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| | ASML announces 2008 Second Quarter Results - Immersion technology growth continues amid macro-economic pressure | 16/7 | VELDHOVEN, the Netherlands, July 16, 2008 - ASML Holding NV (ASML) today announces 2008 second quarter results according to US GAAP as follows:
- Q2 2008 net sales of EUR 844 million versus Q1 2008 net sales of EUR 919 million (Q2 2007 net sales of EUR 930 million)
- Q2 2008 net income of EUR 192 million or 22.7 percent of net sales - including a non-recurring tax benefit of approximately EUR 70 million -- versus Q1 2008 net income of EUR 145 million or 15.8 percent of net sales (Q2 2007  | | |
| | | Crucial step towards GPS-Galileo RTK demonstrated using live Galileo satellites | 16/7 | Leuven, Belgium - Using 2 off-the-shelf GNSS receivers from Septentrio, researchers at Delft University of Technology (TU Delft), the Netherlands, produced the first Galileo double difference measurements from live satellite signals. Double difference measurements play a key role in RTK applications. This event paves the way for multi constellation RTK receivers.
Simultaneous visibility of both GIOVE-A and GIOVE-B during a window of more than 1.5 h allowed the researchers to collect | | |
| | | Hartmonitoring met een pleister | 14/7  | Leuven, België - 14 juli 2008 - IMEC ontwikkelde een klein draadloos sensorsysteem dat in staat is om continu het hart te monitoren. De draadloze sensor werd ingebouwd in een plooibaar en rekbaar materiaal en geïntegreerd in textiel zodat ze comfortabel gedragen kan worden op het lichaam. Dergelijke draadloze ECG(electrocardiogram)-pleisters zullen detectie van bijvoorbeeld hartritmestoornissen mogelijk maken tijdens dagdagelijkse activiteiten buiten de ziekenhuisomgeving.
IMEC ontwikkelde | | |
| | | IMEC research business forum 2008 | 11/7 | October 15-17, 2008
Aspiring a better future through semiconductor technology and technology for ambient intelligence
Leuven, Belgium -- August, 2008 -- On October 15-17, 2008, the 18th edition of IMEC's Annual Research Review Meeting will take place at the
Radisson SAS Royal hotel in Brussels, Belgium. The 2-day event includes presentations by prominent speakers from the semiconductor industry and
IMEC; it brings industry executives and research managers together with senior IMEC | | |
| | | Option indicates preliminary Q2 and first half 2008 results | 11/7 |
Leuven, Belgium - July 11, 2008 - Option N.V. (Euronext: OPTI; OTC: OPNVY), the wireless technology company, today announced that although the Company had its highest ever quarterly volume of units shipped, pre-audited preliminary revenues for the second quarter of fiscal year 2008 will be in the range EUR 60-62 million. These revenues combined with EUR 77 million for the first quarter 2008 will generate half year revenue in the range of EUR 137-139 million which is approximately 9% less than | | |
| | | Option to nominate two new Board members | 2/7 |
LEUVEN, Belgium - July 2 2008 - Option (Euronext: OPTI; OTC: OPNVY), the wireless technology company, today announced that Mr. Olivier Lefebvre and Mr. Patrick De Smedt have been nominated to join its Board of Directors. Final appointment of the new directors will be subject to vote at the Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders on July 29, 2008. Both will act as independent Board members, expanding the Option Board of Directors to eight members.
Olivier Lefebvre - rich experience in | | |
| | | Materialise establishes a Chair for patient-specific, image-based biomechanics at the University of Leuven | 2/7 |
New chair stimulates research in and development of patient-specific biomechanical models and surgery simulations.
Leuven (Belgium), July 1, 2008. Starting from August 1, 2008, Materialise NV, world leader in software development for medical image processing, will support a new chair at the University of Leuven (Belgium). This chair will concentrate on research in the simulation of patient-specific interventions on the musculoskeletal system.
Materialise is an important pioneer in the | | |
| | | Metris acquires CMM software company Integrated Quality Inc. | 1/7 |
Leuven, June 30 2008 - Metris (MTRS, Euronext Brussels) announces that it has acquired 100% of the stock of Integrated Quality Inc. (IQ), a US company specialized in developing software for Coordinate Measuring Machines (CMM). This transaction fits in the Metris acquisition strategy to strengthen its product portfolio and to extend its distribution channels to the market.
The purchase price amounts to US$5.9 million, representing an EV/EBIT08 multiple of 4.5. Independently from Metris, IQ | | |
| | | LAYERS EN DEKIMO BUNDELEN KRACHTEN | 1/7 |
Gent/Leuven, 01/07/08. Layers ('The House of PCB design') sluit zich per 1 juli 2008 aan bij de Dekimo groep. Layers breidt hiermee haar activiteiten uit naar een totaalpakket dat zowel het ontwerpen van elektronica en Printed Circuit Boards als de ontwikkeling van embedded software omvat.
'Dekimo zocht uitbreiding aan de oostkant van Brussel en kan dit nu op een snelle manier via de bestaande verkoopskanalen en netwerken van Layers. Bovendien waren wij nooit gefocust op PCB ontwerp als | | |
| | | European Infrared Detector Leader XenICs Inaugurates Volume Production in Singapore | 23/6 | | Leuven/Singpore, 23, June 2008 --- XenICs, Europe's leading developer and manufacturer of advanced infrared detectors and customized imaging solutions covering the LWIR to the visible realm, continues its worldwide ex¬tension strategy and growth by establishing Singapore-based sInfraRed Pte Ltd. A company 100% owned by XenICs, sInfraRed is to provide comprehen¬sive marketing, sales and support as well as volume production and cus¬tomization of XenICs' products in the Asia, Australia and Middle | | |
| | | IMEC Incubation Fund to stimulate the foundation of spin-offs | 20/7 | IMEC to provide financial and technological environment for future high-tech companies based on IMEC technology.
Leuven, Belgium -- October 16, 2001 --- IMEC, Europe's leading independent research and development center in microelectronics and information and communication technologies (ICT), has announced the creation of its Incubation Fund to support the launch phase of new spin-off companies.
One of IMEC's strategic objectives is to support the local industry in Flanders (Belgium) by | | |
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