Industry News

    June 2012
    PCIM Asia 2012  New records at the new venue
    PCIM Asia 2012 from 19 - 21 June ends with a new record in exhibitor numbers and floor space. With 71 exhibitors on 4,400 square meters in the new venue Shanghai World Expo Exhibition Center it has
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    06/25/2012
    XP Power opens worlds most environmentally advanced manufacturing facility in Vietnam

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    XP Power has announced the opening of its new manufacturing facility in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. The factory, believed to be the world's most environmentally advanced power supply manufacturing
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    06/25/2012
    Intersils Expands Global Footprint with Bangalore Design Center
    Intersil, a world leader in the design and manufacture of high-performance analog and mixed signal semiconductors, today announced it has opened a new design center in Bangalore, India. The center
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    06/25/2012
    FCI ELX chooses Rutronik as Highest Growth Performance Distributor in Europe 2011

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    "We have a long and close cooperation with Rutronik," explains Ronald Velda, Sales Director Northern Europe and Distribution EMEA at FCI ELX Division. "The fact that this is also extremely successful
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    06/25/2012
    Analog Devices and TSMC collaborate on  new analogue process technology platform
    Analog Devices, and TSMC have announced a collaboratively developed analogue process technology platform for precision analogue integrated circuits (ICs). The new process technology platform significantly
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    06/25/2012
    Harwin again wins TTI Supplier Excellence Award

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    Harwin, the leading hi-rel connector and SMT board hardware manufacturer, has again been named by TTI, Inc. the specialist broadline distributor of Passive, Interconnect, Relay & Switch and Discrete
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    06/25/2012
    Principal Solar Appoints Industry Leaders and Innovators to Advisory Board: Erle Nye, James W. Keyes and Jim Young
    Principal Solar, a publicly traded solar energy holding company executing a unique roll-up strategy to create the world's first distributed solar utility, today announced the appointment of three
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    06/25/2012
    Avnet Memec and Microsemi Present Seminar Series in Americas on Power Management Design Techniques for High Availability Systems
    Today's telecom, data-com and storage systems are becoming increasingly complex. To help engineers make decisions in the design phase that will increase reliability in these, and other types of systems,
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    06/25/2012
    Molex Launches Chinese-language Blog Packed with Industry News and Opinion, Informational Videos and Social Media Feeds
    Molex has launched a Chinese-language version of Connector.com, an interactive blog site that provides users with access to the latest connector industry news, trends and opinions. Molex connector
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    06/25/2012
    Digi-Key Corporation and Anaren Sign Global Distribution Agreement
    Global electronic components distributor Digi-Key Corporation, recognized by design engineers as having the industry's largest selection of electronic components available for immediate shipment,
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    06/25/2012
    Toshiba LED Lighting Collaborates with Stratford on Smart Community Initiative
    Toshiba International Corporation announced its collaboration with the City of Stratford, Ontario, to initiate a pilot project to evaluate replacing existing streetlights (potentially as many as 4,000
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    06/25/2012
    Qualcomm Acquires Summit Microelectronics
    Qualcomm Incorporated announced that it has acquired Summit Microelectronics (Summit), a leading developer and provider of programmable power integrated circuits based in Sunnyvale, CA. Qualcomm's
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    06/19/2012
    Mouser Announces Launch of the Vitelec Product Line from Emerson Network Power Connectivity Solutions
    Mouser Electronics, regarded as a top design engineering resource and global distributor for semiconductors and electronic components,
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    06/15/2012
    Omrons A9PS Ultra Subminiature Pushbutton Switches Now at Mouser

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    Mouser Electronics, regarded as a top design engineering resource and global distributor for semiconductors and electronic components, has announced that it is the first distributor to stock a new
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    06/12/2012
    Evance Wind Turbines & Zephyr Corporation announce collaboration

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    Evance Wind Turbines, a world leading manufacturer of small wind turbines, today announced a collaboration agreement with Zephyr Corporation, the leading supplier of micro wind turbines to the telecommunications
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    06/12/2012
    Changes in DNV KEMA top management

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    David Walker, The new CEO of DNV KEMA

    Thijs Aarten gave notice of his resignation as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of energy services company DNV KEMA Energy & Sustainability to the N.V. KEMA Supervisory Board yesterday. Chief Financial
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    06/12/2012
    TDK names Allstar Magnetics as distributor for EPCOS products
    TDK-EPC, a group company of the TDK Corporation, announces the selection of Allstar Magnetics as a franchised distributor for EPCOS brand components, with special focus on EPCOS ferrite products.
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    06/12/2012
    ABB electric drives save a record 310 million megawatt hours in 2011
    ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has released its annual estimate of the savings achieved by its installed base of drives. About 310 million megawatt-hours (MWh) of electric
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    06/12/2012
    OpenET Alliance releases ADS system simulation model to ease development of Envelope Tracking systems
    The OpenET Alliance, the industry association that promotes energy efficient wireless transmission through Envelope Tracking (ET), has today announced the availability of a new High Dynamic Range
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    06/12/2012
    Avnet Electronics Marketing Americas Expert to Present on Software Validation at Freescale Technology Forum
    For most engineers, meeting stringent regulatory requirements for software validation can be a downright demanding process. To help save valuable time and money, Jim Carver, technical director of
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    06/12/2012
    Transphorm, Inc.s Carl Blake Elected to Two-Year Term as Chairman of PSMA Board

    Carl Blake, PSMA Chairman,
    Vice President Marketing, Transphorm

    The Power Sources Manufacturers Association (PSMA) is pleased to announce that a new slate of officers has been elected to lead its Board of Directors for the next two years. The new officers are
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    06/12/2012
    Gen. Colin Powell, Ted Koppel to Headline 2012 World Energy Engineering Congress in Atlanta, Oct. 31  Nov. 2
    The Association of Energy Engineers (AEE) is pleased to announce the World Energy Engineering Congress' (WEEC) return to Atlanta. This year's event will be held October 31 - November 2 at the Georgia
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    06/12/2012
    ABB unveils breakthrough technologies at AWEA Windpower 2012
    ABB, the wind industry's leading power technology solutions provider, today announced several major technological developments from the floor at the annual AWEA WINDPOWER 2012 conference and exhibition.
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    06/05/2012
    ALL AMERICAN Semiconductor Named National Distributor for LITE-ON Semicondustor
    All American Semiconductor®, a leading distributor of electronic components, has been appointed the national distributor for Lite-On Semiconductor Corporation, a leading provider of total power management
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    06/05/2012
    TTI, Inc. Announces Acquisition of Campbell Collins Ltd.
    TTI, Inc. an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway, has announced the acquisition of privately held Campbell Collins Limited. Based in Stevenage, Hertfordshire UK, Campbell Collins
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    06/05/2012
    Mouser Electronics Recognized with 27 Top Supplier Awards YTD
    Mouser Electronics, a top design engineering resource and global distributor for semiconductors and electronic components, today announced that it received a record-setting 23 top awards from its
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    06/05/2012
    New Light Creates Bright Sparks
    A study investigating the effects of light on the performance of students at two schools in Ulm, Germany, was carried out by the "ZNL TransferZentrum für Neurowissenschaften und Lernen" (Transfer
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    06/05/2012
    New Seminars for Feature Rich Design
    Avnet Memec has today released the latest dates for its UK seminar series. The free technical hands-on workshops, in conjunction with Microsemi, will be based on the multi-award winning SmartFusion®
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    06/05/2012
    Indium Corporation Hires New Applications Engineer in Europe

    Eugene Davies, Indium European FAE

    Indium Corporation announces that Eugene Davies has been named applications engineer. He will be based at Indium Corporation's Milton Keynes, UK, location. Eugene provides a wide range of technical
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    06/05/2012
    AMSC Receives Exclusive Right to Fundamental HTS Patent
    AMSC, a global solutions provider serving wind and grid leaders, today announced that it acquired exclusive rights to a fundamental high temperature superconductor (HTS) patent in the U.S. The patent
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    06/05/2012
    TDK-Lambda Power Supply Glossary on your Mobile
    TDK announces that the TDK-Lambda UK Power Supply Glossary is now available via a downloadable App on your iPhone or Android mobile. Whether a student, engineer or hobbyist, the TDK-Lambda Power
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    06/05/2012
    Ericsson Digital Power Compendium  Hits Four-Figure Download Total

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    The Ericsson ‘Digital Power Compendium' is the most complete and authoritative collection of technical papers on advanced digital DC/DC power technologies available today. Made available in March
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    06/05/2012
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