Industry News
December 2010
Solyndra, Inc., a manufacturer of cylindrical photovoltaic (PV) systems for large commercial rooftops, today announced that Nazca, a Platinum Solyndra Solution Provider, has completed a 1.2MW solar
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12/16/2010
Left to right: Mark Mills, Distribution Manager, ZF Electronics UK, Valerie Ramon, Category Business Manager Electromechanical & Connectors, RS Components, Michael Groom, Managing Director, ZF Electronics UK, Ruth Morgan Ryder, Supply Account Manager, RS Components
ZF Electronics has named RS Components as its European Distributor of the Year 2010 for its Cherry Switches & Controls product range. The award recognizes the enormous growth - above 100% year on
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12/16/2010
REpower Systems and UK based wind energy company Energiekontor UK Construction Ltd, signed two contracts. REpower UK will be supplying wind turbines to Energiekontor UK's wind farms at Withernwick
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12/16/2010
National's Solveig Loesch and Salvatore Napolitano receive the award at the Elektra ceremony in London, UK
National Semiconductor Corporation today announced that the company's 12-bit analogue-to-digital converter ADC12D1800 was named Analogue Semiconductor Product of the Year at the Elektra Awards ceremony
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12/16/2010
Linear Technology is rewarded for its outstanding achievement in renewable energy design
The premier event in the European electronics industry calendar, the Elektra Awards ceremony in London, UK, recognizes outstanding best practice achievements of individuals and companies throughout
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12/16/2010
Alfred Hesener (Centre), Fairchild's Marketing Director for Europe, receives the award
Fairchild Semiconductor won the award for the Power Systems Product of the Year at the Elektra Awards in London, UK, with its FSA9280 USB accessory detection switch. Alfred Hesener, the company's
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12/16/2010
QuantaSol Ltd, the independent designer and manufacturer of tuneable ultra high efficiency concentrated photovoltaic (CPV) solar cells, is moving into pilot production following a successful period
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12/16/2010
Jan Wäreby is currently Senior Vice President, head of Business Unit Multimedia and member of Ericsson's Executive Leadership team. Wäreby has more than 20 years of experience in sales organizations
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12/16/2010
Energy Micro's VP of Sales Europe, Ian Fletcher receives the 2010 Elektra Award for Start-up of the Year. The company was also nominated in the Digital Semiconductor Product of the Year category. Pictured left to right are: Master of Ceremony, comedian Hugh Dennis, Ian Fletcher, VP of Sales Europe, Energy Micro, Andrew Sawle, Executive Director of Advanced Package Development, International Rectifier, the award sponsor and Richard Wilson, Editor-in-Chief, of the awards organiser Electronics Weekly.
Energy Micro, the energy friendly microcontroller company, has been named Start-up of the Year at the annual Elektra Awards held at the Lancaster Hotel, London.
A highpoint of the electronics industry
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12/16/2010
Electronic components distributor Digi-Key Corporation, recognized by design engineers as having the industry's broadest selection of electronic components available for immediate shipment, announced
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12/16/2010
Diodes Zetex Semiconductors wins the Climate Change Opportunity Award 2010 for the North West of England at the EEF's annual Future Manufacturing Awards. Pictured left to right are: David Fitton, Compliance Coordinator, Diodes Zetex Semiconductors with Dylan Crompton, Senior Business Manager, British Gas Business.
Diodes Zetex Semiconductors, the UK subsidiary of Diodes Incorporated has won the Climate Change Opportunity Award 2010 for the North West of England at the EEF's annual Future Manufacturing Awards.
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12/16/2010
Analog Devices, Inc., a global leader in high-performance semiconductors for signal processing applications, has announced the appointment of Dr. Carsten Suckrow to the position of Vice President
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12/16/2010
AC Propulsion, a global leader in electric drive development, design and manufacturing, today announced that it is expanding its production capacity and upgrading manufacturing processes with a new
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12/16/2010
ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, and Baldor Electric Company, a North American leader in industrial motors, have agreed that ABB will acquire Baldor in an all-cash transaction
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12/16/2010
Mouser Electronics, Inc., regarded as a top global design engineering resource for semiconductors and electronic components, won the 2010 European Distributor of the Year at the Elektra 2010 European
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12/16/2010
Rutronik Elektronische Bauelemente GmbH has set up a Lighting Solutions Division, taking a significant step towards comprehensively addressing the entire lighting market. Rutronik is offering not
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12/16/2010
Vicor has built its reputation over the years as a leading provider of power solutions through the quality and range of its products and the support and commitment to its customers and distributors,
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12/10/2010
Solyndra, Inc., a manufacturer of cylindrical photovoltaic (PV) systems for large industrial and commercial rooftops, today announced a multi-year sales agreement with Sika Services AG, a manufacturer
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12/10/2010
Rutronik Elektronische Bauelemente GmbH and Panasonic Industrial Europe GmbH have extended their franchise contract on a pan-European basis at electronica. It includes components, batteries and optical
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12/10/2010
The Power Distribution Systems (PDS) Division of Rogers Corporation has been awarded IRIS (International Railway Industry Standard) certification for its laminated busbar manufacturing facility located
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12/10/2010
REpower Systems AG has concluded its second contract within a short time in Sweden. The contract provides for the delivery of three wind turbines to Akka Vind AB, a wholly owned subsidiary of Fred.
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12/10/2010
Integrated Device Technology, Inc. has announced that its Gen2 PCI Express® (PCIe®) switches were selected for use in the next-generation high-performance network solutions offered by Dolphin Interconnect
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12/10/2010
Farnell has launched its Technology First New Product microsite. The innovative new site provides clear and comprehensive information about the very latest products and technologies from the electronic
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12/10/2010
With a continued focus on delivering innovative, customized technology products and solutions to its global commercial and defense customers, the former Illumination and Detection Solutions (IDS)
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12/10/2010
Electronic components distributor Digi-Key Corporation, recognized by design engineers as having the industry's broadest selection of electronic components available for immediate shipment, and Bomar
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12/10/2010
Dialog Semiconductor plc announced that its DA7211 audio codec IC has been adopted by Samsung Electronics to deliver the highest level of audio performance in its recently launched YP-Q3AB MP3 player.
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12/10/2010
CHiL Semiconductor Corporation, a leading developer of high-performance, mixed-signal power management integrated circuits for the server, personal computer and high-volume computing market segments,
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12/10/2010
ABB, the global power and automation technology group, announced today it has invested about $13 million in Aquamarine Power, a Scottish company that has developed technology to convert energy captured
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12/10/2010
U.R.T. has awarded the "Best European Acting Distributor 2010" award to Rutronik Elektronische Bauelemente GmbH. The specialist for displays has awarded this prize for the first time to honour Rutronik
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12/01/2010
Infineon Technologies AG and Xinjiang Goldwind Science and Technology Co., Ltd., the Chinese leader in R&D and manufacturing of wind power equipments, today signed a license agreement for core components
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12/01/2010
Fairchild Semiconductor, long-acknowledged as a power semiconductor leader, is increasing its focus on the mobile handset market. The company is building on its success in the development of semiconductor
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12/01/2010
Energy Micro, the energy friendly microcontroller company, has announced the appointment of Andrea Marchi as VP of Sales for the APAC region. He joins Energy Micro's General Manager and Director
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12/01/2010
Emerson Network Power, a business of Emerson, announced that it has cracked a major problem limiting the electrical load capacity and international competitiveness of UK data centres. Uniquely in
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12/01/2010
Electronic components distributor Digi-Key Corporation, recognized by design engineers as having the industry's broadest selection of electronic components available for immediate shipment, today
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12/01/2010
CUI Inc announced today that it is now a member of the Distributed-power Open Standards Alliance (DOSA), a global association dedicated to furthering compatibility and standardization in the DC-DC
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12/01/2010
Circadian Solar, the concentrated photovoltaic (CPV) systems supplier, has today announced the appointment of Hans-Juergen Cramer as Chairman. The strategic appointment comes as Circadian Solar moves
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12/01/2010
CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric, LLC, a subsidiary of CenterPoint Energy, Inc. announced today that it has selected ABB, a leading power and automation technology company, for the electric company's
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12/01/2010
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