Innos forms R&D partnership with Philips after campus fire

UK provider of processing capability for silicon-based devices, Innos, has signed a partnership with Philips providing it with access to Philips Microsystems Plaza (MiPlaza) facilities and services at the high-tech campus in Eindhoven, Netherlands.

The move enables Innos to continue production following the fire at the University of Southampton in October 2005. Innos engineers have full access to the equipment and cleanroom facilities of MiPlaza and the first batch of processing has been successfully completed and shipped to the client. Innos ceo Andrew Monk said: "Our head office remains in Southampton, where we are committed to delivering the R&D expertise that UK design houses need. As ever our clients, both academic and commercial, will benefit from the expertise of the Innos team, with the processing and production being completed by Innos engineers in the MiPlaza cleanroom". Monk added: "Innos will continue to work closely with the University of Southampton to deliver on its commitment to rebuild its state-of-the-art cleanroom". At the core of the MiPlaza facilities, opened in June 2004, is a multi-purpose class 100-10,000 industrial research facility housing process equipment capable of handling substrates of any shape, in sizes up to 200mm.