High Tech Ceramics News articles from April 2005

High Tech Ceramics News archives from April 2005

MARKETS: PICs to Pass $5B. By 2009.
April 1, 2005... Since the introduction of photonic integrated circuits (PICs) in 1997, the optical component industry has slowly been migrating from the manual assembly of discrete optical devices to automated, semiconductor wafer-processing techniques and...

A Boom in Thin Film Raw Materials.
April 1, 2005... Thin film technologies continue to evolve and their use is broadening. Metal, ceramic, carbon/diamond are the materials used for thin coating. With the growing need for component and assembly miniaturization, well established thick film...

PROCESSING AND TECHNOLOGIES Nanomaterials Used for Furnace Repair.
April 1, 2005... Magneco/Metrel, Inc. has announced that its spray-on nanoparticulate refractory, known as Met-Silcast(TM), is now available for furnace construction and repair in the glass, petrochemical and copper industries. "An original development of...

Material May Help Low-cost Housing.
April 1, 2005... The United Nations estimates there are almost a billion poor people in the world, most of whom live without adequate shelter and basic services. But scientists at DOE's Argonne National Laboratory and Casa Grande LLC have developed a tough new...

METROLOGY AND ANALYSIS: Particle Sizing Added To Zeta Systems.
April 1, 2005... Particle Sizing Systems has announced the addition of the PALS Zeta module and Autotitrator to its line of zeta potential monitoring systems. The PALS Zeta capability allows the company's Nicomp to measure zeta potential values at much higher...

Fritsch Intros Laser Particle Analyzer.
April 1, 2005... Fritsch GmbH announced the availability of its analysette 22 Laser Particle Sizer in different versions and with new features. The analysette 22 NanoTec offers fast, automatic measurement of particle size distributions of suspensions, emulsions...

STRUCTURAL CERAMICS: Vitroceramic from Saint-Gobain Quartz.
April 1, 2005... Saint-Gobain Quartz is supplying MICAVER HT, a new moldable vitroceramic that combines the benefits of plastics and ceramics. The new material features plastic's "moldability" and the ability to integrate inserts (metal or ceramic parts)...

ArmorWorks Teams With U.S. Army.
April 1, 2005... ArmorWorks of Tempe, Arizona announces it has signed a Basic Order Agreement (BOA) with the United States Army TACOM (Tank-Automotive and Armaments Command) Ground Systems Industrial Enterprise (GSIE) to manufacture and assemble vehicle armor...

POWDERS AND NANO CERAMICS: Altair Nano, Bateman In Joint Venture.
April 1, 2005... Altair Nanotechnologies, Inc., a developer and manufacturer of advanced ceramic nanomaterial products, has announced that it has signed a binding memorandum of understanding with Bateman Engineering BV to form a strategic joint venture. The new...

Nanophase Launches Textile Products.
April 1, 2005... Nanophase Technologies Corp. announced its newest nanoengineered products that are targeted for textile and non-woven applications. NanoShield ZN-3010 and NanoShieldZN-3012 are dispersions of zinc oxide in water designed to be incorporated in...

COATINGS: Formulating Precursors for Metals and Ceramics.
April 1, 2005... NASA researchers at John H. Glenn Research Center (Cleveland, OH) have devised a protocol for formulating low-vapor-pressure precursors from protective and conversion coatings on metallic and ceramic substrates. The ingredients of a precursor...

FIBERS AND COMPOSITES: Zircar Introduces Silica Matrix Composite Sheets.
April 1, 2005... ZIRCAR Refractory Composites, Inc. has introduced Refractory Sheet Type RSLE-57, a low expansion high strength reinforced silica matrix composite . This material was designed for use as a high strength insulator in induction hot press...

DIAMOND PRODUCTS: Scientists Create New Gemstones.
April 1, 2005... University of Alabama, Birmingham and Carnegie Institution scientists have patented a method to create synthetic diamond gemstones in the lab as good as those found in nature. Our method, which uses microwave plasma technology, also produces...

ADVANCED GLASSESS: Corning In Supply Agreement with AUO.
April 1, 2005... Corning Inc. announced the execution of a long-term purchase and supply agreement for large-size liquid crystal display (LCD) glass substrates with AU Optronics Corp. (AUO). Under the agreement, Corning Display Technologies Taiwan Co. Ltd. will...

WHO'S WHO Promoting Nanomaterials.
April 1, 2005... HTCN continues the interview from the March issue with Joseph Cross, President and CEO, Nanophase Technologies Nanophase Technologies is a leading nanocrystalline materials innovator and manufacturer with an integrated family of...

BATTERIES AND FUEL CELLS: USFCC to Develop Testing Guidelines.
April 1, 2005... In response to a need within the solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) community, the U.S. Fuel Cell Council (USFCC) has launched an effort to develop data reporting guidelines and standardized testing procedures for a range of commonly employed SOFC...

ELECTRONIC CERAMICS: SiC Transistors, Diodes for Auto Inverters.
April 1, 2005... Powerful new inverters incorporating silicon carbide transistors and diodes could help speed the development of hybrid electric vehicles and lead to advances in a number of other areas. Compared to conventional silicon-based power semiconductor...

Vishay Siliconix Has A New MOSFET.
April 1, 2005... Siliconix Inc., an 80.4%-owned subsidiary of Vishay Intertechnology Inc. ,announced four new high-speed, half-bridge n-channel MOSFET driver ICs designed for use in high-frequency, high-current, single- and multiphase dc-to-dc switching power...

mPhase Expands Nanotech Portfolio.
April 1, 2005... mPhase Technologies has reached an agreement with the Bell Labs research and development arm of Lucent Technologies (NYSE:LU) to co-develop and commercialize uncooled magnetic ultra-sensitive sensors for a host of defense and civilian...

CoorsTek Introduces Electronic Substrates.
April 1, 2005... CoorsTek, Inc, a leading designer and manufacturer of critical components and integrated assemblies for the semiconductor capital market, defense industry, electronics industry, and other high technology markets, has introduced SmoothEdge...

AVX Offers High Voltage Supercapacitors.
April 1, 2005... AVX Corp., a manufacturer of passive components, has claimed that it has made significant advances to its BestCap(TM) (Battery Energy Saving Technology Capacitor) series of electrochemical supercapacitors, resulting in the highest voltages...

Picogiga Wins ISO 9001 V2000.
April 1, 2005... Picogiga International, a division of the Soitec Group (Euronext, Paris) focused on the development and manufacture of compound semiconductor materials, today announced that it has been granted ISO 9001 V2000 certificationmaking it the first...

Inexpensive Capacitors Coming from China.
April 1, 2005... Tinghua Technologies Ltd, a manufacturer in multi-layer ceramic chip capacitors (MLCC) claims that it can provide ceramic capacitors as much lower price than available from the other brand sources. The companies product lines cover full range...

SUPERCONDUCTORS: AMSC Receives D-VAR Order.
April 1, 2005... American Superconductor Corp. received a new order for one of its D-VAR voltage regulation system for the Kettles Hill wind farm near the U.S.-Canadian border. This new order brings to eight the number of wind-farm customers to select AMSC's...

INDUSTRY NEWS: CoorsTek Wins ISO/TS-16949.
April 1, 2005... CoorsTek Inc., announced that all of its four of its key automotive component manufacturing facilities have attained ISO/TS16949:2002 certification. Certification of the CoorsTek Quality Management System in Golden (Clear Creek Valley and North...

Carbo Ceramics to Build in Russia.
April 1, 2005... Carbo Ceramics Inc. has announced that its board of directors has approved the construction of a new ceramic manufacturing facility in the Russian Federation. The facility will be located in the city of Kopeysk, approximately 1000 miles east of...

AWAC Completes Alumina Expansion.
April 1, 2005... Alcoa has announced that Suralco, which is owned by Alcoa World Alumina and Chemicals (AWAC), a global alliance between Alcoa and Alumina Ltd., has completed the 250,000-metric-ton-per-year (mtpy) expansion of its alumina refinery in Paranam,...

MAC's Bolt Divison Relocates to NJ.
April 1, 2005... Morgan Advanced Ceramics (MAC) has announced the relocation of its Bolt Technical Ceramics division from Conroe, Texas, to Fairfield, N.J. Bolt is a distributor for the products manufactured by MAC's Haldenwanger operations in Germany and...

PEOPLE: Altair Nano Appoints VP of Manufacturing.
April 1, 2005... Altair Nanotechnologies, Inc. appointed Dennis Nagle to the position of Vice President, Manufacturing. In this role, Nagle is tasked to lead Altair's manufacturing operations, which produce a range of advanced ceramic nanomaterials from...

Blasch Makes Appointments.
April 1, 2005... Blasch Precision Ceramics, Inc. has announced the appointment of Mickey Lavicska as director of Marketing. A U.S. Marine Corps veteran, he holds a master's of science degree in operations science from SUNY College of Technology in Utica/Rome,...

Ceradyne Names VP Sales.
April 1, 2005... Ceradyne, Inc. has appointed Michael Kraft to the newly created position of vice president sales, marketing and business development, which encompasses sales and marketing for all Ceradyne profit centers, including responsibility for the...

CALENDAR.
April 1, 2005... May 22-25, 2005, BCC's 8th Nanotech Conference and 4th NanoBusiness Alliance Conference , New York Marriott Financial Center, New York city. Contact: BCC, 25 Van Zant St., Norwalk, CT 06855, Tel: 203-853-4266, extn. 313 or E-mail:...