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Finisar Corporation has announced that Electronic Product Services Ltd. (EPS) has been appointed as a franchised distributor in the DACH region in Europe. This region comprises of Germany, Austria and the German-speaking region of Switzerland. EPS will work with Finisar to grow their market share in this key Central European region.

Power Integrations (OTC: POWI today announced that its shares will resume trading today on the Nasdaq Global Market under the ticker symbol POWI. The Nasdaq Listing and Hearing Review Council has granted the company an exception until December 18, 2006 to file its outstanding annual and quarterly reports and thereby regain compliance with Nasdaq Marketplace Rules. Should the company be unable to regain compliance by December 18, its shares will ...

The new A3992 from Allegro MicroSystems Europe is a DMOS full-bridge microstepping PWM motor driver integrated circuit designed for the pulse-width-modulated (PWM) current control of bipolar microstepping stepper motors.

Power-One, Inc has announced the completion of its acquisition of the Power Electronics Group of Magnetek, Inc. Needham & Company acted as exclusive financial advisor to Power-One in the transaction.

Avago Technologies has introduced its first series of transmissive photointerrupters for office automation and vending machine applications. With the addition of the AEDS-93XX photointerrupter series, Avago becomes a one-stop supplier of motion control solutions for manufacturers of printers, scanners, and vending machines that use both devices.

Schaffner Ltd, has announced the acquisition of JACKE Transformatoren GmbH by the Swiss based Schaffner Group. This development strengthens Schaffner’s presence in the growing Power Quality market and offers JACKE an immediate international presence.

Finisar has today announced the opening of a technical support centre in Milan, Italy, to serve its growing customer base in Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA). The new centre will be staffed with an experienced team of Finisar's customer quality and field application engineers, who are available to provide programming and testing assistance and troubleshooting aid in support of Finisar's optical transceiver products.

Analog Devices and Sonic Focus, Inc., have announced that ADI’s SoundMAX integrated motherboard audio will now include Sonic Focus Adaptive Dynamics technology. Together with the SoundMAX codec, Sonic Focus technology enhances the clarity, brilliance, depth and warmth of all audio playback, from MP3 files to DVD audio, for both stereo and multi-speaker systems.

TTi (Thurlby Thandar Instruments) has expanded its range of programmable power-supply products with the addition of a new AC power range from Pacific Power Source, Inc. - a leading US manufacturer of high quality AC power conversion equipment, located in Irvine, California.

ARTiSAN Software Tools, known for its UML 2 and SysML modelling tools, has announced that Aerosystems International (AeI), a leader in the analysis, design, development and delivery of complex, software-intensive systems for the aerospace and defence sectors, has extended its use of ARTiSAN Studio to the Datalink Simulation Environment it is currently developing for the Maritime Composite Training System (MCTS) that will be used by the Royal Nav...