Investment & Expansion
Daw was chosen to build the centre three
years ago and has been closely involved with all subsequent expansions.
Iain Hyslop, chief executive of the SMC, commented: "We are hoping to extend
our cleanroom facilities significantly and Daw will be amongst the
frontrunners for this latest expansion phase. We act as a business incubator
for small and medium sized semiconductor firms, removing entry barriers to
the marketplace. The central belt of Scotland has a high concentration of
electronics companies and we exist to grow more from the Scottish knowledge
base and beyond. With more space, we could house up to ten young companies
working in the micro and nano fields - companies that would have a knock-on
effect on the local and national economy and create an innovation melting
pot."
The centre is a joint venture between the University of Edinburgh, Scottish
Enterprise National and Scottish Enterprise Edinburgh and Lothian Limited.
University researchers play a key role within the centre, operating the
cleanrooms and equipment and helping to provide the support and
infrastructure required by small and medium enterprises (SMEs).
Micro Emissive Displays (MED) is the facility's largest occupant. This
company produces organic light emitting diode (OLED) displays on 200mm
silicon wafers. The MED device consists of a light emitting polymer over a
CMOS back plane, giving the display the same resolution as a good computer
screen. In the future, the company expects to install volume manufacturing
facilities for this process, as well as develop further innovative
processes.
Basan has opened basan UK. Basan is a European distributor of cleanroom
products and equipment. The company has 20 years of experience in the
pharmaceutical, semiconductor and other industry sectors and has branches in
Frankfurt (Germany), Breda (the Netherlands) and Boom (Belgium). France was
also considered for the new site, but the company opted for the UK.
XenICs, a Belgium developer and producer of infrared image sensors, has
announced the successful increase of its capital by EUR1.5mn. This second
round of funding will allow the company to deploy its international sales
network fully and to focus on international partnerships.
Investors in this second round of funding include XenICs' current
shareholders, Fortis Private Equity, IMEC, XenICs' staff and a group of
business angels. An important new investor is Software Holding & Finance.
XenICs, a spin-off company of IMEC, supplies infrared image sensors based on
III-V InGaAs technology. Applications targeted are spectroscopy, telecoms
and imaging in medicine and industry where visible light can't be used.
The Taiwanese government has approved funding to set up a new innovative R&D
Center for intense production-oriented technology transfer in Taiwan.
Aixtron Taiwan has received the funding for the three-year project from the
Taiwan's Department of Industrial Technology (DoIT), Ministry of Economic
Affairs, along with other companies like HP (product development centre),
Dell (Taiwan research centre), Becker Avionics (research centre), Sony
(design & engineering centre).
The common goals for these joint R&D projects consist of:
* LED materials - quality optimisation and improved yield management
* High power electronic devices - increased throughput
* High-k-dielectrics - develop production of key materials for IT Chips
* Nanotechnology - exploring the potential
* In-situ process control - cost reduction and performance tuning
* Technology and process simulation - accelerating time-to-market
* OVPD technology - enabling advanced organic light emitting diode (OLED)
display production
ST Assembly Test Services has opened a new facility in California under its
FastRamp Test Services subsidiary. The site was acquired from Conexant
Systems in December 2002. The San Diego test facility has been redesigned to
fit the FastRamp approach to offering integrated test solutions that can be
seamlessly transitioned to high volume production in STATS' Singapore
operation. High-end test systems such as the Agilent 93000 and Teradyne
Catalyst RF have been added to enable FastRamp San Diego to offer the same
tester configurations, test hardware and manufacturing processes as FastRamp
Milpitas and STATS itself.
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