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Sensirion consolidates presence in Scandinavia, France and eastern Europe
Sensirion consolidates presence in Scandinavia, France and eastern Europe
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Sensirion has announced agreements with Martinsson elektronik AB, HDI Electronics (Hexagone Distribution Industrielle) SAS and SOS electronic as official distribution…
Safety expert companies join forces for automotive ECUs
Safety expert companies join forces for automotive ECUs
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Automotive safety expert company Silver Atena and manufacturing services provider Sitronic have announced a strategic partnership: The companies plan to…
Trojan Battery selects C.I.A.K. as distributor for eastern Europe
Trojan Battery selects C.I.A.K. as distributor for eastern Europe
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The world's leading manufacturer of deep-cycle batteries, Trojan Battery Co., is partnering with C.I.A.K. d.o.o., expanding Trojan’s presence in eastern…
Philips appoints Eric Rondolat as CEO of Lighting sector
Philips appoints Eric Rondolat as CEO of Lighting sector
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Royal Philips Electronics has announced the appointment of Eric Rondolat as Chief Executive Officer of its Lighting activities and member…

Farnell and element14 brands unite for electronics distribution online
Farnell and element14 brands unite for electronics distribution online
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Multi-channel electronics distributor Farnell and element14 are uniting their brands to consolidate the end-to-end engineering solutions offered by their parent company Premier Farnell. The new brand will continue to provide…
Broadcom taps Israeli passive network technology with Broadlight buy
Broadcom taps Israeli passive network technology with Broadlight buy
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Broadcom is to buy Israeli passive optical networking technology company BroadLight in a deal worth $195m.
BAE Systems selects Saft to supply Li-ion energy storage system for US Army’s Ground Combat Vehicle
BAE Systems selects Saft to supply Li-ion energy storage system for US Army’s Ground Combat Vehicle
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Saft’s advanced Li-ion energy storage system will support the technology development phase of the U.S. Army’s Ground Combat Vehicle (GCV) program. As a member of the BAE Systems GCV team…
Aixtron opens training and demo laboratory for LED production in Suzhou
Aixtron opens training and demo laboratory for LED production in Suzhou
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LED production equipment manufacturer Aixtron has opened a training and demonstration center at SINANO - the Suzhou Institute for Nanotechnology and Nanobionics. Many of Aixtron's key customers and partners from…
BMW, Daimler, Bosch and others launch e-mobility data JV
BMW, Daimler, Bosch and others launch e-mobility data JV
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The data infrastructure that enables electromobility is the sphere of activity for a startup company named hubjet GmbH, based in Berlin. The company is a joint venture of automotive OEMs…
Micrel acquires PhaseLink to expand its clock and timing portfolio
Micrel acquires PhaseLink to expand its clock and timing portfolio
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Micrel, Inc., has announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire a controlling interest in PhaseLink Company Limited, a private company based in Taiwan and Silicon Valley. The acquisition…
Synopsys and Applied Materials collaborate on TCAD models for next-generation logic and memory
Synopsys and Applied Materials collaborate on TCAD models for next-generation logic and memory
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Synopsys, Inc., and Applied Materials, Inc., are teaming up to develop technology computer-aided design (TCAD) models for next-generation semiconductor devices. The models derived from this TCAD collaboration will enable customers…
Report claims ST-Ericsson re-organisation is preparation for sale
Report claims ST-Ericsson re-organisation is preparation for sale
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Didier Lamouche, the CEO appointed in December at fabless mobile chip joint venture ST-Ericsson, is set to announce a re-organization before the end of the month, which will ready the…
Toyota joins embedded security effort
Toyota joins embedded security effort
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Toyota Motor Corp., joined the Trusted Computing Group to help drive future security standard as part of a new embedded initiative.
Cisco buys video streaming firm NDS for $5 billion
Cisco buys video streaming firm NDS for $5 billion
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Cisco Systems announced Thursday (March 15) that it would be buying set-top box software maker the NDS Group for $5 billion in cash.
Gaash plans to strengthen presence in Western Europe
Gaash plans to strengthen presence in Western Europe
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Lighting solutions provider Gaash Lighting has announced that it plans to expand its presence in the Western European market. The company said it in advanced negotiations with potential business partners…
Avnet to distribute Adeunis RF modules for wireless M-bus, KNX and proprietary wireless systems
Avnet to distribute Adeunis RF modules for wireless M-bus, KNX and proprietary wireless systems
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Avnet Memec has penned a new pan-European distribution agreement with Adeunis RF, specialists in design, manufacture and marketing of wireless transmission systems. The agreement enables the specialised semiconductor distributor to…
Joint venture for metals recovery from waste circuit boards
Joint venture for metals recovery from waste circuit boards
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ITRI Innovation Ltd has launched a new joint venture with its partner Ultromex Ltd to recover tin and other metals from waste circuit boards. The joint venture company has been…
Pilot factory for printed intelligence industrialisation opens in Finland
Pilot factory for printed intelligence industrialisation opens in Finland
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The PrintoCent productisation environment at the VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland premises represents the most advanced industrialisation capability and service, being at least two or three years ahead of…
Avnet Embedded signs multi-territory deal with Fujitsu for its motherboards
Avnet Embedded signs multi-territory deal with Fujitsu for its motherboards
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Avnet Embedded in EMEA has signed an agreement to represent Fujitsu's range of embedded motherboards in France, Italy and the Nordic countries. Suitable for a wide range of applications such…
Avnet agrees to distribute Adeunis RF module level solutions for wireless M-bus, KNX and proprietary wireless systems
Avnet agrees to distribute Adeunis RF module level solutions for wireless M-bus, KNX and proprietary wireless systems
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Avnet Memec has penned a new pan-European distribution agreement with Adeunis RF, specialists in design, manufacture and marketing of wireless transmission systems. The agreement enables the specialised semiconductor distributor to…
Hexagon standardizes on Wind River for next-generation metrology equipment
Hexagon standardizes on Wind River for next-generation metrology equipment
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Hexagon Metrology in Cobham, UK, is standardizing on the Wind River Platform for Industrial Devices for its latest coordinate measuring machine (CMM), the GLOBAL Silver. Such machines measure the physical…
Nexeon clinches Climate Week Award for Best Technological Breakthrough
Nexeon clinches Climate Week Award for Best Technological Breakthrough
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Nexeon of Abingdon, UK has won the Best Technological Breakthrough category in the UK’s Climate Week Awards for the company’s lithium ion battery technology that uses silicon in place of…
LumaStream joins Bridgelux Ecosystem program
LumaStream joins Bridgelux Ecosystem program
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LED lighting technology provider LumaStream has announced that it is the first company to sign a cooperation agreement with LED manufacturer Bridgelux under the new Bridgelux Ecosystem Program. LumaStream said…
ST, ST-Ericsson commit to SOI, says Soitec
ST, ST-Ericsson commit to SOI, says Soitec
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Soitec SA, a supplier of silicon-on-insulator (SOI) wafers, has announced that mobile chip joint venture ST-Ericsson NV has selected planar fully depleted SOI (FD-SOI) technology for use with future mobile…
Sevcon joins forces with Flextronics Automotive
Sevcon joins forces with Flextronics Automotive
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Automotive motor control unit (MCU) engineering company Sevcon has agreed with electronics manufacturer Flextronics to jointly develop drivetrain solutions for hybrid and pure electric vehicles. The companies also plan to…
Tektronix joins MOST Cooperation
Tektronix joins MOST Cooperation
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Measurement equipment manufacturer Tektronix has announced that it has joined the MOST Cooperation. MOST is the de-facto standard for infotainment data networks in the automotive industry. Tektronix said through the…
European standards organisations make progress towards Smart Grid standards
European standards organisations make progress towards Smart Grid standards
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The three European Standards Organisations (ESOs) – CEN (European Committee for Standardization), CENELEC (European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization) and ETSI (European Telecommunications Standards Institute) – are working together to develop…
Heliatek opens production facility for the manufacture of organic solar films
Heliatek opens production facility for the manufacture of organic solar films
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Heliatek GmbH has inaugurated the company's first production facility for the manufacture of flexible organic solar panels in Dresden.


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