High Tech Ceramics News articles from August 2001

High Tech Ceramics News archives from August 2001

INDUSTRY ANALYSIS: Nanomaterials Surge in Biotechnology.
August 1, 2001... In recent years, the biotechnology community has discovered that the distinctive physical characteristics and novel properties of nanoparticles-their extraordinary high surface area-to-volume ratio, tunable optical emission, superparamagnetic...

PROCESSING AND TECHNOLOGIES Morgan Offers Pyrolytic BN.
August 1, 2001... Morgan Advanced Ceramics (MAC), a supplier of innovative ceramic solutions for the medical, telecommunications, and semiconductor markets, offers PerformancePBN (pyrolytic boron nitride). Ideal for the semiconductor and microwave industries,...

The Lightest Ceramic Foam.
August 1, 2001... A team of scientists at Cellaris, a Technion incubator company, has succeeded in manufacturing the world's lightest ceramic foam material, implementing a unique mechanism its members have developed. The new material is a ceramic foam that...

Aremco Offers Machinable Ceramics.
August 1, 2001... Aremco Products, Inc. now offers a complete range of machinable ceramic materials for applications to 3,000C. Several standard compositions are offered, including aluminum oxide, aluminum nitride, aluminum silicate, boron nitride, glass...

METROLOGY AND ANALYSIS: Moisture Analyzer from CSC Scientific.
August 1, 2001... CSC Scientific has introduced a new moisture analyzer, CSC600. According to CSC Scientific, the NEW CSC600 uses the latest in digital technology to provide laboratory precision with the durability and speed required in production environments....

Autosampler Works Around-the-Clock.
August 1, 2001... A new Autosampler for Malvern Instruments' Mastersizer 2000 particle size analyzer is designed to enable the automatic and reliable processing of wet or dry samples. The new sampler makes the most of the Mastersizer 2000's standard operating...

Digital Camera Particle Analyzer.
August 1, 2001... Horiba Instruments has announced the introduction of the Camsizer, manufactured by Retsch, to the U.S. market. The Camsizer uses digital image processing to measure the particle size of free- flowing powders in the range of 30 microns to 30 mm....

POWDERS AND NANO CERAMICS Space Yields New Solution.
August 1, 2001... A NASA-funded study in materials science has yielded a discovery that may significantly change the way electronics, paint, cosmetics, and pharmaceutical industries develop products. Researchers discovered a new approach for suspending fine...

Nanoparticles for Photonic Applications.
August 1, 2001... University of Michigan researchers R. M. Laine, T. Hinklin, J. C. Marchal, B. Furman, S. Redmond, S. Rand (Dept. of Materials Science & Engineering; Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI...

COATINGS: Solution for Surface Processing.
August 1, 2001... Manufacturers working to produce better wear- and corrosion- resistant coatings and materials are invited to come to Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) and capture a bolt of lightning, courtesy of Vortek Industries of Canada. At the...

Company to Make Coated Drills.
August 1, 2001... A joint venture company is being established in Davenport to fabricate and coat solid carbide metal-cutting drills. The new company will employ approximately 30 people and will utilize advanced grinding and coating equipment. The three...

DIAMOND PRODUCTS: Seki Technotron Acquires Licenses.
August 1, 2001... Applied Science and Technology, Inc. ("ASTeX") (Nasdaq: ASTX) has announced that it entered into a product-licensing agreement for CVD Diamond Systems with Seki Technotron Corp., of Tokyo, Japan. Under terms of the license agreement, Seki...

Abrasive Technology Buys Tudor Diamonds.
August 1, 2001... Abrasive Technology announced the acquisition of the assets of Tudor Diamonds, West Sussex, England. For more than 30 yr., AT's patented Two Striper(R) brand has been a leading dental diamond for precise quality and product life. The Tudor...

ADVANCED GLASSES Agreement for Optical Fiber.
August 1, 2001... Corning, Inc. and Russian cabler, Saranskkabel Optika, announced a 3-yr. supply agreement for Corning optical fiber, including Corning SMF-28 fiber and Corning 50/125 and 62.5/125 multimode fibers. Saranskkabel Optika has been a Corning optical...

FILTERS AND MEMBRANES: GEA Intros Membrane Filtration Unit.
August 1, 2001... GEA announces the formation of GEA Filtration as a new business group dedicated to supplying membrane filtration technology and systems. The worldwide core technology center for GEA Filtration is located in Hudson, Wisconsin. Formerly...

ELECTRONIC CERAMICS: Resonator Products for Wireless.
August 1, 2001... CTS Corp. announced a new line of miniaturized, high-performance, surface mount crystal resonator products for General System Mobile (GSM) handset applications. The new CTS 3.2-by-5-mm package results in a 24% reduction in footprint size...

Murata Launches 3G Components.
August 1, 2001... Murata Electronics North America recently announced the launch of several Wide-band Code Division Multiple Access (W-CDMA) market components for use in third generation (3G) cellular phones. These devices, including the new Switchplexer, make...

Pendeoepitaxy Patent Goes to Cree.
August 1, 2001... Cree, Inc. (Nasdaq: CREE) has announced the issuance of U.S. Patent No. 6,265,289 on July 24, 2001 entitled "Methods of Fabricating Gallium Nitride (GaN) Semiconductor Layers by Lateral Growth from Sidewalls into Trenches, and Gallium Nitride...

EDO Wins Fiber Optic Module Order.
August 1, 2001... EDO Corp. announced that, with the addition of a recent $1.5 million order from a major fiber optics communications systems provider, the total order value for its new fiber optic communications modules now exceeds $5 million. EDO also...

Fujitsu, Ramtron Develop FRAM.
August 1, 2001... Ramtron International Corp. (Nasdaq: RMTR) and Fujitsu, Ltd. have announced that the companies have completed their work in a 2-yr. joint development program to develop an embeddable 0.35-micron, 3- V, multilevel metal ferroelectric random...

SUPERCONDUCTORS: High-Temperature Tape Licensed.
August 1, 2001... The Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory has licensed patents and applications related to its technology for manufacturing high-temperature superconducting (HTS) tape to IGC- SuperPower of Latham, New York, a wholly owned...

5,000 Horsepower Motor Demonstrated.
August 1, 2001... American Superconductor Corporation has recently announced that it has built and demonstrated the world's first 5,000-hp, high- temperature superconductor (HTS) electric motor. The company's patented, ultra-compact HTS electric motors are...

Intermagnetics Gets into Niagara Mohawk's Grid.
August 1, 2001... Intermagnetics General has announced that its IGC-SuperPower subsidiary will lead a $20 million project to install an underground, high-temperature superconducting (HTS) power cable in Albany, New York. The cable, to be installed in Niagara...

Detroit Edison Installs Cables.
August 1, 2001... Detroit Edison has reported that all three of its 400-ft.-long superconducting power cables have been installed in underground conduits. Personnel are now working on the terminations (where the cables hook up on either end). In addition, a...

INDUSTRY NEWS: Vishay Buying General Semi.
August 1, 2001... Passive-electronic-components maker Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. is buying rival General Semiconductor, Inc. in a deal valued at $538.9 million and is assuming $229.4 million in debt. Vishay also announced second-quarter earnings of $3.1...

Morgan Acquires Performance Materials.
August 1, 2001... Morgan Advanced Ceramics announced that it has acquired Performance Materials, Inc. (PMI), a leading ceramics manufacturer located in Hudson, New Hampshire. The acquisition expands MAC's broad product offerings for the semiconductor industry...

Baikowski Buys Malakoff Industries.
August 1, 2001... Baikowski International Corp. announced today that the assets of Malakoff Industries, Inc., a subsidiary of Alcoa, Inc. were sold to Baikowski International Corp. on July 31, 2001. Terms were not disclosed. Baikowski International Corp. is...

Ceradyne Opens Detroit Office.
August 1, 2001... Ceradyne, Inc. recently announced it has opened an office in Detroit, Michigan, and hired Michael J. Kurilla to manage operations for that office. Kurilla has more than 20 yr. of experience in the automotive area, primarily with North American...

Companies Announce Quarterly Results.
August 1, 2001... *American Superconductor Corp. reported that revenues for the first quarter of fiscal year 2002 ended June 30, 2001 were $1.66 million, compared with $3.92 million in the first quarter of the previous fiscal year. The net loss for the quarter...

MEETINGS: International Workshop on Supercon.
August 1, 2001... The 2001 International Workshop on Superconductivity was held from June 24 through 27 in Honolulu, Hawaii, with the theme of "HTS Conductors, Processing and Applications." It was the fifth Joint Workshop cosponsored by the International...

CALENDAR.
August 1, 2001... September 9-13, 2001. 7th Conference and Exhibition of the European Ceramic Society, Oud Sint Jan Congrescentrum, Brugge, Belgium. Contact: Belgian Ceramic Society, 4 Ave. Gouverneur Cornez, B-7000 Mons, Belgium; Tel: +32 65-403454, Fax: 32 65-...