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OMRON Corporation announced the signing of an agreement for a capital investment in Techman Robot, Inc., a robot brand that work with people at manufacturing sites. OMRON will hold a stake of approximately 10% in Techman. The investment is expected to be completed by December 2021.

Through the global coronavirus pandemic, the world was plunged into unprecedented territory, many adapting their way of living like never before. Not only were social norms challenged, but industries adapted, many taking a huge hit whilst other prospered. This article looks at changes to the electronics sector due to lockdowns.

With increasing pressure placed on engineers and manufacturers, there is an overriding urgency to improve the sustainability of their products while also meeting stringent cost and performance requirements. Out of this has sprung a drive to improve the capability of products through material innovation, where recent electric motor developments have brought weight saving and energy efficient solutions, as Richard Thompson, Commercial Director, Alv...

Koura, a an Orbia Company in development, manufacture, and supply of fluoroproducts and technologies, announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Madison, Wisconsin-based Silatronix, a battery technology startup. 

To facilitate chip innovation and enable designers to quickly achieve silicon success of complex high-performance computing (HPC) and mobile SoCs, Synopsys, today announced a collaboration with TSMC to develop a broad portfolio of Synopsys DesignWare Interface and Foundation IP on the TSMC N4P process. 

KIBAG, a Swiss civil engineering company, is taking the final step towards a paperless construction site with the adoption of TOUGHBOOK G2 tablets.

The global market size for controlled environment agriculture (CEA) is set to reach a market value of $100bn by 2030, with six potential opportunities capturing $78bn in market share, according to new data from Lux Research, a provider of tech-enabled research and innovation advisory services.

Sustainable materials combined with 3D printing or additive manufacturing, allows resource-efficient production to become more efficient. But for companies to be able to fully utilize the strength of the technology, support is needed in every step along the supply chain ranging from development of business models to product design and testing in a real production environment. Therefore, RISE is opening up the Application Center for Additive ...

Magnalytix, providing real-time reliability solutions for electronics manufacturing, has announced that it will launch an educational campaign on its media platforms with videos regarding how surface insulation resistance (SIR) testing works and why it is so valuable.

Light Science Technologies Holdings (LSTH) has announced its flotation on the London Stock Exchange, to increase the manufacturing capacity of its Contract Electronics Manufacturing division and strengthen its position in the indoor agritech sensor and lighting industry.