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Ceres and Mega Fluid Systems to join 450mm consortium
Sister companies Ceres Technologies and Mega Fluid Systems, innovators in ultra-high purity specialty gas, vapour, chemical and slurry handling have joined forces to provide valuable solutions to the facilities arm of the Global 450mm Consortium (G450C). The G450C is a joint effort to provide a smooth and coordinated transition toward 450mm wafer production. The F450C is a sub-group of ten leading nanoelectronics facility companies developing facility and infrastructure solutions essential to the 450mm wafer fabrication transition as next-generation 450mm fabs present new design challenges with respect to facilities, substrate handling, tool connection, chemical distribution, water and electrical systems, etc. On June 28th, 2013, Governor Andrew M. Cuomo announced more than $5 million in new private investment and the creation of up to 150 high-tech jobs through the formation of the Facility 450 Consortium (F450C) at SUNY's College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering (CNSE). "We are proud to be affiliate partners of F450C," states Jim Rufe, Ceres VP of Molecule Delivery Systems. "We have been given a unique opportunity to work closely with the world's leading semiconductor companies to tackle real challenges of 450mm wafer fabrication. With CNSE's state-of-the-art facility as the proving ground, Ceres Technologies and Mega Fluid Systems will contribute gas and chemical equipment solutions aimed at meeting technological demand, lowering cost-of-ownership, enhancing utilisation, and minimising waste." Ceres Technologies offers specialty gas and chemical handling equipment and life safety area monitoring systems for nanoscale semiconductor and other critical processes. Ceres also provides OEM outsource services specializing in advanced vacuum deposition equipment, from first articles to turnkey contract manufacturing. The Facilities 450mm Consortium (F450C) is a first-of-its-kind partnership at SUNY's College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering (CNSE) that is leading the global effort to design and build next-generation 450mm computer chip fabrication facilities. The collaboration includes 10 of the world's leading nanoelectronics facility companies, including Air Liquide, CH2M HILL, CS Clean Systems, Ceres Technologies, Edwards, Haws Corporation, Mega Fluid Systems, M+W Group, Ovivo, and Swagelok. Members of F450C are working closely with the Global 450mm Consortium (G450C), as announced by New York Governor Andrew M. Cuomo, to identify viable solutions required for 450mm high-volume facility construction, with initial focus areas to include reducing tool installation cost and duration, and improving facility sustainability.
