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SpatiaLight Inc., a Novato manufacturer of state of the art liquid crystal on silicon (LCoS) micro-displays, recently said that it has opened a new mass production manufacturing facility in Gyeongnam province, South Korea. Construction of the manufacturing facility was completed in January. The company received significant economic incentives and benefits from the Korean national and local governments to construct the plant because the area in which the facility was built has been officially designated a "free economic zone" and the Korean government has certified SpatiaLight as a "high technology" company. The Korean facility will serve as the firm's central commercial manufacturing base with production operations expected to start by the end of the third quarter of the year. The facility is designed with the capacity, at full employment, to produce up to 28,000 LCoS Sets per month. The facility has been specially designed for expansion to a capacity of 120,000 LCoS sets per month in several expansion phases. The high-resolution LCoS micro-displays produced at the facility will be used in the manufacture of High Definition televisions and rear projection monitors; and…

Liquidmetal Technologies Inc. has said that the winter sports division of HEAD NV - the Netherlands-based sports equipment manufacturer and marketer, has added a Liquidmetal line of skis to be offered for the 2005/2006 ski season. HEAD first incorporated the California company's technology in their tennis racquets two years ago, and they were recently voted 1st in product innovation by Fortune Magazine. Solana beach-based Liquidmetal Technologies develops, manufactures, and markets products made from amorphous alloys. Amorphous alloys are unique materials that are characterized by a random atomic structure, in contrast to the crystalline atomic structure possessed by ordinary metals and alloys. Bulk Liquidmetal alloys are two to three times stronger than commonly used titanium alloys, harder than tool steel, and relatively non-corrosive and wear resistant. Bulk Liquidmetal alloys can also be molded into precision net-shaped parts similar to plastics, resulting in intricate and sophisticated engineered designs. The company was the first to produce amorphous alloys in commercially viable bulk form, enabling significant improvements in products across a wide array of industries. HEAD sells its products under the HEAD (tennis, squash and racquetball racquets, alpine skis and ski boots, snowboards, bindings and boots), Penn (tennis balls and racquetball balls), Tyrolia (ski bindings), and Mares/Dacor (diving equipment) brands.

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