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Densitron Displays has set up a waste electrical electronic equipment (WEEE) service agreement with Weeeco, an award winning company incorporated to lessen the financial impact of WEEE on business while ensuring environmental sustainability and corporate responsibility. The UK's WEEE legislation, which came into force on 2nd January 2007, aims to reduce the environmental impact of WEEE, and to encourage its separate collection, and subsequent tre...

Adaptsys and SofTec Microsystems Inc, have announced that they have signed a franchise agreement for Adaptsys to distribute for SofTec's complete range of in-system production programmers and development kits. This agreement means Adaptsys can now offer in-system programming equipment, with the SofTec products complementing the existing range of BPM programmers.

Quantum Research Group Ltd. (Ire) has announced the opening of a new design, support, and technology licensing business unit at Millmount, Drogheda. The company will work with Quantum Research Group UK to develop touch-sensing controls for products such as domestic appliances, mobile phones and personal media players, and will focus especially on touch screen solutions. It will also engage in technology transfer work, technical support, and deal ...

New from Contrinex is said to be the world’s smallest packaged M8 inductive sensor. One of the Contrinex 620 range of Swiss made, high performance inductive sensors, this M8 device, complete with an in-built amplifier, is packaged into a housing only 16mm long.

National Instruments has announced the release of the newest versions of LabWindows/CVI, the proven ANSI C integrated development environment, and Measurement Studio, a comprehensive suite of libraries and user interface controls for applications built using Microsoft Visual Studio. LabWindows/CVI 8.1.1 and Measurement Studio 8.1.1 provide support for Windows Vista to help engineers easily transition to the newest version of the Microsoft operati...

Texas Instruments is convening a series of technical training sessions on its DaVinci processors in European locations. Details and dates are as follows:

Omron has added a more compact and lower cost version to its range of air and gas flow sensors, designed to detect clogged air intake filters and air velocity flows in office automation equipment, domestic air purifiers and coolers, and HVAC applications. The new sensors offer a monitoring solution at below the cost of a Pitot tube.

National Instruments has announced the release of DIAdem 10.2, the latest version of its interactive data management, analysis and reporting software that now offers support for Windows Vista. National Instruments also released NI DataFinder Server Edition 1.1, an updated version of the data mining solution that works with DIAdem 10.2 to simplify data sharing and mining across entire groups or departments.

As part of a global commitment, TTI, Inc., the leading authorized specialist distributor of passive, connector and electromechanical components, is now able to offer a wider range of components from Tyco Electronics in all Western European countries.

The SAES Getters Group, world leader in getter technology for high vacuum applications, and STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM), a leader in the manufacture and sale of MEMS (Micro Electro-Mechanical Systems) devices, have signed a co-operation agreement that will support development and production of next-generation MEMS gyroscopes. STMicroelectronics’ gyroscopes will integrate SAES’ PageWafer®, the most advanced getter thin-film solution for hi...