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Digi-Key to distribute dual-mode Bluetooth Low-Energy products for BlueCreation
Digi-Key to distribute dual-mode Bluetooth Low-Energy products for BlueCreation
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Distributor Digi-Key has announced a distribution agreement with BlueCreation, UK-based maker of dual-model BLE solutions.
Startup raises funds for organic semiconductors
Startup raises funds for organic semiconductors
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Welsh startup SmartKem has completed its series A funding round with investment from a syndicate comprising BASF Venture Capital, Octopus…
SmartKem attracts commercialisation funding for organic semiconductor technology
SmartKem attracts commercialisation funding for organic semiconductor technology
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Welsh startup SmartKem has completed its series A funding round with investment from a syndicate comprising BASF Venture Capital, Octopus…
Cree Q4 results spark stock market dip
Cree Q4 results spark stock market dip
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Cree has reported revenue of $436 million for the company's fourth quarter of fiscal 2014, ended June 29, 2014 which…

Osram plans acquisition of Italian entertainment lighting specialist
Osram plans acquisition of Italian entertainment lighting specialist
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Osram is strengthening its position in entertainment lighting by agreeing to acquire Clay Paky, an Italian maker of entertainment lighting for shows and events.
Tech Data to distribute Kanex mobile power solutions
Tech Data to distribute Kanex mobile power solutions
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Tech Data UK has signed a distribution agreement with Kanex, a leading supplier of mobile connectivity and power solutions for Apple and other mobile vendor technologies.
French MEMS foundry preps IPO
French MEMS foundry preps IPO
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MEMS foundry Tronics Microsystems SA (Grenoble, France) is planning an initial public offering of shares within the next six months or so. The listing is likely to be on the…
ams helps fund CIRCADIAN acquisition of ZircLight
ams helps fund CIRCADIAN acquisition of ZircLight
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24/7 workforce productivity company, CIRCADIAN, has acquired a controlling stake in ZircLight Inc. with a $2.5 million Series A investment led by ams AG, the Austrian-based manufacturer of sensor and…
E2V buys Spanish image sensor specialist for €34 million
E2V buys Spanish image sensor specialist for €34 million
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E2v Technologies plc (Chelmsford, England) has announced it has agreed to acquire Innovaciones Microelectronicas SL (Seville, Spain), which trades as AnaFocus and supplies CMOS image and vision sensors for the…
Agilent’s T&M subsidiary “Keysight Technologies” is up-and-running
Agilent’s T&M subsidiary “Keysight Technologies” is up-and-running
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Keysight Technologies has formally announced that the electronic measurement business of Agilent Technologies has begun operating under the Keysight name.
OXIS partners MSP Technologies to develop marine batteries
OXIS partners MSP Technologies to develop marine batteries
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OXIS Energy and Multi Source Power (MSP) Technologies have formed a partnership to enable the development of marine lithium sulfur batteries.
Keysight Technologies starts operations
Keysight Technologies starts operations
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Keysight Technologies, Inc., has announced the electronic measurement business of Agilent Technologies has begun operating under the Keysight name.
Cambridge Mechatronics signs up Warren East, Foxconn
Cambridge Mechatronics signs up Warren East, Foxconn
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Design and engineering company Cambridge Mechatronics Ltd. (CML) has announced it has signed up electronic manufacturing services giant Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. Ltd. (Taipei Taiwan), also known as Foxconn,…
Bluetooth Smart module from Microchip uses CSR silicon
Bluetooth Smart module from Microchip uses CSR silicon
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Microchip Technology's Bluetooth Smart module is based on the CSR1012 chip. The BLE RN4020 module is a complete turnkey solution, which takes CSR's Bluetooth Smart ICs to a wider range…
Xiamen Changelight gears up for GaN LED expansion
Xiamen Changelight gears up for GaN LED expansion
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Chinese LED manufacturer Xiamen Changelight Co., Ltd. has selected Veeco Instruments Inc to be the company's primary equipment provider as it enters the market to produce gallium nitride (GaN) based…
Panasonic and Tesla Gigafactory battery plan forges ahead
Panasonic and Tesla Gigafactory battery plan forges ahead
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Tesla Motors, Inc. has signed an agreement with Panasonic Corporation that lays out their cooperation on the construction of a large-scale battery manufacturing plant in the USA, known as the…
Tesla, Panasonic sign Gigafactory agreement
Tesla, Panasonic sign Gigafactory agreement
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Tesla Motors, Inc. has signed an agreement with Panasonic Corporation that lays out their cooperation on the construction of a large-scale battery manufacturing plant in the USA, known as the…
Analog closes on acquisition of Hittite
Analog closes on acquisition of Hittite
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Analog Devices has announced it has completed its acquisition of Hittite Microwave Corporation in an all-cash transaction at a purchase price of $78 per share, reflecting a total enterprise value…
Infineon fires on all cylinders
Infineon fires on all cylinders
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High demand for automotive electronics and semiconductors for renewable energies drove Infineon’s Q3 figures. The company increased overall sales by 8.6% year over year and expects the good development to…
Memscap breaks even on rising Q2 revenue
Memscap breaks even on rising Q2 revenue
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Memscap SA (Bernin, France), a provider of MEMS products and foundry services, has reported that it broke even on sales revenue of €3.5 million (about $4.7 million) in the second…
Sony, Panasonic, Japan Display plan OLED joint venture
Sony, Panasonic, Japan Display plan OLED joint venture
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Sony Corp., Panasonic Corp., and Japan Display Inc. are working together to create a new company, to be named JOLED, which is expected to be launched early in 2015 to…
Osram cuts almost 8000 jobs
Osram cuts almost 8000 jobs
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Amidst the decline of conventional illuminants like incandescent bulbs and fluorescent tubes, lighting manufacturer Osram announced plans to cut 7.800 jobs worldwide, some 22% of its global workforce of currently…
UDC extends Philips PHOLED supply agreement
UDC extends Philips PHOLED supply agreement
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Universal Display Corporation has broadened the company's relationship with Philips to a commercial material supply agreement.
Dark clouds over lighting business: Osram announces massive job cuts
Dark clouds over lighting business: Osram announces massive job cuts
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Amidst the decline of conventional illuminants like incandescent bulbs and fluorescent tubes, lighting manufacturer Osram announced to cut 7.800 jobs worldwide, some 22% of its global workforce of currently about…
Inside Secure and Gemalto sign Single Wire Protocol agreement for smartphones
Inside Secure and Gemalto sign Single Wire Protocol agreement for smartphones
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Inside Secure and Gemalto have signed a Single Wire Protocol (SWP) license agreement, extending the cross-license signed in 2008, which provides a standard interface for Inside VaultSEcure Secure Element products,…
Gresham Power clinches GBP1.18m UPS defence export order
Gresham Power clinches GBP1.18m UPS defence export order
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UK power conversion specialist Gresham Power Electronics has secured a £1.18 million order to supply UPS systems to the UK Ministry of Defence for fitting to MARS (Military Afloat Reach…
Rohde & Schwarz acquires IT security company
Rohde & Schwarz acquires IT security company
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Rohde & Schwarz is not only a well-known provider of network analysers, vector signal generators and other measurement technology for development labs and production tests. The company also runs a…
Trillion Sensor Summit program set for Munich
Trillion Sensor Summit program set for Munich
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The program has been announced for the TSensors Summit due to take place in Munich September 15 to 17 at the Sheraton Muenchen Arabellapark Hotel, Germany.


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