Thermal Product Solutions shipped a Blue M cleanroom inert gas oven to a company in the semiconductor industry. The oven has a temperature range of 27°F (15°C) above ambient to 662°F (350°C). The cabinet-style unit offers a minimal, vertical footprint, saving the semiconductor maker production floor space.

VELO3D and Lam Research Corp. announced a joint development agreement that includes collaboration on novel materials and designs in metal additive manufacturing (AM) for the semiconductor industry. Lam Research plans to significantly increase the volume of parts produced by AM over the next five years.

Watlow Electric Manufacturing received a 2018 Supplier Excellence Award from Lam Research Corp., a global supplier of wafer fabrication equipment and services to the semiconductor industry.

Triangular graphene nanoribbons serve as a new thermal rectifier, in which the heat flow in one direction is larger than that in the opposite direction.

The inventor of the modern cleanroom, Willis Whitfield, will be honored posthumously by the National Inventors Hall of Fame for a technology that revolutionized manufacturing in electronics and pharmaceuticals, made hospital operating rooms safer and advanced space exploration.

Minneapolis-based Despatch Industries has named Kromax International as the company’s exclusive sales and service agent for solar equipment and service in China and Taiwan.