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Industry News
Electroglas Relocates to Edenvale
Electroglas Inc. has relocated its Santa Clara, Calif., manufacturing and engineering operations to a new $40 million, 263,000-sf headquarters in Edenvale. San Jose-based Kenneth Rodrigues & Partners Inc. designed the new facility which will house almost 100 Electroglas employees. Builder for the project was Devcon Construction Inc. of Milpitas, Calif. The 22-acre site has room to accommodate an additional 100,000-sf building. Electroglas manufactures capital equipment for the semiconductor industry.
NACORE and IDRC consider integrating and forming one association.
NACORE and IDRC consider integrating the two existing associations to form one association. Members will be asked to confirm the integration in October 2000. If members support the integration, plans to create a new association by January 2001 will advance.
UC Merced, a new 2,000-acre campus
Planning and Designing is underway for UC Merced, a new 2,000-acre campus located in California. This new $250-million research university will use digital technology to create an educational network for students in the San Joaquin Valley. Completion is scheduled for 2004.
The FDA proceeds with a strategy for The Reuse of Single Use Devices
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) plans to have a guide in place by January 2001 for hospitals on "The Policy of the Reuse of Single Use Devices".
The strategy proposes the following:-to treat hospitals that reprocess single use devices in the same way it treats device manufactures
-to require submission of premarketing data as if reprocessors were seeking to market device for the first time
-to require reprocessors to label single use devices and provide instructions for use.
ONI Systems Plans New Campus in South San Jose
ONI Systems has plans for a new 455,000-sf, five-building corporate headquarters on 2.5 acres in South San Jose. The optical networking equipment vendor currently employs 400 at its operations in North San Jose.