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Nitride based power management devices and was the first to introduce enhancement-mode Gallium-Nitride-on-Silicon (eGaNTM) FETs as power MOSFET replacements. These devices are used in applications such as servers, netbooks, notebooks, LED lighting, cell phones, base stations, microinverters, and class-D audio amplifiers with device performance many times greater than the best silicon power MOSFETs.
CoorsTek Acquires Saint- Gobain SiC Products
CoorsTek has expanded its capabilities by expanding its product line both geographically and technically.
CoorsTek, a leading technical ceramics manufacturer, has purchased the advanced ceramics business of Saint-Gobain. Augmenting an expansive market presence, CoorsTek now owns and operates 44 facilities on four continents.
CoorsTek adds six manufacturing facilities in Europe, four in the United States, one each in Canada, Mexico, and Brazil, and distribution and sales offices in Japan, China, Taiwan, and Singapore.
Product lines and materials added include silicon carbide (SiC) for use in semiconductor processing equipment, proprietary silicon carbide ceramic blends used in hot surface ignition systems; silicon nitride used to make extremely durable bearings; mullite used in molten metal filtration; steatite for electrical appliance markets; and specialty ceramics for custom, critical-duty applications.
“Two industry leaders with decades of innovative, high-quality performance now operate as a larger, more capable CoorsTek,” states John K. Coors, Chairman, President, and CEO of CoorsTek. “We offer our customers expanded material and processing capabilities, product offerings, and geographical reach,” he continues.
Celebrating its 100th year in business, CoorsTek is the largest technical ceramics manufacturer in the world with facilities in the Americas, Europe, and Asia. CoorsTek supplies critical components and complete assemblies for defense, medical,
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automotive, semiconductor, aerospace, electronic, power generation, telecommunication, and other high-technology applications.
Utilizing advanced material technologies, the company’s engineered solutions enable its customers’ products to overcome technological barriers and improve performance.
Located in 64 countries with over 190,000 employees, Saint-Gobain, a leader in the habitat and construction markets, designs, manufactures and distributes building materials, providing innovative solutions to meet growing demand in emerging and mature countries, for energy efficiency and for environmental protection.
Indian Government Funds Projects at IIT Kharagpur & IIT Delhi
The project at IIT Kharagpur focus on creating an MBE cluster tool to create an epitaxial based nano- semiconductor infrastructure and the development of high frequency devices.
India’s Ministry of Communications & Information Technology is financing “The National e-Governance Plan” (NeGP) which is targeted towards e-delivery.
Fourteen mission mode projects have already gone live and are delivering services electronically. The schemes should hopefully generate over 1 lakh in rural micro enterprises.
The NeGP was approved by the Cabinet in May 2006 with a vision to provide public services to the common man in his locality at affordable costs. The NeGP is a multi-stakeholder program which primarily focuses on making critical public services available and promoting rural entrepreneurship.
This initiative of the Government of India aims to provide a host of services to the citizens, businesses, employees and the Civil Society in a convenient, efficient and transparent manner. Identification of services and service levels and shift from translation to transformation are at the core of NeGP, which is not about procurement of hardware
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