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Major IT Vendors Violated Labor Laws
Federal auditors identified three information technology contractors that each racked up more than $90,000 in fines for violating health or wage regulations, as part of an investigation of 15 suppliers with prior offenses that received awards totaling more than $6 billion in 2009. A Government Accountability Office review of previous labor violations by federal contractors, […]
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IBM is the first to eliminate PFOS and PFOA from semiconductor manufacturing
IBM has announced it has eliminated all known uses of two compounds from its chip manufacturing processes as part of its design for the environment program. These compounds are perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) and perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA). IBM’s design for the environment program is focused on the development and manufacture of products and technologies that are […]
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Graphite fluorides: New Material Could Enable Faster Chips
A team of multinational scientists said they discovered an easier technique for producing graphene, a new material that could be used to make superfast microchips. In a study published by peer-review journal, Advanced Materials, South Korean researchers led by Sungkyunkwan University’s Yoo Ji-beom and their collaborators from the Russian Academy of Sciences described a “one-stop” […]
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World Nitrogen Trifluoride Market to Reach 19.5 Thousand Metric Tons by 2012
Asia-Pacific dominates the world nitrogen trifluoride market, with a 67.5% share estimated in the year 2008 due to the concentration of semiconductor industry, the major end-use market for NF3. The region is also expected to post the highest growth with a projected CAGR in nearly 20% over the period of 2011 through 2015. Consumption of […]
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Oregon approves Tektronix’s cleanup plan
Oregon environmental regulators have selected cleanup measures for soil and groundwater contamination on a portion of Tektronix’s Beaverton Campus. Under the plan approved by Oregon’s Deparment of Environmental Quality, the company will spend more than $3 million to clean groundwater, cap contaminated soil along Beaverton Creek and monitor the property at 14200 SW Karl Braun […]
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EPA finding could threaten IC production in U.S.
SAN JOSE, Calif. — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) last week issued a proposed finding that greenhouse gases that contribute to air pollution could endanger public health or welfare. The finding could also endanger semiconductor production in the United States, warned Dean Freeman, an analyst at Gartner Inc. (Stamford, Conn.). The EPA’s finding, which […]
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Canton NY: Corning to lay off 34 production workers
he worsening specialty glass sales slump claimed 34 production workers Friday as Corning Inc. announced layoffs here effective Jan. 5. “The recession is hitting all our businesses pretty hard,” Corning spokeswoman Kelli C. Hopp-Michlosky said. “We’re seeing a decrease in orders from our customers. We’re trying to regulate our inventory for the current market.” The […]
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Study: Bay Point chemical plant at high risk of terrorist attack
A Bay Point manufacturing firm is among the nation’s most dangerous chemical facilities because its contents and location make it susceptible to terrorist attack, according to a new study by a national think tank. The report by the Center for American Progress says current security measures at sites around the nation are inadequate, and there […]
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NF3: Electronics Industry Changes the Climate with New Greenhouse Gas
Emissions of a greenhouse gas that has 17,000 times the planet-warming capacity of carbon dioxide are at least four times higher than had been previously estimated. Nitrogen trifluoride (NF3) is used mainly by the semiconductor industry to clean the chambers in which silicon chips are made. The industry had in the past estimated that most […]
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U.S. EPA settles with Cypress Semiconductor Corp. (Calif.) for failing to report
U.S. EPA settles with Bay Area company for failing to report information needed by first responders Release date: 10/06/2008 Contact Information: Wendy Chavez, 415/947-4248, chavez.wendy@epa.gov Cypress Semiconductor Corp.violated toxic chemical reporting requirements (San Franciso, Calif. — 10/06/08) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today settled with a San Jose, Calif., semiconductor fabrication company for $10,900 […]
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