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Veeco partners Agnitron to offer refurbished MOCVD systems
Veeco partners Agnitron to offer refurbished MOCVD systems
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Veeco Instruments Inc. has formed a strategic partnership with Agnitron Technology, Inc., a focused compound semiconductor research and development company…
MEMS pioneers invest in force-sensitive touch startup
MEMS pioneers invest in force-sensitive touch startup
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The Band of Angels, a seed funding organization composed of Silicon Valley executives, and affiliates has invested $500,000 in NextInput…
Sharp moves to offload European solar cell business
Sharp moves to offload European solar cell business
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Enel Green Power SpA and Sharp Corporation have reached a deal under which Enel Green Power will assume Sharp's obligations…
Lockheed Martin MUOS satellite gets final testing
Lockheed Martin MUOS satellite gets final testing
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Lockheed Martin has successfully completed environmental testing of the U.S. Navy's third Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) satellite. It recently…

Mobile phones fall silent with hybrid encrypted calling service
Mobile phones fall silent with hybrid encrypted calling service
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Silent Circle has announced the expansion of Out-Circle Calling (OCC) encrypted hybrid calling that enables Silent Circle members to make and receive encrypted, private voice calls through the company’s Silent…
Qualcomm, GloFo execs invest in computational photo startup
Qualcomm, GloFo execs invest in computational photo startup
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Qualcomm executive chairman Paul Jacobs and Globalfoundries CEO Sanjay Jha have joined venture capital firms Bessemer Venture Partners and Chalres River Ventures in a $9.7 million investment round for 2013…
Honda recalls 175.000 hybrids due to software problem
Honda recalls 175.000 hybrids due to software problem
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For the first time, an automobile company has conceded that a software glitch in electronic control units could cause cars to accelerate suddenly, forcing drivers to scramble to take emergency…
TRW next takeover target? ZF says perhaps
TRW next takeover target? ZF says perhaps
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German automotive supplier ZF Friedrichshafen AG announced that it is in takeover talks with US based tier one TRW Automotive holdings. TRW acknowledges such talks without however providing details as…
Nanotechnology merger offers speed time to market gains
Nanotechnology merger offers speed time to market gains
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The two German companies temicon GmbH and holotools GmbH are joining forces to expand their product portfolio in the area of micro and nanotechnologies that address LED, OLED lighting, display…
Nanotechnology merger offers time to market gains
Nanotechnology merger offers time to market gains
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The two German companies temicon GmbH and holotools GmbH are joining forces to expand their product portfolio in the area of micro and nanotechnologies that address LED, OLED lighting, display…
MIT, Fraunhofer research future mobility
MIT, Fraunhofer research future mobility
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How can mobility be implemented in 2050 - in a world with an estimated population of some 9 billion people? Top research institutes in Germany and the United States have…
Qualcomm snaps up CSR’s imaging team
Qualcomm snaps up CSR’s imaging team
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Cellphone chipmaker Qualcomm is buying the imaging operations of CSR plc, which are based in Israel, according to local reports. CSR announced it would be selling the business for $44…
JOT Automation launches Silicon Valley subsidiary
JOT Automation launches Silicon Valley subsidiary
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Accounting for new production automation boom in the US, the Finland-based production test system company JOT Automation has announced to launch a subsidiary in the Silicon Valley. The move was…
Plessey expands distribution network in Central, East Europe
Plessey expands distribution network in Central, East Europe
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Plessey has entered into a distribution agreement with CODICO GmbH, a demand creation distributor for electronic components, headquartered in Perchtoldsdorf, Austria and with offices across Europe.
Orbotech grabs SPTS for packaging, MEMS potential
Orbotech grabs SPTS for packaging, MEMS potential
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Orbotech Ltd. (Yavne, Israel), a maker of optical inspection systems and imaging systems for printed circuit boards and flat panel displays, is set to acquire etch and deposition equipment company…
IDT and eSilicon to develop next-generation RapidIO switches
IDT and eSilicon to develop next-generation RapidIO switches
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Integrated Device Technology and eSilicon have announced a collaboration to further development of next-generation RapidIO switches to meet the performance demands of new system architectures for wireless, embedded and computing…
Competence Centre focuses on LED and OLED light sources
Competence Centre focuses on LED and OLED light sources
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Tridonic has created a competence center at its Jennersdorf site in Burgenland, Austriais which will focus on the company's pioneering LED and OLED light source technologies.
Mentor further expands automotive expertise with takeover
Mentor further expands automotive expertise with takeover
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Over the past years, EDA tool vendor Mentor Graphics has already strengthened its position in the booming automotive technology market. The company now continues to expand its expertise in this…
Audience, InvenSense buy up sensor fusion software firms
Audience, InvenSense buy up sensor fusion software firms
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Fabless chip companies Audience and InvenSense have agreed to buy three sensor fusion software firms: Movea, Sensor Platforms and Trusted Positioning.
Mentor rounds off automotive expertise with takeover
Mentor rounds off automotive expertise with takeover
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Over the past years, EDA tool vendor Mentor Graphics has already strengthened its position in the booming automotive technology market. The company now continues to expand its expertise in this…
Industry association protests against TTIP negotiations
Industry association protests against TTIP negotiations
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AMA Fachverband, an industry association dedicated to sensor and measurement technology, took an unusual step to make its voice heard in the discussion about the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership…
Mapper opens Russian MEMS fab
Mapper opens Russian MEMS fab
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Mapper Lithography BV (Delft, The Netherlands), a pioneer of the use of direct-write e-beam to characterize photoresist for chip production, has established a MEMS manufacturing site in Moscow for the…
Continental demands legal change to enable automated driving
Continental demands legal change to enable automated driving
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If carmakers and suppliers are right, not technology but the legal situation today is the main roadblock for automated driving. The industry now demands a regulatory framework that enables the…
Nordic Semiconductor opens office in Taiwan to support Bluetooth
Nordic Semiconductor opens office in Taiwan to support Bluetooth
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Nordic Semiconductor has opened its first local sales and support office in Taiwan located in the Shih Lin District of Taipei, in order to support record levels of new customer…
Tele2 and NetComm Wireless form M2M partnership
Tele2 and NetComm Wireless form M2M partnership
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Tele2 AB and NetComm Wireless Limited have entered into a strategic partnership to create new Machine-to-Machine (M2M) Internet of Things (IoT) opportunities for vertical markets. target areas include industrial automation,…
Takeover catapults Visteon into first league of automotive electronics
Takeover catapults Visteon into first league of automotive electronics
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Half a year after it first announced the intention to acquire Johnson Control's automotive electronics business, automotive supplier Visteon now has completed the deal. With the move, Visteon advances into…
VW grabs Blackberry’s European R&D lab
VW grabs Blackberry’s European R&D lab
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With the connected car becoming ubiquitous, even sedate carmakers get moving: Volkswagen has launched an entity dedicated to research and development of automotive connectivity.
Rigol combines manufacturing, engineering in new campus
Rigol combines manufacturing, engineering in new campus
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Chinese measurement equipment manufacturer Rigol Technologies has launched a new manufacturing and engineering facility in Suzhou. The 41.000 square meter (440.000 square foot) facility will allow the company to continue…


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