned vessel is scheduled for June 2, 2010. The U.S. flagged and built DMT Sapphire was commissioned in 2002, is 237 feet long, and...
DALLAS, Texas, April 7, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- - ReportsandReports Announce it Will Carry World Sapphire Substrate Market 2010 Market Research Report Market Research Report in its Store. Browse the complete Report on: http://www.reportsandreports.com/market-reports/sapphire-substrate-market-201 0/ Sapphire material market exceeded $200M in 2010 despite the downturn. Sapphire product is serving mainly 2 applications in the electronics field: GaN-based LED and RF devices, both for...
SAN JOSE, Calif., Feb. 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Ultratech, Inc. (Nasdaq: UTEK), a leading supplier of lithography and laser-processing systems used to manufacture semiconductor devices, today introduced its newest lithography system, the Sapphire 100 for high-brightness light-emitting diode (HBLED) manufacturing. By leveraging its lithography and technology leadership, the Sapphire 100 lithography system is designed to enable Ultratech customers to meet the growing demand for...
SAVANNAH, Ga., Nov. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- The 12th annual Savannah Film Festival, hosted by the Savannah College of Art and Design, closed tonight, Saturday, November 7 after a full week of special screenings and award presentations. (Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20091107/DC07371 ) Film Festival attendees were treated to screenings of the intense war film "The Hurt Locker," and the powerful urban tale "Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire." In addition, the star of...
SANTA MONICA, Calif. and VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Nov. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Lionsgate Music, the music arm of Lionsgate (NYSE: LGF) the leading next generation studio, in association with Matriarch/Geffen Records, will release the official soundtrack for Lee Daniels' highly anticipated, prize-winning film PRECIOUS: BASED ON THE NOVEL "PUSH" BY SAPPHIRE. The soundtrack will be available online November 3rd and in stores November 23rd. It was produced by Daniels along with Mary J. Blige,...
Precious: Based on the Novel `Push' By Sapphire earned the Cadillac People's Choice Award at the Toronto International Film Festival, a cinema official says. Maple Pictures co-president Laurie May said Precious director Lee Daniels accepted the award Saturday at the Canadian film festival, dedicating the honor to festival co-director Cameron Bailey for his support, The Toronto Star reported Sunday. The success of Precious at the Toronto fest comes after Daniels' film won the Grand Jury Prize...
FRANKLIN PARK, Ill, and YOKOHAMA, Japan, Sept. 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Rubicon Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq: RBCN), a leading vertically integrated provider of sapphire substrates and products, announced today it will exhibit large diameter sapphire products for LED wafer production, including the 200 kg sapphire Super Boule, at the upcoming LED Japan/Strategies in Light Conference in Yokohama, Japan, held on September 16 and 17, 2009. Conference attendees can visit Rubicon in Booth M4....
Give a Sapphire Collins at www.givereal.com/give/sapphire NEW YORK, June 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Give Real (www.givereal.com), the leading online gifting service, announced its collaboration with Bombay Sapphire, the best selling premium gin, to inspire consumers to celebrate this summer with a distinguished twist on an old classic. Starting today, friends and family can share toast-worthy sentiments and send the perfect Sapphire Collins at www.givereal.com/give/sapphire, redeemable at any bar...
Vice President of AMX Corporation Leveraged Inside Information on Chief Competitor for Nine Months before Being Apprehended PARAMUS, N.J., May 13 /PRNewswire/ -- David A. Goldenberg is charged with corporate espionage for intercepting thousands of proprietary e-mails from his company's chief competitor for nearly a year while working as a vice president for Richardson, TX, based AMX Corporation, a subsidiary of Duchossis Industries. On May 11, 2009, he pleaded guilty to felony wiretapping...
Early Results Show Customers Already Breaking down Silos and Benefiting from Paperless Lab MILFORD, Mass. and BRIDGEWATER, N.J., March 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Waters Corporation (NYSE: WAT) and LabVantage Solutions, Inc. today jointly announced a strategic partnership to integrate laboratory software for improved efficiency and effectiveness at laboratory dependent organizations. Collaborating with existing common customers, Waters(R) and LabVantage(R) have already successfully...
Latest Sapphire Reference Libraries
Corundum is the crystalline form of aluminium oxide and one of the rock-forming minerals. Corundum is naturally clear, but can have different colors when impurities are added. Transparent specimens are used as gems, called ruby if red, while all other colors are called sapphire. The word corundum comes from the Hindi kurand. The oxygen atoms in corundum are arranged in a hexagonal close-packing, with the smaller aluminium atoms occupying 2/3 of the octahedral gaps. The coordination of the...
