Air Liquide has invested nearly $70m in two industrial gas plants in North Texas to supply ultra-high purity nitrogen and oxygen to the growing electronics industry.
US manufacturing firm Applied Materials has unveiled plans to build what it says will be the world’s largest and most advanced facility for collaborative semiconductor process technology and manufacturing equipment research and development (R&D).
Imec, a Belgium-based research and innovation hub in nanoelectronics and digital technologies, has welcomed semiconductor specialists GlobalFoundries, Samsung Electronics, and TSMC to its Sustainable Technologies & Systems (SSTS) research programme.
The Lumibird Group has signed an agreement with Prima Industrie to acquire its subsidiary Convergent Photonicsand the Convergent assets of Prima Industrie North America.
German engineering and technology company Bosch has unveiled plans to acquire US chipmaker TSI Semiconductors to boost silicon carbide (SiC) production in California.
TECHCET’s Lita Shon-Roy picks the bones out of the EU Chips Act and explores issues in the lack of timing and materials to support it.
US semiconductor investments are on the rise, with over $210bn of new private investments having been announced across 19 states since spring 2020.
Gas control equipment manufacturer GCE has been awarded a five-year certificate of accreditation for a standard that covers testing.
South Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics has announced plans to invest 300 trillion Korean won ($228 billion) in development of a new semiconductor complex in South Korea.
Atlas Copco has entered into an agreement to acquire US vacuum service provider Trillium US Inc.
