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Listing of all 24 news releases from SDK:

Process to improve blue/white LED production

New process for making high-quality compound semiconductors based on GaN and other nitrides aims to meet growing demand for blue/white LEDs.

News from SDK (21 February 2007)

Hard disk media businesses unite

Showa Denko (SDK) is to merge its wholly owned subsidiary Showa Denko HD with a view to further strengthening its hard disk (HD) media business.

News from SDK (21 September 2006)

Perpendicular recording boosts hard disk capacity

New 2.5in hard disk media offer storage capacity of 100Gbyte per disk using innovative perpendicular magnetic recording technology.

News from SDK (26 June 2006)

Aluminium foil output set to rise

SDK is to increase its production of high-purity aluminium foils for electrolytic capacitors used in cars and digital equipment.

News from SDK (25 April 2006)

Tiny hard disk finds handset home

SDK's 0.85in-diameter hard disk media, the smallest in the world, have been adopted by Toshiba Corporation in its latest mobile phone.

News from SDK ( 9 March 2006)

Monomer promises faster photosetting

SDK has developed a new grade of high-performance isocyanate monomer for precision surface treatment of liquid crystal displays (LCDs) and semiconductors.

News from SDK (25 August 2005)

Novel HD media double storage density

The world's first commercial perpendicular-magnetic-recording-technology-based hard disk (HD) media enable a dramatic increase in media recording density.

News from SDK (20 July 2005)

Charge dissipating agent boosts e-beam accuracy

Espacer 300F is a new grade of charge dissipating agent claimed to substantially enhance the efficiency of electron-beam lithography processes in the production of integrated circuits.

News from SDK (14 April 2005)

It's good to be green

SDK has established new green purchase guidelines as part of its corporate social responsibility activities.

News from SDK (21 December 2004)

SDK surges ahead

SDK has reported a 42.5% increase in operating income for the first nine months of 2004.

News from SDK (18 November 2004)

Ohashi to resign as President

Mitsuo Ohashi is to resign as President and CEO to become Representative Director and Chairman of SDK.

News from SDK (17 November 2004)

Subsidiary marks Taiwan start

Showa Denko HD Trace, formerly Trace Storage Technology, has held a ceremony in Taipei, Taiwan, to mark its new start as a consolidated subsidiary of SDK.

News from SDK (12 November 2004)

Blue LEDs burn brighter

Showa Denko reckons its new blue light-emitting diode (LED) based on gallium nitride (GaN) has the highest brightness level on the market.

News from SDK (27 October 2004)

New plant to service Taiwan LCD manufacturers

SDK will begin production of high-purity ammonia in Taiwan from May 2005 through a new subsidiary that will build a 1000-ton-a-year plant at Tainan.

News from SDK (18 October 2004)

Smaller carbon fibres aid conductivity

VGCF-S is a new grade of carbon nanofibre suitable for addition to resins in which electrical conductivity is required.

News from SDK (29 September 2004)

Novel thermoelement promises "free" power sources

SDK has developed a novel high-performance thermoelement, a key component of modules that convert heat energy directly into electric energy.

News from SDK (20 August 2004)

Novel sheet provides mobile screening

SDK has developed a halogen-free, heat-resistant electromagnetic wave absorption sheet that controls noise and prevents malfunctioning of mobile electronic devices.

News from SDK ( 5 July 2004)

Data Storage Institute helps with media research

SDK has concluded a master R and D agreement with Data Storage Institute (DSI) of Singapore to jointly develop advanced technologies for next-generation hard disk media.