Contamination control is an international industry. And, as you read this special show issue of CleanRooms magazine, there can be no doubt as to the international breadth and scale of the contamination control profession.
The cleanroom industry must consider the current global energy situation and its impact on manufacturing in order to forge a path to energy efficiency.
Just in time for Christmas last year, Lam Research (Fremont, CA) gave itself a present: the company announced it was buying the SEZ Group (Zurich, Switzerland) in an all-cash deal valued at 641 million Swiss francs (about $568 million).
IMEC officially established IMEC Taiwan in the Hsinchu Science Park. The firm, initially a representative office, is expected to grow into an R&D center within the coming months.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is requesting nearly $2.4 billion “to protect and promote public health” as part of the President’s fiscal year 2009 (FY09) budget.
Contract manufacturers are realizing that risk assessments demonstrating the absence of cross-contamination between products are essential for regulatory inspection.