News & Analysis
Oxford Instruments - 2009 British Engineering Excellence Awards
Oxford Instruments NanoScience Ultra Low Temperature engineering team achieved highly commended runners up place at the 2009 British Engineering Excellence Awards ceremony held at the Globe Theatre in London on Oct 1st, 2009. The award was made in the New Product of the Year (Mechanical) category for a Cryogen-free integrated dilution refrigerator TritonTM200 with magnet in recognition of the product design enhancements, cost reduction, first tim...
Rogers Corporation to Showcase Innovative Advanced Materials at Productronica 2009
Rogers Corporation will highlight some of its latest material advances at the upcoming Productronica in Munich, Germany (November 10-13, 2009, www.productronica.com), a major international trade fair for innovations in electronics production. Rogers Advanced Circuit Materials Division will display many of its recent innovations in materials for low-cost, high-volume production lines. These materials include RO4730™/RO3730™ antenna grade lami...
Essemtec to Debut New Era at Productronica 2009
Essemtec has kept a low profile about the new products that it will introduce at the upcoming Productronica 2009 exhibition in Munich this coming November. The company confirmed that it has booked 40 percent more floor space and will speak about a new era in electronics manufacturing technology.
Veolia Environmental Services Chooses Eaton’s Moeller Arcon For Switchgear Safety
Tasked with supplying a new switchboard for a critical application at the SELCHP energy recovery plant owned by Veolia Environmental Services, switchgear expert EMS Limited of Aylesbury decided that a design based on Eaton’s Moeller MODAN modular switchboard system would ideally suit the application.
Trizo buys AOI System
Somerset-based contract electronics manufacturer (CEM), Trizo Limited has further enhanced its 'Total Quality' methodology with the acquisition of a new Automatic Optical Inspection (AOI) system, which will be commissioned this month.
Amplicon is now a dotcom business!!
To reflect the global reach of Amplicon, the Brighton based Industrial computer manufacturer and distributor is changing its URL to Amplicon.com. Customers will be automatically redirected to the new site from the .co.uk URL and will not see any difference in performance or navigation when they arrive at the new .com site.
Fairchild Semiconductor Reports Results for the Third Quarter of 2009
Fairchild Semiconductor (NYSE: FCS) today announced results for the third quarter ended September 27, 2009. Fairchild reported third quarter sales of $331.8 million, up 19 percent from the prior quarter and 23 percent lower than the third quarter of 2008.
Audi drives forward in-car entertainment with NXP HD radio technology
NXP Semiconductors today announced that Audi of America will offer HD Radio, powered by NXP’s leading SAF3560 single chip solution, as standard on a range of 2011 Audi models. With the new NXP technology-based Harman Becker HD Radio, drivers and passengers of Audi models available from late 2010 will be able to experience digital broadcast with unprecedented high-quality sound.
STMicroelectronics Expands MEMS Portfolio with Medium-G Accelerometers
STMicroelectronics has introduced a three-axis sensor with digital output that can detect accelerations up to 24g, or about 5x the force created by a Formula One car under heavy braking. The LIS331HH’s market-unique combination of multiple full-scale ranges above 10g with small size, high resolution, low power consumption and smart embedded features enables high-precision motion sensing in a wide range of consumer and industrial applications.
New manufacturing facilities for Tekdata supporting 20% annual business growth
Tekdata Interconnections Ltd, a leading wiring systems specialist with some of the world's largest companies as customers and partners, today announced it will be relocating nearby to its manufacturing facilities in Stoke-on-Trent and very close to its origins. This move will help the company serve its existing and new client base from both sides of the Atlantic, and provide a better working environment to its workforce which increased by over 25...