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Ferrotec boosts furnaceware offerings with acquisition of Integrated Materials

13 July 2010
Integrated Materials, Inc (IMI) known for its ‘SiFusion’ processes for manufacturing polysilicon-based furnaceware has been acquired for an undisclosed sum by Ferrotec. The SiFusion materials range is expected to complement Ferrotec's existing line of advanced materials for semiconductor manufacturing that include fabricated quartzware and advanced ceramics. Read more >>

Swagelok buys pressure regulator company RHPS

13 April 2010
Netherlands-based manufacturer of high-quality pressure regulator products, RHPS has been acquired by Swagelok for an undisclosed sum. The acquisition expands Swagelok’s product portfolio in pressure regulators and across markets that include semiconductor and oil and gas.
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Applied Seals taps Korean distributor Zeus for local sales and support

25 January 2010
Perfluoroelastomer sealing components specialist, Applied Seals North America has signed-up Korean distributor Zeus to provide local sales and applications support. The move means Applied Seals now has distributors in Europe, Israel and South Korea. Read more >>

Product Briefings

New Product: Crossing Automation enhances Spartan EFEM with 450 wafers per hour (wph) throughput

26 March 2010
Crossing Automation enhances Spartan EFEM with 450 wafers per hour (wph) throughputProduct Briefing Outline: Crossing Automation has announced that it has improved its Spartan equipment front end module (EFEM) performance, enabling it to achieve 450 wafers per hour (wph) throughput. By upgrading Spartan’s production-proven software algorithms for wafer move paths, Crossing Automation now has the highest throughput capability of any commercially available EFEM, while maintaining Spartan’s established reliability and cleanliness performance. Read more >>

New Product: Crossing Automation’s ‘ExpressSolutions’ offers OEM’s wafer-level automation

11 June 2009
Product Briefing Outline: ExpressSolutions starts by identifying and understanding a customer’s requirements for a specific process and ends with the implementation of an optimized wafer transfer system. By using Crossing’s modular ‘ExpressConnect’ automation solutions, ExpressSolutions delivers custom configurations that reduce overall cost and time-to-market while maintaining OEM differentiation at the process level. As part of the offering, ExpressSolutions facilitates the design, system integration and documentation of a complete wafer automation platform and its ongoing support. This allows customers to leverage internal engineering resources and achieve reduced acquisition costs, reduced inventory build-up and benefit from low platform support costs. Read more >>

New Product: Crossing Automation takes vacuum wafer handling to next level of standardization

13 March 2009
Crossing Automation’s ‘ExpressConnect’ family of wafer-level automation componentsProduct Briefing Outline: Crossing Automation’s ‘ExpressConnect’ family of wafer-level automation components is designed to provide the industry with a standardized platform that delivers both high-reliability and high-throughput to vacuum wafer handling systems for semiconductor manufacturing. It uses a unique modular solution to wafer-level automation for semiconductor manufacturing that delivers a 20 to 70% smaller footprint; greater flexibility; lower cost; higher productivity; and throughput up to 250 wafers per hour. Read more >>

White Papers

Special valve configurations and evolutions for new ALD precursors

01 March 2008
John Baxter, Swagelok Company, Solon, OH, USA Read more >>

The effect of HCl permeaton through PFA on expected component life

01 March 2008
Don Grant & Debra Carrieri, CT Associated, Inc., Eden Prairie, Minnesota, USA Read more >>

Qualification of components for high purity water, chemical and slurry systems

01 December 2007 | Comments (3)
Gary Van Schooneveld, CT Associates, Inc., Minnesota, USA Read more >>