Illustration - Economy

Illustration - Economy

FRANCE. ISERE (38) BERNIN. A SOITEC ENGINEER IS PREPARING A BATCH OF SILICON-ON-INSULATOR WAFERS FOR DELIVERY. SILICON IS THE FLAGSHIP PRODUCT OF THIS FRENCH COMPANY, WHICH SPECIALISES IN MATERIALS FOR SEMICONDUCTORS. AT EACH STAGE OF PRODUCTION, THE ENVIRONMENT IS RIGOROUSLY CONTROLLED IN TERMS OF TEMPERATURE AND HUMIDITY, AND EXCLUDES THE PRESENCE OF PARTICLES OR ORGANIC CONTAMINANTS. Photo by Christophe Lepetit/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

Yamanashi ex-semiconductor plant gets 2nd life as cutting-edge winery

Yamanashi ex-semiconductor plant gets 2nd life as cutting-edge winery

A worker at a former semiconductor plant which has made a fresh start as a winery in Yamanashi, Japan's main wine-producing region, indicates towards the winery's clean room in Koshu on Jan. 11, 2018. The room, an area free of dust and other contaminants, is used for wine fermentation, bottling and storage. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Tokyo Gov. Koike at press conference

Tokyo Gov. Koike at press conference

Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike attends a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 14, 2016, announcing personnel changes for metropolitan government officials in the wake of a scandal over the relocation of the Tsukiji wholesale market to a site lacking a sufficient soil barrier to protect it from toxic contaminants. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Tokyo Gov. Koike eyeing disciplinary action over new market fiasco

Tokyo Gov. Koike eyeing disciplinary action over new market fiasco

Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike attends a metropolitan assembly session on Oct. 5, 2016. Koike said she may take disciplinary action against those involved in the relocation of the Tsukiji wholesale market to a site lacking a sufficient soil barrier to protect it from toxic contaminants. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Tokyo Gov. Koike eyeing disciplinary action over new market fiasco

Tokyo Gov. Koike eyeing disciplinary action over new market fiasco

Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike attends a metropolitan assembly session on Oct. 5, 2016. Koike said she may take disciplinary action against those involved in the relocation of the Tsukiji wholesale market to a site lacking a sufficient soil barrier to protect it from toxic contaminants. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Tokyo inquiry fails to pin down blame for new market design debacle

Tokyo inquiry fails to pin down blame for new market design debacle

Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike holds a press conference at the metropolitan government offices on Sept. 30, 2016. Koike said that a task force she set up in the metropolitan government has been unable to determine exactly who made the decision to build the new site for the capital's Tsukiji fish market without a sufficient soil embankment to protect it from toxic contaminants. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Tokyo inquiry fails to pin down blame for new market design debacle

Tokyo inquiry fails to pin down blame for new market design debacle

Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike holds a press conference at the metropolitan government offices on Sept. 30, 2016. Koike said that a task force she set up in the metropolitan government has been unable to determine exactly who made the decision to build the new site for the capital's Tsukiji fish market without a sufficient soil embankment to protect it from toxic contaminants. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Tokyo inquiry fails to pin down blame for new market design debacle

Tokyo inquiry fails to pin down blame for new market design debacle

Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike holds a press conference at the metropolitan government offices on Sept. 30, 2016. Koike said that a task force she set up in the metropolitan government has been unable to determine exactly who made the decision to build the new site for the capital's Tsukiji fish market without a sufficient soil embankment to protect it from toxic contaminants. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo