For Immediate Release 2017 Critical Materials Conference A Highly Differentiated Program Brought to you by the CMC and TECHCET Register now! – May 11-12 event in Richardson, Texas San Diego, CA, April 18, 2017: TECHCET CA—the advisory service firm providing electronics materials information—and the Critical Materials Council (CMC) of semiconductor fabricators announce that Dr. Hans […]
China’s ambition to build a significant domestic industry is beginning to take shape as more than 40% of front-end semiconductor fabs slated to begin operation in 2017 to 2020 are located in China. According to SEMI, a trade group that represents semiconductor equipment and materials suppliers, of 62 front-end fabs that will open worldwide over […]
Dear CMC Fabs Members, The next monthly meeting is scheduled to be on August 25th. We hope to have you join us! Best, The CMC Fabs Team
“A new approach to gas exploration has discovered a huge helium gas field, which could address the increasingly critical shortage of this vital yet rare element. Now, a research group from Oxford and Durham universities, working with Helium One, a helium exploration company headquartered in Norway, has developed a brand new exploration approach. The first […]
Dear CMC Fabs Members, The next monthly meeting is scheduled to be on July 21st. We hope to have you join us! Best, The CMC Fabs Team
Kanto Corporation and their partners have completed a large scale expansion of their ultra-high purity sulfuric acid production facility. This new expansion will more than double current production capacity of this critical material for integrated circuit production. The new sulfuric acid plant is in final test stages and will be available for customer qualification by […]
This may be an opportunity too good to pass up: Just announced, Materion Announced they are in “Discussions with Heraeus Group Regarding an Acquisition by Materion of Heraeus’ Target Materials Business”. It was our understanding that they were exiting the business in January, but since then, the Targets unit has not closed down. Now we […]
Hello CMC Members – over the past few days we have worked out a few bugs and have now activated the Alert System. You will be getting two different types of Alerts from TECHCET analysts – Urgent and Important (not urgent). Also, you have the ability to communicate to each other by making your own […]
Interesting Strategy wrt Peru gold supply chain. “Working with Max Hevelaar, the Netherlands Fairtrade Certifier equivalent to the UK’s Fairtrade Foundation, Fairphone is sourcing the precious metal from Minera Sotrami SA in Peru. As a result, Fairphone has now achieved the first-ever Fairtrade gold supply chain for consumer electronics.” Full article here: http://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/2016/apr/29/fairphone-smartphone-company-search-conflict-free-gold
