High Tech Ceramics News articles from March 2002

High Tech Ceramics News archives from March 2002

INDUSTRY ANALYSIS: PIC Market to Reach $11 Billion in 2006.
March 1, 2002... Photonic integrated circuits (PICs) are the monolithic integration of two or more integrated optical circuits (IOCs) on a single substrate. They are the photonic equivalent of microelectronic chips, which integrate two or more transistors on a...

PROCESSING AND TECHNOLOGIES Microwaves Heat Ceramic Furnace.
March 1, 2002... A new industrial ceramic processing furnace uses microwave energy for traditional and advanced ceramic products with large complicated forms has been introduced into the market. The microwave-assisted continuous sintering furnaces as well as...

Zircar Introduces Alumina Castable.
March 1, 2002... Zircar Ceramics has introduced a new bubble alumina castable ceramic. Alumina castable type ZIRALCAST 95 is a high-purity, extra high alumina refractory castable composed primarily of pure fused alumina bubbles. ZIRALCAST 95 features a...

Transparent Alumina Ceramic Developed.
March 1, 2002... A European consortium of companies and institutions has been working to develop a transparent alumina. The main objective is the development of significantly improved alumina ceramics with an extremely reduced grain size, having the following...

Engineered Pressure Celebrates Its 10th.
March 1, 2002... Engineered Pressure Systems, Inc. (EPSI) celebrates its 10th anniversary as a world leader in custom-engineered high-pressure solutions. Formerly a department of National Forge Co., EPSI has been a leading manufacturer of isostatic presses for...

Cutting Performance of PCBN Evaluated.
March 1, 2002... Cutting tools made from the cubic Boron Nitride (cBN)-ceramics or metal composites are being widely used for cutting hardened steels and others. It is expected that products containing higher volume fraction of cBN will show better cutting...

METROLOGY AND ANALYSIS: Eriez Offers Testing of Dry or Liquid Samples.
March 1, 2002... Eriez Magnetics is offering free testing of process materials in limited quantities. Testing services include feeding, conveying, metal detection, and magnetic separation. Samples can range from finely milled powders to large aggregate...

Online, Multi-Chamber Porometer Available.
March 1, 2002... Porous Materials, Inc. has introduced a new online, multi-chamber porometer. The unique feature of this new system is its ability to perform fast tests on a filter material without the need to cut out a sample. The filtration medium simply...

POWDERS AND NANO CERAMICS PNNL Offers Powder License.
March 1, 2002... Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), operated by Battelle Memorial Institute under contract to the U.S. Department of Energy, solicits interest from companies interested in obtaining license rights to commercialize, manufacture, and...

Joint Venture in Nanotechnology.
March 1, 2002... Hosokawa Micron Corp. and NanoProducts Corp. recently announced a strategic partnership and joint venture to commercialize nanotechnology and market nanoscale advanced materials and handling and production equipment. The alliance between the...

Nanophase Applies for Core Patent.
March 1, 2002... Nanophase Technologies Corp. (Nasdaq: NANX) has announced that the company had applied for a patent detailing additional technology to create stable dispersions of nanoparticles in aqueous solutions. "Many customer applications require...

Altair Expands Battery Technologies.
March 1, 2002... Altair International, Inc. subsidiary Altair Nanotechnologies (Nasdaq: ALTI) announced filing of a new patent application for a manufacturing process to make nanosized lithium transition metal oxides for lithium-ion battery applications. Its...

COATINGS: Oriented Film for SOI Technology.
March 1, 2002... Silicon-on-insulator (SOI) technology has been the subject of interest for its favorable influence on metal-oxide-semiconductor (MOS) devices. The conventional SOI technology uses a buried silicon dioxide layer, which effectively reduces...

FIBERS AND COMPOSITES More Improved Fiber Cements.
March 1, 2002... Thermal Ceramics has introduced a line of new and improved high- temperature fiber cements with a use limit up to 2,300F. These air-setting products, which may be used for dip or brush application, include Cera-Kote cement, a light gray,...

DIAMOND PRODUCTS: CVD Diamond for HT Electronics.
March 1, 2002... U.S. Airforce researchers Susan L. Heidger , Navid J. Baraty, and Joseph A. Weimer investigated polycrystalline diamond films produced by Microwave Plasma Enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition (MWCVD) for high-power and high-temperature electronic...

Diamond Synthesized on Glassy Substrates.
March 1, 2002... The conventional techniques for depositing diamond at low pressure utilize a flow of a hydrocarbon-hydrogen gas mixture with complicated gas tubing for introducing the reaction gas into a reaction chamber and evacuating reactant gas from it. In...

CHEMICAL AND ENVIRONMENT Sorbent Technology Licenses Offered.
March 1, 2002... Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), operated by Battelle Memorial Institute under contract to the U.S. Department of Energy, solicits interest from companies interested in obtaining license rights to commercialize, manufacture, and...

ELECTRONIC CERAMICS Vishay Introduces New Products.
March 1, 2002... New surface-mount ferrite beads, leaded thermistor assemblies, and metallized-film power capacitors have been released by Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. The new Vishay Dale ILBB surface-mount, multilayer ferrite bead models-0402, 1210, 1806,...

Creed Introduces Power Chip.
March 1, 2002... At the Strategies In Light Conference held in February, in San Francisco, California, Cree, Inc. introduced its new Xbright 900 Power Chip light-emitting diode (LED). At 900 by 900 microns, the LED XBright Power Chip is significantly larger...

Ramtron FRAM Targets Auto Applications.
March 1, 2002... Ramtron International Corp. announced the availability of the FM25CL64, the first in a new line of 3-V serial parallel interface (SPI) ferroelectric random access nonvolatile memory (FRAM) products. Ramtron's 64-Kbit serial FRAM is the...

CTS Sensors for Asia.
March 1, 2002... CTS Corp. announced that two major Asian manufacturers have selected CTS Automotive Products to supply throttle position sensors (TPS) for use in motorcycles and motor scooters that will be built and sold in Asia. Delivery of the...

EDO's Sonar for Ultra Electronics.
March 1, 2002... EDO Corp. has been selected as part of a team headed by Ultra Electronics, the U.K.-based aerospace and defense electronics group, to provide bow-mounted Medium Frequency Sonar-7000 (MFS- 7000) systems to the United Kingdom's Type 45 naval...

MAC Offers Heat Sinks.
March 1, 2002... Morgan Advanced Ceramics (MAC) has introduced precision- manufactured aluminum nitride heat sinks. Proving far more thermally efficient than aluminum oxide components, MAC's aluminum nitride is ideal for passively cooled, high-powered diode...

SUPERCONDUCTORS AMSC Issues Motor Results.
March 1, 2002... American Superconductor Corp. (NASDAQ: AMSC - news), has announced it has successfully completed load testing of the world's first 5,000-horsepower (hp), high-temperature superconductor (HTS) prototype electric motor. The company also said it...

Japanese Companies Place 3G Orders.
March 1, 2002... Conductus, Inc. received an order for a 3G IMT-2000 prototype high-temperature superconductor (HTS) tower mount system for one customer, and a second order for multiple HTS 3G development filter systems for another customer. The systems will be...

INDUSTRY NEWS: SEMX Corp. Sells Silicon Products.
March 1, 2002... SEMX Corp. has announced that, effective March 1, it completed the sale of the business and assets of its Providence, Rhode Island- based subsidiary, American Silicon Products, Inc. ("ASP - U.S.'') to Exsil, Inc., a subsidiary of Rockwood...

Thermal Ceramics Forms New Team.
March 1, 2002... Thermal Ceramics recently announced the formation of a new engineering applications team at its Augusta, Georgia, headquarters. Fred Fidler, manager, Applications Engineering, has been selected to head this group of degreed engineers averaging...

Ceradyne Expects Strong Growth.
March 1, 2002... Ceradyne, Inc. CEO Joel Moskowitz, in a presentation recently at the 14th Annual Roth Capital Partners Growth Stock Conference, said that he expects Ceradyne's shipments to increase in 2002 by as much as 30 to 40% over 2001 levels. He...

Rutgers Ceramic Centennial Reunion.
March 1, 2002... A century ago, Central New Jersey's large clay deposits and active ceramic industry made Rutgers a logical choice for one of the nation's first ceramic engineering schools. The widespread use of ceramics has found its way into virtually every...

AMSC Reports Quarterly Loss.
March 1, 2002... Superconductor Corp. reported wider quarterly loss for the third quarter of fiscal 2002, ended December 31, 2001. Net revenues for the third quarter of fiscal 2002 were $3.53 million, compared with $5.61 million for the third quarter of fiscal...

Sales Down for American Technical.
March 1, 2002... American Technical Ceramics Corp. (AMEX Symbol: AMK - news), a leading manufacturer of high-performance electronic components including capacitors and Thin Film circuits for a broad range of commercial and military applications, has announced...

Conductus Expects Strong Growth.
March 1, 2002... Conductus, Inc. (Nasdaq: CDTS) has announced financial results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2001. Revenues for the fourth quarter of 2001 were $1,773,000, which represents an increase of 108% from the comparable period in...

EDO Corp. Earnings Increase.
March 1, 2002... EDO Corp. announced that its board of directors has declared a quarterly cash dividend on its common stock of $0.03/share, payable on March 29, 2002, to shareholders of record at the close of business March 8, 2002. EDO has announced today...

Record Sales for Ferro.
March 1, 2002... Ferro Corp. (NYSE: FOE) has announced record sales for both the fourth quarter and the full year 2001. Increased volume from acquisitions helped offset declines in market demand due to the economic conditions in the United States and Europe....

CALENDAR.
March 1, 2002... April 1-5, 2002. Materials Research Society Spring Meeting, San Francisco, CA. Contact: Materials Research Society, 506 Keystone Dr., Warrendale, PA 15086-7573; Tel: 724/779-3003, Fax: 724/779- 8313; Email: info@mrs.org April 28-May 1,...