Industry News
September 2011
Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNPS), a world leader in software and IP used in the design, verification and manufacture of electronic components and systems, today announced advances in its Galaxy™ Implementation
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09/29/2011
Mouser Electronics, Inc., regarded as a top design engineering resource and global distributor for semiconductors and electronic components, today announced that they will now be stocking the progressive
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09/29/2011
Atmel® Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML) today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Advanced Digital Design, S.A. ("ADD Semiconductor"), a privately held company based in Zaragoza,
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Date:
09/29/2011
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Continuing to empower developers with leading ARM®-based embedded processing solutions, Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) (NYSE: TXN)
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09/29/2011
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Powervation Ltd., the pioneer in adaptive digital power management IC solutions that increase system efficiency, improve field reliability, and accelerate time to market, has joined forces with Murata
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09/29/2011
Maxim Integrated Products, Inc. (NASDAQ: MXIM) will showcase new technologies for smarter energy applications from power-grid infrastructure to smart meters and smart plugs for home appliances at
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Date:
09/28/2011
Innovolt, the leader in intelligent electronics protection, today announces that its technology is available for licensing to markets ranging from consumer electronics, medical technology, cable and
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09/27/2011
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Avnet Electronics Marketing Americas and TI to Deliver Technical SpeedWays on the New BeagleBoard-xM
Avnet Electronics Marketing Americas, a business region of Avnet, Inc. (NYSE: AVT), has teamed up with Texas Instruments (TI) (NYSE: TXN) to hold a series of SpeedWay® technical seminars on the new
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09/26/2011
Mouser Electronics, Inc., regarded as a top design engineering resource and global distributor for semiconductors and electronic components, today announced its continued expansion into Europe with
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09/26/2011
Efficient Power Conversion Corporation (www.epc-co.com) the leader in energy-efficient enhancement mode gallium nitride (eGaN®) power transistors used in power conversion applications, has received
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Date:
09/25/2011
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Coca-Cola is utilizing green solar power in its Valpré plant at Heidelberg in South Africa. At the site of a newly constructed water bottling plant, a photovoltaic system was built using components
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Date:
09/25/2011
Rogers Corporation (NYSE:ROG) will offer both packaging and thermal management solutions at the 2011 International Microelectronics and Packaging Society (IMAPS) Conference and Exhibition in the Long
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Date:
09/25/2011
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Cree, Inc. (Nasdaq: CREE), a market leader in LED lighting, announces its entire family of LED-based troffer replacements, including the latest Cree CR series of troffers, have been qualified by the
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Date:
09/25/2011
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In a move to improve lighting quality and safety at its Cold Canyon Material Recovery Facility (MRF) in San Luis Obispo, Calif., Waste Connections, Inc. (NYSE: WCN) upgraded its lighting system with
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Date:
09/24/2011
Mouser Electronics, Inc., regarded as a top design engineering resource and global distributor for semiconductors and electronic components, today announced its continued expansion into Europe with
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Date:
09/24/2011
Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) (NYSE: TXN) today announced the acquisition of National Semiconductor (NYSE: NSM) is complete.
"National is now a strategic part of TI's Analog growth
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Date:
09/23/2011
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RS Components (RS), the world's leading high service distributor of electronics and maintenance products and the trading brand of Electrocomponents plc (LSE:ECM), has expanded its portfolio of exclusive
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Date:
09/21/2011
Mouser Electronics, Inc., regarded as a top design engineering resource and global distributor for semiconductors and electronic components, today announced the immediate availability of the in-demand
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Date:
09/21/2011
ON Semiconductor (Nasdaq: ONNN), a premier supplier of high performance silicon solutions for energy efficient electronics, continues to expand its portfolio of products to simplify and speed the
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Date:
09/21/2011
ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, today announced that the Eastern Nebraska Public Power District Consortium (ENPPDC), with the support of Boreas Group LLC, has selected ABB
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Date:
09/17/2011
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In a move to improve lighting quality and safety at its Cold Canyon Material Recovery Facility (MRF) in San Luis Obispo, Calif., Waste Connections,
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09/17/2011
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Maxim Integrated Products, Inc. (NASDAQ: MXIM) today announced the following organizational changes to better serve its customers:
• Created Worldwide Customer Operations intended to increase responsiveness
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Date:
09/17/2011
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Avnet Electronics Marketing Americas, a business region of Avnet, Inc. (NYSE: AVT), announces today that it will distribute Carling Technology, one of the world's largest manufacturers of mechanical
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Date:
09/16/2011
Solyndra LLC, the American manufacturer of innovative cylindrical solar systems for commercial rooftops announced on August 31, 2011 that global economic and solar industry market conditions have
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Date:
09/15/2011
Dialog Semiconductor plc (FWB: DLG), a provider of highly integrated innovative power management, audio and short range wireless technologies, has announced that its DECT ULE (ultra low energy) technology
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Date:
09/14/2011
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Lattice Semiconductor Corporation (NASDAQ: LSCC) today announced that, following the publication and widespread adoption of its Power 2 You guide to power management, Lattice is launching the worldwide
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Date:
09/13/2011
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Efficient Power Conversion Corporation (EPC) introduces the EPC9006 development board to make it easier for engineers to start designing with a 100 V enhancement-mode gallium nitride (eGaN) field
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Date:
09/13/2011
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Peter Bauer (right), CEO of Infineon Technologies AG, in discussion with Dr. Hans-Peter Friedrich, German Federal Minister of the Interior (BMI), and Dr. Helmut Gassel (left), President of the Chip Card & Security Division at Infineon, about the security cooperation between Infineon and BMI.
Germany's Federal Ministry of the Interior (BMI) and the semiconductor manufacturer Infineon Technologies AG are deepening their cooperation in the IT security sector. The German Federal Minister
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09/13/2011
Maxwell Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: MXWL) announced today that Zhengzhou Yutong Bus Co., Ltd. (Yutong), China's largest bus manufacturer, has selected Maxwell ultracapacitors for energy storage and
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Date:
09/12/2011
Mouser Electronics, Inc., regarded as a top design engineering resource and global distributor for semiconductors and electronic components, today announced the launch of the new Mouser Mobile Compatible
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Date:
09/12/2011
US Renewables Group (USRG) announced today its plan to provide $344 million in financing for a project led by SolarCity to install solar panels on military housing across the United States. USRG's
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Date:
09/12/2011
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Future Electronics is pleased to announce its newly designed website, launched on Saturday, August 20th, after months of design changes and software improvements.
The new site achieves a number
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Date:
09/12/2011
The GridWise Alliance, the leading coalition advocating for the transformation of the electric system, in partnership with the United States Department of Energy (DOE), today announced the addition
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Date:
09/12/2011
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Premo (Wuxi location) in China — a leading global provider of Inductive Components, today announced that its HCT-xxDS5, HCT-xxDSR5, HCT-xxPT5, HCT-xxPTR5, HCT-xxA05 and HCT-xxSY, devices received
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Date:
09/12/2011
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REpower Systems SE (WKN 617703) is to present a 50-hertz version of its new MM100 wind turbine at the Italian wind energy trade fair, Eolica Expo Mediterranean, from 14 to 16 September in Rome. With
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Date:
09/12/2011
Rogers Corporation (NYSE:ROG) will display a sampling of its wide array of electronic printed-circuit-board (PCB) material solutions at the upcoming IPC Midwest Conference & Exhibition, September
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Date:
09/12/2011
Iridium Communications Inc. (Nasdaq:IRDM) announced its vision for the future of personal mobile satellite communications, Iridium Force(TM). This vision uses the power of the world's furthest reaching
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Date:
09/11/2011
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RS Components (RS) the world's leading high service distributor of electronics and maintenance products and the trading brand of Electrocomponents plc (LSE:ECM), has established a new 'Connectivity
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Date:
09/11/2011
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Novatel Wireless, Inc. (NASDAQ: NVTL), a leading provider of intelligent wireless networking solutions, and ACAL BFi, a division of Acal plc (FTSE:ACL) have signed a distribution agreement covering
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Date:
09/11/2011
Advanced Energy Industries, Inc. (Nasdaq:AEIS) announced today that the company's
Ascent(R) DC Power Supply has been selected as the process tool of record by one of the world's largest suppliers
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Date:
09/11/2011
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STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM), a global semiconductor leader serving customers across the spectrum of electronics applications, and a leading supplier of EEPROM memories, announced the strengthening
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Date:
09/07/2011
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Despite the impact of the Japan earthquake, shipments of hard disk drives (HDD) edged up in the second quarter, according to a new IHS iSuppli Storage Space Market Brief from information and analysis
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Date:
09/07/2011
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Research project "EnLight" targets 40-percent reduction in power consumption of interior LED lighting.
Germany's annual power consumption is approximately 500 terawatt-hours (TWh) or 500 trillion watt-hours, with lighting accounting for almost 12 percent of that figure. Even today, as much as 11.5
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Date:
09/07/2011
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Mark Newton, VP Operations, eoSemi
eoSemi, the all-silicon oscillator company, announces the appointment of Mark Newton as VP Operations. Newton was previously VP Operations at Trident Microsystems and before that held senior management
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Date:
09/07/2011
Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNPS), a world leader in software and IP used in the design, verification and manufacture of electronic components and systems, and Achronix Semiconductor, builder of high
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Date:
09/06/2011
Volker Schlotmann, Minister of Transportation, Construction and Rural Development in the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (Germany), and Udo Möhrstedt, CEO of IBC SOLAR, today installed the final module
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Date:
09/06/2011
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With the support of OSRAM, bloggers Timm Rotter and Fritz Lorek launch an online platform on the subject of light on two and four wheels
What's the difference between halogen, xenon and LED light?
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09/06/2011
Measurement Specialties, Inc. (Nasdaq:MEAS) (the "Company"), a global designer and manufacturer of sensors and sensor-based systems, announced today that they have entered into an exclusive license
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09/06/2011
ULIS, a manufacturer of high-quality infrared imaging sensors for thermography, security, automotive and military applications announced today that the company will collaborate with CEA/Leti, a leading
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09/06/2011
Z-Wave alliance partner GreenWave Reality (www.z-wavealliance.org) has been selected by one of Denmark's largest energy provider - SEAS-NVE - to assist with a special energy saving campaign. Since
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Date:
09/06/2011
Mouser Electronics, Inc., regarded as a top design engineering resource and global distributor for semiconductors and electronic components, today announced that it has partnered with MikroElektronika
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Date:
09/05/2011
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SEMIKRON, global leader in power electronic systems, goes live with its new power electronics knowledge platform. The knowledge platform www.powerelectronics-base.com excerpts, in both German and
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09/05/2011
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Omron Electronic Components has presented Rutronik, one of the leading broadline component distributors, with a special European distributor award for the 2010/2011 year.
The award has been
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09/05/2011
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TDK-Lambda's Regional Sales Manager, Sean Evans (pictured right) firms the Ireland distribution deal with Declan Bowers, Managing Director of Futura Electronics.
With the signing of a franchised distribution agreement with Futura Electronics, power supply manufacturer TDK-Lambda Corporation, a group company of TDK Corporation, significantly extends its reach
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09/01/2011
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Wolfgang Dehen, Chairman of the Managing Board, and Prof. Dr. Annette Schavan, German Federal Minister of Education and Research, at the opening of OLED pilot production line in Regensburg
With the launch of the pilot production line for organic light emitting diodes (OLED) in Regensburg on 30 August, OSRAM has set an important milestone on the road toward volume manufacturing. As a
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09/01/2011
Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) (NYSE: TXN), the industry leader in highly integrated wireless connectivity solutions, today launched ten Bluetooth® low energy technology (Bluetooth v4.0) profiles
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Date:
08/31/2011
Dialog Semiconductor plc (FWB: DLG), a provider of highly integrated innovative power management, audio and short range wireless technologies, has announced its companion IC for the Intel® Atom(TM)
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Date:
08/31/2011
Mouser Electronics, Inc., regarded as a top design engineering resource and global distributor for semiconductors and electronic components, has won Harwin's Global Distributor of the Year award for
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08/30/2011
Avnet Express, the e-Commerce engine for Avnet Electronics Marketing, an operating group of Avnet, Inc. (NYSE:AVT), announces new Web enhancements for customers in the Americas with existing supply
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Date:
08/30/2011
Mouser Electronics, Inc., regarded as a top design engineering resource and global distributor for semiconductors and electronic components, today announced the release of a new Product Knowledge
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Date:
08/30/2011
Rogers Corporation (NYSE: ROG) will be showcasing its high performance, cost-effective laminate materials for antenna applications at the upcoming Antenna Systems 2011 Conference and Expo September
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Date:
08/30/2011
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Ericsson Power Modules has launched a new application, or ‘app', for Android smartphones that delivers easy access to real-time strategic information on the latest advanced power technologies available
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08/29/2011
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Mouser Electronics, Inc., a top design engineering resource and global distributor for semiconductors and electronic components, is gearing up to sponsor Chinese Indycar driver Ho-Pin Tung in the
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08/29/2011
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Power Integrations Releases Compact 25-Watt LED Lighting Ballast Reference Design Sized for T8 Tubes
Power Integrations (Nasdaq: POWI), the world leader in LED driver ICs for general lighting applications, today published a new reference design for a 25-watt LED T8 tube ballast power supply. Notable
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Date:
08/29/2011
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Newnes, an imprint of Elsevier Science & Technology Books, has published an eagerly awaited "bible" of analog electronic engineering and design by two industry leaders.
Analog Circuit Design by
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08/29/2011
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Fister joins Enecsys with over 30 years of experience in leading technology companies including five years as CEO of the publicly-listed EDA software company, Cadence Design Systems, Inc. where he
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08/27/2011
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UNIPOWER LLC, announces the acquisition of Universal Voltronics Corporation (UVC), a company with over 40 years of experience in high-voltage power applications. Currently, the company manufactures
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08/27/2011
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InterFET Corporation, a leading manufacturer and global supplier of discrete Junction Field Effect Transistors (JFET) devices, announced today that Dan E. Roberts, the company's President/CEO and
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Date:
08/25/2011
Avnet Abacus, one of Europe's leading power, interconnect, passive, and electromechanical distributors is teaming up with some of the world's leading manufacturers of power components to deliver a
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Date:
08/24/2011
Mouser Electronics, Inc., a top design engineering resource and global authorized distributor for semiconductors and electronic components, today announced that it has completed the rigorous audits
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Date:
08/19/2011
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Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) (NYSE:TXN) today announced the availability of its mobile app for the Apple iPhone® and AndroidTM-powered smartphones, making it the first semiconductor supplier
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08/19/2011
Mouser Electronics, Inc., regarded as a top design engineering resource and global distributor for tools and test equipment, today publicized its new international distribution agreement with LeCroy,
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Date:
08/18/2011
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Nuvation Engineering, a leading provider of electronic product development services, has recently moved into a new product design center in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. The new facility features a
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08/18/2011
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Avnet Electronics Marketing, an operating group of Avnet, Inc. (NYSE: AVT), today announced the appointment of Ravi Kichloo to lead the global Business Migration Team. In this critical role, Kichloo
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08/18/2011
The Honorable United States Senator Claire McCaskill (D-MO) visited the ABB power transformer facility in St. Louis on August 9 to learn how companies like ABB, the world's leading provider of transmission
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Date:
08/18/2011
In line with the company's focus on Electronic Design Engineers, driving business to the web and growth in emerging markets, Premier Farnell plc (LSE:pfl), has announced worldwide stocking distribution
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08/18/2011
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With growing interest and investment in electric vehicles and support infrastructure a new specialist website for charging connectors and cables for electric vehicles goes live on 15th August. ecarconnectors
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08/15/2011
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Analog Devices, Inc. (NYSE: ADI), a world leader in semiconductors for high-performance signal processing applications and longtime collaborator with the automotive industry, has received the 2009-2010
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08/15/2011
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ABB, the world's leading power and automation technology company, announced today it has reached a major construction milestone for its high-voltage transmission cable factory: the exterior structure
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08/14/2011
Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) (NYSE:TXN) today introduced its PowerLab library, the industry's most extensive collection of tested power management reference designs. The PowerLab library helps
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Date:
08/13/2011
Mouser Electronics, Inc., a top design engineering resource and global distributor for semiconductors and electronic components, today announced that it has signed a global distribution agreement
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08/11/2011
Digi-Key Corporation, recognized by design engineers as having the industry's broadest selection of electronic components available for immediate shipment, and Everlight Electronics Co. Ltd. have
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Date:
08/10/2011
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Energy Micro, the energy friendly microcontroller and radio company, today announced that Markus Florian has joined the company as Sales Director for Central Europe. The appointment further strengthens
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Date:
08/06/2011
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Avnet, Inc. (NYSE:AVT) announced today that it has acquired Prospect Technology Corp. (Prospect Technology), an electronic components distributor with operations in Taiwan. Prospect Technology provides
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Date:
08/04/2011
The High Performance Foams Division of Rogers Corporation (NYSE:ROG), located in Chicago, Illinois, has been awarded a Silver Performance Excellence Award for 2010 by Boeing. The Boeing Performance
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08/04/2011
ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has won an order worth around $1 billion from the Dutch-German transmission grid operator TenneT to supply a power link connecting offshore
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08/02/2011
Mouser Electronics, Inc., a top design engineering resource and global authorized distributor for semiconductors and electronic components, today announced that it has completed the rigorous audits
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Date:
08/02/2011
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Dongbu HiTek today announced it has begun volume production of high dynamic range (HDR) CMOS image sensor (CIS) chips for BYD Microelectronics, a subsidiary of BYD Company Limited, a leading Chinese
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Date:
08/01/2011
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RS Components (RS) the world's leading high service distributor of electronics and maintenance products and the trading brand of Electrocomponents plc (LSE:ECM), has celebrated the first anniversary
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07/29/2011
Mouser Electronics, Inc., regarded as a top design engineering resource and global distributor for semiconductors and electronic components, today announced it has signed a new global contract with
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Date:
07/29/2011
Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) (NYSE: TXN) has shipped more than 30 million units of its PowerStackTM packaging technology, which significantly boosts performance, lowers power and improves chip
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Date:
07/29/2011
Robert Hinke, Vice President and General Manager, Europe for National Semiconductor
The 2012 Audi new car models will be the first following National Semiconductor Corp.'s (NYSE:NSM) arrangement with Audi AG to provide analog integrated circuits (ICs) and subsystems for Modular Infotainment
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Date:
07/28/2011
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C&K Components, a leading international supplier of pushbutton switches, tact switches, toggle and rocker switches, and smart card interconnect devices, has expanded its switch product offering with
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Date:
07/28/2011
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DuPont has expanded its solar materials portfolio with the acquisition of Innovalight, founded by Conrad Burke.
DuPont today announced that it has acquired Innovalight, Inc., a company specializing in advanced silicon inks and process technologies that increase the efficiency of crystalline silicon solar cells.
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Date:
07/27/2011
Microsemi Corporation (Nasdaq: MSCC), a leading provider of semiconductor solutions differentiated by power, security, reliability and performance, today announced its award-winning SmartFusion® customizable
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Date:
07/27/2011
Digi-Key Corporation, recognized by design engineers as having the industry's broadest selection of electronic components available for immediate shipment, today announced it has stock of TE's innovative
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Date:
07/26/2011
Microsemi Corporation (Nasdaq: MSCC), a leading provider of semiconductor solutions differentiated by power, security, reliability and performance, announced today that it has made a proposal to the
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Date:
07/26/2011
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Rochester Electronics, the world's largest authorized manufacturer and distributor of end-of-life and mature semiconductors, recently received, for the second consecutive year, the Supplier Excellence
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Date:
07/26/2011
Infineon Technologies AG (FSE: IFX / OTCQX: IFNNY) announced that the company is shipping Trusted Platform Module (TPM) chips for devices running Google's Chrome-based operating system. A TPM is an
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Date:
07/26/2011
The Call for Papers PCIM Europe 2012 is now open. The deadline for abstract submissions (previously unpublished presentations only) is 14 October 2011. The event is Europe's number one meeting place
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Date:
07/25/2011
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