INDUSTRY NEWS

On the beam

That's not a Christmas tree resting on that I-beam. Olin Microelectronics Materials and Hodess Building Co. recently commemorated the Massachusetts contractor's completion of a facility expansion with a traditional "topping out" ceremony at the supplier's photoresist plant in North Kingstown, RI. According to Hodess, early Scandinavians, believing their gods lived in trees, placed the highest branches of trees atop their completed buildings. The practice prevented arousing the wrath of both their gods and the souls of man caused by cutting the trees for lumber. The Scandinavians also believed souls originated in trees and returned to their arboreal origins. ...

MicroHome | Search | Current Issue | MicroArchives
Buyers Guide | Subscribe to MICRO