CAMBRIDGE, MA – University engineers are adding to heat-shrinking materials. A team led by Nicholas X. Fang, an associate professor of mechanical engineering at MIT, has manufactured tiny, star-shaped structures out of interconnected beams, or trusses. The sugar-cube-size structures quickly shrink when heated to about 540°F.

FRAMINGHAM, MA – Total smartwatch shipments were 2.7 million units in the third quarter of 2016, down 51.6% year-over-year, says the International Data Corp.

PARSIPPANY, NJ – Sun Chemical and its parent company, DIC, have acquired Gwent Electronic Materials for an undisclosed sum.

SAN JOSE, CA – North America-based manufacturers of semiconductor equipment posted September worldwide orders (three-month average) of $1.6 billion, up 3.2% year-over-year and down 8.5% sequentially, says SEMI.