Manufacturing

Dutch lithography equipment supplier ASML is evaluating a move into flat panel display production equipment

Rise of flat panel TVs causes manufacturing jobs to go at CRT producing plants in South Wales

None of the market researchers expect 2005 to be a particularly tough year for equipment and materials suppliers

Who to keep an eye on in the chip industry in 2005

Japan’s electronics fortunes will be driven by a 46 per cent increase in TV production this year

Decreasing wafer shipments cause fall in top two foundry firms' revenues

Sony, Toshiba and Samsung join IBM, while ASML to open R&D centre in New York state

Analyst iSuppli says the country will continue to make huge gains in manufacturing

Of the various IC sectors, the foundries have perhaps been hardest hit by the inventory correction

Low-k materials may have already reached their practical limits, leaving scientists to search for alternatives