Each year, the Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Northeastern Pennsylvania hosts i xchange, the premier business networking opportunity in northeastern Pennsylvania. Click here to register now! The event attracts more than 600 technology entrepreneurs, manufacturers, venture capitalists, economic developers, regional influencers,  Continue Reading ...

February 11, 2009–Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) (NYSE: TXN) today acquired Bethlehem, PA-based CICLON Semiconductor Device Corporation, a leading designer of high-frequency, high-efficiency power management semiconductors. The acquisition expands TI’s capability to improve energy efficiency in today’s end-equipment designs, including high-power computing and server systems. CICLON Semiconductor Device Corporation (pronounced See-Clone) is a Continue Reading ...

The real estate adage “Location, location, location” has a cousin in the semiconductor industry: “Faster, faster, faster.” IQE technology is used in semiconductors for mobile telephones, missile guidance systems, satellite communications, power systems, automotive applications, and more. The inexorable desire for speed—not to mention size reduction, reliability, cost, and design flexibility—had led Continue Reading ...

Custom Processing Services specializes in micronizing and ultra-fine grinding of materials into tiny particles—often much smaller than a speck of dust For Gregg Shemanski, making things smaller is big business. And it keeps getting bigger every day. Apparent contradictions aside, Shemanski’s company, Custom Processing Services (CPS), specializes in micronizing and ultra-fine grinding Continue Reading ...

Expanding a business venture is much like adding children to a family. You are forced to embrace a host of additional concerns – mainly space, money, and proper attention. American Holzkraft has been manufacturing market umbrellas, tables, chairs, benches, and outdoor furnishings for nearly 15 years. With kids, most people choose not Continue Reading ...

More than 300 entrepreneurs, investors, educators, legislators, and other community leaders gathered under a big top tent in September to celebrate the grand opening of Ben Franklin TechVentures, a new high-tech incubator and post-incubator facility for technology companies. Ben Franklin TechVentures is located on Lehigh University’s Mountaintop Campus, across the street from the former Ben Franklin Business Incubator at Jordan Hall. The facility is owned and managed by Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Northeastern PA. Ben Franklin greets TechVentures visitors Cutting the ribbon Inside Ben Franklin TechVentures