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Environmental monitoring is focus topic at Sensor + Test
Environmental monitoring is focus topic at Sensor + Test
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Without verifiable measurement results, pollution control and environment protection is not feasible neither in the public space nor in industrial…
Environmental monitoring selected as focus topic for Sensor + Test
Environmental monitoring selected as focus topic for Sensor + Test
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Without verifiable measurement results, pollution control and environment protection is not feasible neither in the public space nor in industrial…
ALPS signs gyroscope agreement with Qualtré
ALPS signs gyroscope agreement with Qualtré
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ALPS Electric has signed a commercial sales agreement with Qualtré, Inc., its partner in gyroscope development. The agreement reinforces the…
Intel aims at connected home with Lantiq acquisition
Intel aims at connected home with Lantiq acquisition
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Bolstering broadband network technologies that enhance connected experiences in the home, Intel Corporation has signed a definitive agreement to acquire…

Quby snaps up smart energy spin-out
Quby snaps up smart energy spin-out
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Quby, Europe's leading developer of smart thermostats and energy displays has acquired Joulo, a spin-out company from the University of Southampton.
Chinese power supply manufacturer appoints Luso for UK sales
Chinese power supply manufacturer appoints Luso for UK sales
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London-based Luso Electronics has signed an agreement with Chinese power supply manufacturer Pairui to become its franchised distributor in the UK and Ireland.
Intel triples tablet application processor shipments
Intel triples tablet application processor shipments
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Intel's shipments of application processors for tablet computers more than tripled in 3Q14, according to market research firm Strategy Analytics.
USA cashes in on spectrum auction
USA cashes in on spectrum auction
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Due to the scarcity of spectrum, the latest US auction for spectrum covered 65 MHz and drew the highest revenue of any FCC spectrum auction to date.
Acquisition of Spirit IT strengthens ABB’s measurement activities
Acquisition of Spirit IT strengthens ABB’s measurement activities
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Swiss power and automation group, ABB, complements its portfolio of measurement products through the integration of Spirit IT, an Eindhoven (The Netherlands) based technology provider that develops and sells flow…
Future Lab workshop cuts LED product development times
Future Lab workshop cuts LED product development times
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Swiss contract design and manufacturing services group, ESCATEC has adopted a novel workshop concept to reduce the time taken to go from concept to prototype for LED-based products.
Tronics launches IPO
Tronics launches IPO
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As expected, Tronics Microsystems AS (Grenoble, France) has launched an initial public offering of shares in the company.
Private equity buys Canadian MEMS foundry
Private equity buys Canadian MEMS foundry
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Private equity investor FTC Technologies Inc., based in western Canada, has purchased 98 percent of the shares in MEMS foundry Micralyne Inc. (Edmonton, Alberta).
Privately-owned car not on the red list, study says
Privately-owned car not on the red list, study says
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New usage models like carhsaring do not endanger the automotive industry's prevailing business. A representative survey from automotive tier one Continental shows that the vast majority of the population prefers…
Partnership aims to make small cell roll-out easier
Partnership aims to make small cell roll-out easier
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Every year we are promised that small cells are going to change the world as we know it, but the revolution fails to materialise. Why? It appears operators are still…
CommScope to acquire TE Connectivity’s telecom, enterprise and wireless businesses
CommScope to acquire TE Connectivity’s telecom, enterprise and wireless businesses
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CommScope Holding Company, Inc., has agreed to acquire TE Connectivity’s Telecom, Enterprise and Wireless businesses in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately $3 billion.
GaN Systems agrees distribution deal with Ecomal Europe
GaN Systems agrees distribution deal with Ecomal Europe
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GaN Systems Inc., has signed a distribution agreement with Ecomal Europe to promote and distribute the company's gallium nitride (GaN) high power switching transistors.
Valtavalo introduces 7-year warranty on LED tubes
Valtavalo introduces 7-year warranty on LED tubes
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The Finnish LED tube manufacturer Valtavalo Ltd promises the longest lifetime – and the longest warranty – on the market for its G3+ LED tubes. Under normal conditions, the average…
Universal Display and LG Display enter OLED patent agreement
Universal Display and LG Display enter OLED patent agreement
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Universal Display Corporation have signed an OLED technology license agreement and supplemental material purchase agreement with LG Display Co., Ltd.
Maxim exits consumer MEMS, touch sensors
Maxim exits consumer MEMS, touch sensors
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Maxim Integrated Products Inc. has decided to get out of consumer MEMS and consumer touch sensor markets and focus its sensor business on the automotive sensor. Meanwhile Maxim is making…
Analog, embedded drive TI upwards in 2014
Analog, embedded drive TI upwards in 2014
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Texas Instruments Inc. has reported a net income of $825 million on fourth quarter 2014 revenue of $3.27 billion.
Harman strenghtens position in OTA, IoT and cloud computing with takeovers
Harman strenghtens position in OTA, IoT and cloud computing with takeovers
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Infotainment giant Harman International has signed takeover agreements with Red Bend Software and Symphony Teleca. The investment has a total value of about $950 million (about €750 million). With the…
Harman continues shopping spree with two software takeovers
Harman continues shopping spree with two software takeovers
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Infotainment giant Harman International has signed takeover agreements with Red Bend Software and Symphony Teleca. The investment has a total value of about $950 million (about €750 million). With the…
ARM backs printed electronics startup
ARM backs printed electronics startup
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PragmatIC Printing Ltd. (Cambridge, England), a pioneer of printed electronics founded in 2010 as a continuation of the Manchester company Nano ePrint, has completed a funding round led by Cambridge…
Triple and Quad play services push Three towards O2 purchase
Triple and Quad play services push Three towards O2 purchase
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Following BT's recent acquisition of EE, Hutchison Whampoa Limited, parent company of UK telecom operator Three UK, has announced that it has entered into exclusive negotiations with Telefónica, S.A., over…
Technology available, application wanted
Technology available, application wanted
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Along with the Munich Technical University (TUM), Bosch follows an unusual route to foster innovation: The duo has launched a promotional programme to create innovative applications for an existing technology,…
Universal Display agrees OLED license deal with Sumitomo Chemical
Universal Display agrees OLED license deal with Sumitomo Chemical
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Universal Display Corporation has signed an OLED technology license agreement with Sumitomo Chemical Company, Ltd.
Can solar-powered LED lighting end global light poverty?
Can solar-powered LED lighting end global light poverty?
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At the launch of The International Year of Light 2015 at the UNESCO Headquarter in Paris, France Philips Lighting declared the company's commitment to help end light poverty.
Smartphone shipments total 1.167B in 2014
Smartphone shipments total 1.167B in 2014
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Market research firm TrendForce tell us that global smartphone shipments totaled 1.167 billion units in 2014, a year-on-year increase of 25.9%, with combined shipments of Chinese brands reaching 453.4 million…


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