Recently, TactoTek announced the opening of its new manufacturing and corporate headquarters facilities in Oulu, Finland, initiating a new phase of company growth. “In early 2016, TactoTek’s project pipeline began growing dramatically and foreshadowed additional production capacity requirements and staffing needs, so we started evaluating alternatives for larger facilities,” noted Jussi Harvela, CEO.
Pixelligent Technologies (Baltimore, Maryland), a leading nanocomposite advanced materials manufacturer, announced that it has been awarded grant funding from the US Department of Energy SBIR programme and the Department of Defense STTR programme that totals a combined US$2.15M. This funding will be used to accelerate and further develop a diverse range of applications leveraging Pixelligent's core PixClear nanocomposite technology.
Samsung Electronics, a world leader in advanced semiconductor technology, announced that its new semiconductor fabrication line in Pyeongtaek, South Korea, has begun mass production and shipping its first product to customers. The new facility will focus on the production of Samsung’s fourth-generation V-NAND (64 layers), adding to the company’s leading capacity for cutting-edge memory products.