WATERBURY, CT -- MacDermid announced the formation of a new business unit to focus on the solar industry. Don Cullen, a veteran of the printed circuit board industry and a 20-year MacDermid employee, has been selected to lead MacDermid’s Photovoltaics group that will fall under MacDermid’s Advanced Surface Finishing Segment.
Announcing the new business, Cullen commented, “Each of MacDermid’s divisions provides chemical processes to the solar energy industry. From wafer cleaning, and conductor metallization to screen-printing and anti-reflective technologies, MacDermid already has a strong presence in the photovoltaics industry. As the industry evolves into more efficient cells, there is a demand for new metallization and imaging techniques. These are MacDermid’s core competencies. Use of our chemical processes allow PV manufacturers an elegant path to significant reductions in $/watt.”
FRANKFURT -- A leading German workers union will ask for pay hikes of more than 6.5% in the next round of contract talks, the union chairman Berthold Huber told a local newspaper.
The two-year contract signed by IG Metall, a union that represents three million metal and electronics workers, expires in October. The union is to expected to declare its wage demands next month, according to published reports.
In the contract signed in 2006, IG Metall negotiated a two-phase hike of 4.1% and 1.7%.
NEW YORK -- The American Electronics Association spent $256,000 in the second quarter to lobby on tax issues, customs and tariffs, and trade measures, according to a mandatory disclosure form filed July 17.
SAN JOSE – Doug Rasor, vice president of emerging medical applications at Texas Instruments, will keynote the MicroElectronics Packaging and Test Engineering Council’s Medical Electronics Symposium in September.
Rasor will discuss the coming convergence of technology and healthcare and share some truly inspiring examples of this trend in action.
Rasor’s presentation will take place Sept. 25 at Arizona State University in Tempe, AZ, MEPTEC said. The program also includes sessions on revolutionary concepts in medical electronics, advanced materials, key enabling technologies and next-generation bio-medical systems.
SAN JOSE – The global market for semiconductors was $25.52 billion in June, up 12.2% year-over-year, and up about 20.7% sequentially, according to World Semiconductor Trade Statistics.
Showing strongest growth geographically, Asia-Pacific reached $13.19 billion, up 17.6% compared to last year. Japan's market was $4.28 billion, up 3%; Europe's market was $3.99 billion, up 7.5%, and the Americas region was $4.06 billion, up 11.3% year-over-year, say published reports.
STAMFORD, CT – Despite ongoing demand from emerging markets, electronics sales will slow as consumers worldwide cut spending in response to the sluggish economy, says Gartner Inc.
