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Osram and Toyoda Gosei extend LED usage agreement
Osram and Toyoda Gosei extend LED usage agreement
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Osram GmbH, Germany has extended the company's agreement with Japan's Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd which allows the companies to use…
University of Oxford signs RFEL for second phase study contract for the Square Kilometre Array
University of Oxford signs RFEL for second phase study contract for the Square Kilometre Array
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The University of Oxford, a member of the Low Frequency Aperture Array (LFAA) consortium, working together with the Square Kilometre…
Emerging MEMS to drive mergers, says Yole
Emerging MEMS to drive mergers, says Yole
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A spate of MEMS products based on non-mainstream sensing and actuating principles will come to market in the next 18…
Johnson Matthey acquires battery materials assets from A123
Johnson Matthey acquires battery materials assets from A123
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A123 Systems LLC, has completed the sale of the company's facilities for the production of certain battery materials to Johnson…

Zeiss launches metrology customer centre
Zeiss launches metrology customer centre
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To highlight the significance of industrial measurement technologies, the Zeiss Group has inaugurated a new customer centre at its headquarters in Oberkochen (Germany). On an area of 4000 square meters…
Advantek acquires Surftape
Advantek acquires Surftape
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Advantek, Inc. has acquired all the assets of Tempo Electronics and the Surftape product line and will begin offering Surftape through Advantek's global sales organization.
Xceed takeover highlights data analytics in network testing
Xceed takeover highlights data analytics in network testing
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Testing wireless networks today generates huge amounts of data. Finding the relevant patterns within the haystack of data requires specific analytics and data post processing capabilities. Network testing technology company…
Osram unveils largest LED lamp portfolio
Osram unveils largest LED lamp portfolio
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Osram has unveiled the company's largest portfolio of LED lamps with the 90 lamp types being based on a platform strategy that ensures a uniform design appearance and ensuring that…
Ford invests USD25m globally in LED lighting solutions
Ford invests USD25m globally in LED lighting solutions
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Ford Motor Company has beguns installing LED lighting at manufacturing facilities across the globe. The new lighting investment, valued at more than $25 million, will help the company save energy…
Europe is kicking with IT innovations and startup ideas
Europe is kicking with IT innovations and startup ideas
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Over 1,400 early stage startups and innovators from 27 EU countries have registered for this year's Idea Challenge, according to the European Institute of Innovation & Technology (EIT) organizing the…
Cree sees LED sales tumble
Cree sees LED sales tumble
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Cree Inc. has lowered its revenue projection for the company's recently completed first quarter owing to lower-than-expected sales of LED lighting.
Beta programme for Thread from Silicon Labs
Beta programme for Thread from Silicon Labs
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This programme provides early access to Silicon Labs' IP-based Mesh Networking Stack; the company has set up a Thread beta program for selected customers and ecosystem partners, enabling them to…
MEMS business pitch could win $160k prize
MEMS business pitch could win $160k prize
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The winner of an "elevator pitch" competition due to be held at the MEMS Executive Congress coming up November 5 to 7 in Scottsdale, Arizona, could win a grant valued…
InvenSense claims 400 million 6-axis sensors shipped
InvenSense claims 400 million 6-axis sensors shipped
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InvenSense Inc., (San Jose, Calif.), a supplier of motion tracking components based on MEMS technology, has announced that its 6-axis motion sensor products, in the market since 2010, have now…
Webinar now online: Insight into the WiFi-offload technology and lab testing
Webinar now online: Insight into the WiFi-offload technology and lab testing
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Anritsu recently presented a webinar titled: 'An Insight into the WiFi-offload technology and lab testing solutions', which is now available online.
Farnell element14 signs global agreement with RECOM Power
Farnell element14 signs global agreement with RECOM Power
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Farnell element14 has added RECOM Power, an innovative leader in the manufacture and distribution of power converters and switching regulators, as one of its global power supply partners.
Macronix rolls out European expansion plan
Macronix rolls out European expansion plan
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Non-volatile memories are in growing demand for all kinds of embedded systems, from wearables to vehicles. And vehicles is the fastest-growing market for Taiwanese chipmaker Macronix, which specialises in non-volatile…
Preen appoints Intepro to support European sales
Preen appoints Intepro to support European sales
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Preen, specialist manufacturers of test and measurement power sources has appointed Intepro Systems as the company's distributor for the USA and Europe.
BMW and Baidu joins forces on automated driving
BMW and Baidu joins forces on automated driving
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Having driven thousands of kilometres in self-driving mode on European motorways, carmaker BMW is embarking a joint research project aiming at introducing automated driving in the world's largest market for…
MechaTronix agrees LED cooling deal with Seoul Semiconductor
MechaTronix agrees LED cooling deal with Seoul Semiconductor
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MechaTronix is to cooperate on the design, production and worldwide distribution of standard LED coolers with Seoul Semiconductor, the world’s fourth biggest manufacturer of LED components.
BMW joins forces with Baidu for automated driving
BMW joins forces with Baidu for automated driving
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Having driven thousands of kilometres in self-driving mode on European motorways, carmaker BMW is embarking a joint research project aiming at introducing automated driving in the world's largest market for…
Heliatek prepares organic solar film for market entry
Heliatek prepares organic solar film for market entry
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German organic solar film manufacturer, Heliatek GmbH, has completed the company's C-Financing round by raising 18 million EUR. Since 2006, 46 million EUR have been raised in order to develop…
Research platform refines EV battery production processes
Research platform refines EV battery production processes
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The research centre ZSW has put into operation a new lab capable of perfecting lithium-ion traction batteries and associated production technology. The purpose of the lab, located in Ulm (Germany),…
TSMC to grab 84% of leading-edge pure-play foundry market
TSMC to grab 84% of leading-edge pure-play foundry market
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Leading foundry Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (Hsinchu, Taiwan) is expected to garner $10.3 billion of leading edge foundry manufacturing – defined as the market for nodes with 28nm and…
Research platform tries out EV battery production processes
Research platform tries out EV battery production processes
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Nothing less than developing the world's best traction batteries is the goal of a new research platform launched in Ulm (Germany). The lab will create the blueprint for batteries and…
ST claims 5 billion MEMS sensors shipped
ST claims 5 billion MEMS sensors shipped
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STMicroelectronics NV has announced it has shipped more than five billion MEMS sensors and three billion MEMS micro-actuators to date.
Collaboration deal focuses on batteries with wire-free charging
Collaboration deal focuses on batteries with wire-free charging
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Highpower International, Inc., a manufacturer of lithium and nickel-metal hydride (Ni-MH) rechargeable batteries, is to collaborate with Energous Corporation, the developer of WattUp, a wire-free charging technology to develop batteries…
InvenSense, Bosch, NXP winners in iPhone 6
InvenSense, Bosch, NXP winners in iPhone 6
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There are have been numerous teardowns of the iPhone 6 since the Apple smartphone was launched and while the application processor may get most of the attention it is the…


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