A research team from Fraunhofer IPA and the Schwarzwald Campus has built a robotic cell that assembles fuel cells in seconds and completely automatically. This is a significant prerequisite for the prices of fuel cell systems to fall and for them to replace combustion engines in heavy-duty transport…

New R&D facility will complement imec’s 300mm cleanroom in Leuven with new processes and materials to boost innovation in upcoming domains such as health and augmented and virtual reality.

The Spanish government, together with the regional government of Andalusia and imec, a world-leading research and…

The Center for Advanced CMOS and Heterointegration Saxony (short: CEASAX) celebrates the topping-out ceremony of its new office building. CEASAX is a beacon of semiconductor research and is based on the consolidation of the expertise of Fraunhofer IPMS and Fraunhofer IZM-ASSID. The institutes offer…

At the 2024 IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC), imec, a world-leading research and innovation hub in nanoelectronics and digital technologies, launches its open process design kit (PDK) with a concomitant training program offered through EUROPRACTICE. The PDK will enable virt…

On 7th November 2023 Siltronic announced the production of the first wafers in its latest state-of-the-art 300 mm fab in Singapore. The production marks an important milestone in the strategic capacity expansion of Siltronic’s global production network.

"It fills me with immense pride to see the produ…

AIXTRON SE (FSE: AIXA, ISIN DE000A0WMPJ6) has officially started the construction of the new innovation center at its headquarters in Herzogenrath, Germany. The leading provider of deposition equipment to the semiconductor industry is investing around EUR 100 million in 1000m2 of clean room with add…

When the deal closed on December 27, 2023, the takeover of Fabmatics GmbH by SCIO Automation GmbH, which was agreed on October 30, 2023, subject to official approvals, was completed. Headquartered in Dresden, Fabmatics is now officially part of international automation platform SCIO Automation (SCIO…

Jenoptik is investing a low double-digit million-euro amount in a state-of-the-art system for the high-tech fab currently under construction in Dresden. The new electron-beam lithography system (E-Beam) will be used to manufacture high-precision micro-optical components for customers in the semicond…

It is now possible to automate transport processes with automated guided vehicles (AGV) and autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) in cleanrooms – thanks to Wiferion’s etaLINK 3000 inductive charging system. The wireless charging solution has been certified for ISO Class 4 by the Fraunhofer Institute f…

The 6-Axis Manipulator from Steinmeyer Mechatronik combines a cross table with a tripod, achieving maximum precision, stiffness, and compactness. An ideal solution for high-precision inspection systems in the semiconductor industry.

Before measurement or processing, wafers and optics must be aligned…