High Tech Ceramics News articles from January 2000

High Tech Ceramics News archives from January 2000

INDUSTRY ANALYSIS: Japan's Silica Glass Market Declines.
January 1, 2000... Japanese synthetic silica glass production in 1998 declined to 44.3 billion from that of 67.5 billion in 1997, a rather large 34% decrease, announced the Silica Glass Manufacturers Association (SGMAA). The production figure shows a 40% falling...

PROCESSING AND TECHNOLOGIES : Injection Molding Uses Soluble Binder.
January 1, 2000... A new injection molding process developed by Planet Polymer Technologies, Inc. promises to solve an array of environmental difficulties with powder injection molding of metals and ceramics. Together, metal and ceramic injection molding...

SiC Ceramic Has Sensor Leads.
January 1, 2000... NASA researchers J. D. Kiser, M. Singh, J. F. Lei, and L. C. Martin (NASA, John H. Glenn Research Center at Lewis Field) have developed a novel attachment approach for positioning sensor lead wires on silicon carbide-based monolithic ceramic...

METROLOGY AND ANALYSIS : Orton Acquires Instrument Business.
January 1, 2000... The Orton Ceramic Foundation (Westerville, OH) and Harrop Industries (Columbus, OH) have reached an agreement in which Orton will acquire substantially all the assets of Harrop's laboratory instrument business. Harrop has been supplying a...

POWDERS AND NANOCERAMICS: Nanocrystalline Materials Research at Alfred Univ.
January 1, 2000... Researchers at the New York State College of Ceramics (NYSCC) at Alfred University have been focusing on two major aspects of nanomaterials research - the synthesis of nano-size powders in larger quantities and at a reasonable production cost,...

COATINGS: Sol-Gel Coats Glass.
January 1, 2000... The familiar fluoropolymer coatings that impart nonstick properties to cookware could be useful in many other applications, such as protecting materials from fouling or making them impervious to water, reports E&EN [October 25, 1999]. But...

DIAMOND PRODUCTS: Forum Initiates New Projects.
January 1, 2000... The Japan New Diamond Forum (JNDF), an industry/government consortium under the authorization of MITI, held the 14th annual business meeting at the Diamond Hotel, Tokyo. New officers were elected at the meeting. Kikiya Ono, a director of...

BIOCERAMICS: Ion Implantation Helps Teeth.
January 1, 2000... Researchers at the Ion Engineering Institute developed an antibacterial property of dental materials such as artificial teeth through the ion-implantation of Ag-ion onto the surface of the teeth. The Institute is a corporate research...

FILTERS AND MEMBRANES : Ceramics Support Robust Separations.
January 1, 2000... Scientists at the University of California at Los Angeles Environmental Management Science Program (UCLA, 56125 B Engineering IV Bldg., Los Angeles, CA 90024; Tel: 310/206-7961) are developing and testing tougher membranes that selectively...

CATALYSTS AND CATALYST SUPPORTS : Ultra-Thin Substrate for New Cars.
January 1, 2000... Tokyo-based Denso Corp., in a joint effort with Toyota Motor Corp., has developed an ultra-thin wall ceramic catalytic substrate for automobile catalytic converters. The substrate has 50-micron-thick cell walls, 70% thinner than conventional...

Exhaust Emission Clean-Up System.
January 1, 2000... Mikuni Co., Ltd., the largest carburetor manufacturer, has developed equipment that can drastically reduce harmful exhaust gases containing hydrocarbon, NOx, by simply attaching it to construction machinery, like tractor shovels and...

ADVANCED GLASSES: Silica Lenses for Semiconductors.
January 1, 2000... Asahi Glass Co., Ltd., developed a specially designed lens that would be incorporated into the KrF-excimer laser apparatus for the semiconductor manufacturing light source. The specially designed lenses are made of synthetic silica glass...

ELECTRONIC CERAMICS : Cree Receives SiC LED Orders.
January 1, 2000... Cree Research, Inc. (NASDAQ: CREE), a manufacturer of semiconductor materials and electronic devices made from silicon carbide (SiC), has announced that it has received several new orders, $22 million worth of orders primarily from Taiwanese...

Ceramic Packages Stage Comeback.
January 1, 2000... Ceramic packages have long been shoved aside as too costly, but the demands of two booming markets are prompting a resurgence in their usage, reports Electronic Engineering Times [January 3, 2000]. Though ceramics have been shunned in...

AVX Introduces Low Pass Filter.
January 1, 2000... Leading ceramic capacitor manufacturer AVX Corp. has introduced the 0612 Low Pass Filter array. The array provides four equivalent RCR T-Filters with a dual common ground, resulting in the equivalent of eight resistors and four capacitors in...

Vishay Releases New Products.
January 1, 2000... Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. (NYSE: VSH), has announced the release of a new buck converter integrated circuit (IC), four new LITTLE FOOT dual power MOSFETs, and eight new TrenchFETs. The Vishay Siliconix synchronous buck converter IC...

SUPERCONDUCTORS: Seki, Conductus Pursue Wireless Applications.
January 1, 2000... Conductus announced that Seki Technotron will be the exclusive distributor for Conductus and its high performance ClearSite superconductor-based filter product line in Japan. Seki Technotron, a publicly traded company, is a major wireless...

AMSC and Pirelli in New Agreements.
January 1, 2000... American Superconductor Corp. (NASDAQ: AMSC) and Pirelli Cables and Systems, the world's largest power cable producer, announced today a new agreement by which Pirelli will provide up to $13.8 million in additional funding to American...

HTS Future for Power Grids.
January 1, 2000... In its Electricity Technology Roadmap (Website: epri.com/ corporate/discover_epri/roadmap/index.asp), released for wide distribution last month, the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) says that the "reliability of America's power grid is...

IEA Report Evaluates Power Competition.
January 1, 2000... A recent report by the International Energy Agency (IEA) entitled Electric Power Technology: Opportunities and Challenges of Competition, examines how market competition will affect power generation and transmission technology. It notes that...

A Room-Temperature Superconductor?
January 1, 2000... Mihir Sen (Calcutta, India) has claimed a room-temperature superconductor based on bismuth, barium and copper exhibits superconducting properties at higher temperatures than those known so far. Although detailed composition has not yet been...

COMPANY NEWS: CoorsTek Completes Spin-Off from ACX.
January 1, 2000... CoorsTek, Inc. (NASDAQ: CRTK) has announced the completion of its spin-off from ACX Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: ACX), effective December 31, 1999. To effect the transaction, each ACX shareholder of record as of December 17, 1999, received one...

KEMET Files 5 Million Share Offering.
January 1, 2000... KEMET Corp. (NYSE:KEM) announced that it has filed a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission covering an offering of 5.0 million shares of KEMET common stock, including a primary offering of 2.5 million shares by the...

Record Earnings for Cree.
January 1, 2000... Cree, Inc. (NASDAQ: CREE), has reported record second quarter fiscal year 2000 revenues of $23,930,000, a 19% increase, sequentially, and a 70% increase over the $14,038,000 reported in the year-ago period. Earnings per share rose 80% to...

EDO and AIL to Merge.
January 1, 2000... EDO Corp. (NYSE:EDO) and privately-held AIL Technologies Inc. (Deer Park, NY) announced that they have signed a definitive merger agreement which will create an integrated defense and aerospace technology company with current annualized...

Intermagnetics Net Income Up.
January 1, 2000... Intermagnetics General Corp. (Amex: IMG) has reported that second- quarter net income increased to $1.5 million ($0.11 per diluted share) from a loss of $1.4 million, ($0.12 per diluted share) for the same period a year earlier. Excluding the...

R&H to Sell Coatings Unit.
January 1, 2000... Rohm & Haas Co. (NYSE: ROH) said today that it intends to sell its industrial coatings business to BASF for $175 million. The two companies have reached a basic agreement on this transaction, which is subject to approval by the appropriate...

CALENDAR.
January 1, 2000... February 23-25, 2000, 4th India International Refractories Congress, "Challenges Beyond 2000," Ranchi, India. Contact: Convener, IREFCON 2000, R&D Centre for Iron & Steel, Steel Authority of India Ltd., Ranchi 834 002, India. March 12-16,...