Materials Science News Articles

Intel Allocates $20 billion to Build Two New Advanced Chipmaking Factories in Ohio

Intel today announced plans for an initial investment of more than $20 billion in the construction of two new leading-edge chip factories in Ohio.

Sidus Space Expands Capacity with New Cleanroom For LizzieSat™ Constellation Production

Sidus Space, Inc. is constructing a new, state of the art cleanroom to support the production, testing and integration of the LizzieSat™ satellite constellation.

ATREG Successfully Assists Texas Instruments With Acquisition Of Micron’s Operational 300mm Fab

ATREG, Inc. has successfully advised Texas Instruments (TI) on the acquisition of Micron’s operational 300mm fab located in Lehi, UT. The transaction previously announced in June 2021 for $900 million has closed.

Siltronic Breaks Ground for a New Fab in Singapore

Siltronic, one of the technology leaders in silicon wafer manufacturing, broke ground for its new manufacturing facility at JTC’s Tampines Wafer Fab Park in Singapore.

Stellantis and Samsung SDI to Invest Over $2.5 Billion in Joint Venture for Lithium-ion Battery Production Plant in United States

Stellantis and Samsung SDI to Invest Over $2.5 Billion in Joint Venture for Lithium-ion Battery Production Plant in United States

Stellantis N.V. and Samsung SDI announced that they have executed binding, definitive agreements to establish an electric-vehicle battery manufacturing facility in Kokomo, Indiana.

Amcor to expand healthcare packaging cleanrooms in Ireland

Amcor to expand healthcare packaging cleanrooms in Ireland

Through this investment, the Sligo site will feature Class 7 cleanroom manufacturing environments and state-of-the art thermoforming operations, fully certified to ISO 13485 standards and meeting the highest regulatory requirements.

Northvolt to Build €4 Billion Battery Gigafactory in Northern Germany

Northvolt to Build €4 Billion Battery Gigafactory in Northern Germany

The Swedish electric vehicle battery manufacturer says it will construct a major new production facility in the city of Heide near Germany’s North Sea coastline.

RESET® Spearheads New Airborne Particulate Monitoring Standard

RESET® Spearheads New Airborne Particulate Monitoring Standard

Working with an international team of experts from universities on the forefront of air quality monitoring research, RESET® will be releasing a new air quality standard aimed at providing a framework for qualifying airborne particulate sensors – specifically optical particle counters – used for indoor and outdoor air quality monitoring.

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Christeyns acquires majority stake in German Pliwa

Christeyns acquires majority stake in German Pliwa

Hygiene expert Christeyns expands its activities in the Life Science Division with the acquisition of Pliwa, German producer of disinfection products for hospitals and dental care. Although negotiated and signed before the corona crisis, the transaction – which was closed last Friday – will allow Christeyns to increase its production capacity of disinfectants for medical applications. As such the company hopes to provide even better support to the medical sector in these challenging times.

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Samuel Acquires 100% of Burloak Technologies

Samuel Acquires 100% of Burloak Technologies

Samuel, Son & Co., Limited, a leading metals distributor and industrial products manufacturer, today announced the acquisition of all remaining shares of Burloak Technologies, a leader in the additive manufacturing industry. Burloak works with the most innovative companies in the space, aerospace, automotive and industrial markets to rapidly transition their most challenging part designs to be additively manufactured at scale.

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First detailed electronic study of new nickelate superconductor

First detailed electronic study of new nickelate superconductor

The answers could help advance the synthesis of new unconventional superconductors and their use for power transmission, transportation and other applications, and also shed light on how the cuprates operate – which is still a mystery after more than 30 years of research.

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Experience Mycronic comprehensive range of advanced electronics assembly technologies at APEX

Experience Mycronic comprehensive range of advanced electronics assembly technologies at APEX

Mycronic is leveraging its end-to-end expertise, software and solutions to unleash new levels in quality, flexibility and productivity throughout the factory. At IPC APEX EXPO in San Diego 4-6 February, Mycronic will show a wide array of state-of-the-art assembly technologies that will help improve quality, flexibility and productivity in electronics manufacturing, including new advances in machine-to-machine communication, machine learning, full SMT line capabilities and automated material handling systems.

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PCB Piezotronics Completes $1M Cleanroom

PCB Piezotronics Completes $1M Cleanroom

PCB Piezotronics, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of MTS Systems Corporation (NASDAQ: MTSC), announced the completion of new environmentally controlled clean rooms totaling 4,300 sq. ft. at their Walden Avenue headquarters. Earlier this year, the sensor manufacturer began assembly of all pressure and force products in this new state-of-the-art facility.

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EV Group and DELO Partner to Expand Manufacturing

EV Group and DELO Partner to Expand Manufacturing

EV Group (EVG), a leading supplier of wafer bonding and lithography equipment for the MEMS, nanotechnology and semiconductor markets, today announced that it is partnering with DELO, a leading manufacturer of industrial high-tech adhesives, in the area of wafer-level optics (WLO). Both companies, well-known for their leading roles in optical sensor manufacturing, are combining efforts to enable novel optical devices and applications, such as biometric authentication and facial

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Picosun Launches a new ALD Product Platform for up to 200 mm Wafer Markets

Picosun Launches a new ALD Product Platform for up to 200 mm Wafer Markets

Picosun Group, the leading provider of AGILE ALD™ (Atomic Layer Deposition) thin film coating solutions, has launched PICOSUN™ Morpher, a new ALD product platform designed to disrupt the up to 200 mm wafer markets in Beyond and More than Moore domains.

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