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A special evening discussion hosted by the International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC) will see “green” electronics manufacturing issues at the fore. Taking place in the San Francisco Marriott Hotel on February 3rd, the event will be co-chaired by AMI Semiconductor’s Jan Sevenhans and Infineon’s Rudolf Koch. Read more >>

In the Clean & Green (C&G) Watch 2007 report conducted by the Asian Corporate Governance Association (ACGA) and CLSA Limited, Taiwan based foundry, UMC was ranked second overall out of 73 companies from Taiwan and third among the 336 companies surveyed in Asia. The survey ranks environmental awareness of major Asian enterprises. Read more >>

Intel’s Ocotillo manufacturing and development Campus in Chandler, Arizona has won an award from the U.S. EPA regarding water reduction and recycling strategies. The Water Efficiency Leader (WEL) awards promote the efficient use of our water resources across America. Read more >>

Engineers at IBM’s Burlington, Vermont semiconductor facility have developed and introduced a novel process for pattern removal on wafers that significantly reduces the process costs and environmental waste. The new process is also currently being implemented at IBM's East Fishkill facility. Read more >>

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has said that Jazz Semiconductors of Newport Beach, California, has returned to being compliant with federal hazardous waste requirements, after an inspection in August 2005 identified problems with its air emissions standards for equipment and related procedures. Read more >>

National Semiconductor has reported that its Arlington, Texas fab has surpassed two million working hours without a lost time injury. According to National Semiconductor, less than 0.0002 percent of U.S. corporations have earned this distinction. Read more >>

Advent Solar, a solar cell and module manufacturer, has placed a multiple systems order with Edwards for its Hot Oxidation Systems (HOx) abatement technology. The Hox-based systems will be used for the abatement of PECVD exhaust gases during solar cell manufacturing at its Albuquerque, New Mexico plant. The systems will ship to Advent Solar in September 2007, according to Edwards. Read more >>

NEC Electronics America's 200mm fab in Roseville, California, has received a fifth consecutive WasteWise award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for its recycling of waste and materials consumption reduction strategies. Read more >>

A growing body of researchers and scientists are highlighting the need for more funding to carry out much needed research into the potential environmental, health and safety issues surrounding nano-materials and technologies. An influential U.S based body has released a new report urging the U.S Government to significantly increase funding into some of the known and more importantly yet un-known risks surrounding nanotech. Read more >>

Metron Technology claims the semiconductor industry's first and "only" point-of-use (POU) solution for abating copper from a chemical mechanical planarization (CMP) system's effluent stream. Jointly developed by Applied Materials and BOC Edwards, the Aquareus system is exclusively sold and serviced worldwide by Metron Technology. Read more >>