SSK increases pure aluminium production capacity.
Showa Denko Sakai Aluminum KK (SSK) of Japan has completed construction of an aluminium refining line, which will assist in increasing the company's production capacity of pure aluminium slab from 1000 t a month to 1600 t a month. SSK rolls the slabs--with purity as high as...

Maxwell Technologies Reports 3rd Quarter Financial Results.
Ultracapacitor Revenue Up 41% Quarter-to-Quarter, Driven by Ramping Transportation and Industrial Applications Conference Call & Webcast at 5 p.m. (EST) Today, November 2, 2006 - Details Below SAN DIEGO, Nov. 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Maxwell Technologies, Inc. today reported a net loss of $5.4 million, or...

KEMET Branches Out to Inductor Market.
Expansion Part of Successful Alliance with TAIYO YUDEN GREENVILLE, S.C., Dec. 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- KEMET Corporation announces its entrance into the surface-mount inductor market through our Strategic Alliance partner, TAIYO YUDEN Co., Ltd. KEMET plans to offer ferrite products, including a complete line of surface-mount...

ESI Introduces the Model 9820: a Second Generation 300 mm Tool for Advanced Laser Semiconductor Processing.
SAN FRANCISCO, SEMICON West, July 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Electro Scientific Industries Inc. (Nasdaq: ESIO) today introduced the Model 9820, its second-generation 300 mm memory yield improvement system. The Model 9820 is used in the production of semiconductor products including DRAM, SRAM, FLASH and embedded memory. The Model...

ESI Announces Record Fiscal 2001 Results.
PORTLAND, Ore., July 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Electro Scientific Industries, Inc. (Nasdaq: ESIO) announced record results for its fiscal year ended June 2, 2001. Sales were $496 million, compared with fiscal 2000 sales of $317 million. Net income, including the favorable impact of a previously announced litigation award,...

Asian sales of barium titanate from Cabot.
The US electronics maker Cabot Corp has opened an Asia-Pacific sales and marketing office for its barium titanate electronic products. Led by Yasuto Komatsu, Regional Director, and Takayoshi Yuki, Business Development Manager, the office will serve manufacturers of capacitors throughout the region. Barium titanate products...

ESI Establishes Representative Office in China.
PORTLAND, Ore., March 29 /PRNewswire/ -- Electro Scientific Industries, Inc. (Nasdaq: ESIO) announced the establishment of a representative office in Shanghai, China. The decision to create sales and support capability in China permits ESI to expand business opportunities and to target key strategic customers. The company also...

ESI Patent Held Valid by U.S. Court of Appeals; Infringement by General Scanning Affirmed.
PORTLAND, Ore., April 19 /PRNewswire/ -- The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has affirmed the judgment of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California that Electro Scientific Industries, Inc.'s (Nasdaq: ESIO) pioneering link blowing patent is valid and infringed by General...

ESI Receives Order for 300mm Laser Semiconductor Processing Systems From ThaiLin Semiconductor.
PORTLAND, Ore., April 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Electro Scientific Industries, Inc. (Nasdaq: ESIO) announced today that ThaiLin Semiconductor Corporation has expanded its memory yield improvement capabilities with the purchase of additional laser semiconductor processing systems. ThaiLin, located in Hsin-Chu, Taiwan, is a dedicated DRAM testing house that will...

KEMET Receives Arrow's Highest Supplier Excellence Award Three Years in a Row.
GREENVILLE, S.C., June 15 /PRNewswire/ -- For the third consecutive year, KEMET Corporation (NYSE: KEM) received the "Supplier Excellence Award -- PEMCO Products" from Arrow Electronics, Inc. (NYSE: ARW) at the recent EDS Show in Las Vegas. The Supplier Excellence Award is Arrow's highest award presented yearly...