US: CHIP WORKERS START LEGAL CHALLENGE

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Former employees of the National Semiconductors factory in Strathclyde have taken their first steps towards claiming US$ 100mn in damages in the US courts. Around 70 workers are planning to sue the US-based company, claiming that toxic chemicals, solvents and gases used in manufacturing the microchips have caused cancers and other illnesses. According to Grace Morrison of Phase Two, a support group, the workers were not given adequate protection from the chemicals, despite knowledge of their toxic properties.

Legal issues & crime, Cases

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US: ZIATECH TO BE ACQUIRED BY INTEL

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Ziatech, the privately-held US firm specialising in applied computing solutions for telecoms and Internet applications, is to be acquired by Intel. Intel, the largest chipmaker in the world, is to pay US$ 240mn in cash for Ziatech.

Asset sales & divestitures, Electronic Interconnection Devices, Electronic Connector Manufacturing, Electronic components, not elsewhere classified, Electronic components industry, Electronic connectors, Ziatech Corp.

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Innovation and collaboration: a renewed spirit of optimism in the semiconductor industry is encouraging major spending on research and development

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A number of US semiconductor manufacturers are planning large-scale investment in 2001. They include Intel, which is forecast to make capital expenditure of around $7.5 billion.

Semiconductor Devices, Forecasts, trends, outlooks, Capital expenditures, Investments

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