News & Analysis

Schaffner intends to reveal the art of EMC at the forthcoming Drives and Controls expo which takes place at the NEC in May. The Wokingham based company is to take a demonstration unit to the exhibition to illustrate EMC effects on drive systems and the solutions available to improve compliance, functionality and reliability.

Intersil has named Andrew Rhind as VP and general manager of the company’s Consumer Power products group, which markets high-performance power solutions for the consumer electronics market.

Telelogic AB has announced the acquisition of privately-held I-Logix, a leading provider of modeling tools for the embedded market. Under the terms of the agreement, the consideration of USD 80 million will be paid in cash. I-Logix´s revenue 2005 was USD 26.8 million with 11% in operating margin. I-Logix currently employs 133 people.

Aeroflex and 7 layers have announced a partnership on 3G mobile handset conformance testing under which the 7 layers test and service facility in UK will use Aeroflex’s 6401 AIME/CT conformance system complete with inter-system handover capability (ISHO) for its 3G handset testing requirements.

DT Electronics has published a short technical guide entitled ‘Solutions to RF and low power radio applications’. The guide, which is available free of charge, describes recent trends in low power wireless components and system architectures.

Tundra Semiconductor has appointed Redtree Solutions as its sole representative agent in Europe. Supporting the complete Tundra range of RapidIO®, VME and PCI/X based system interconnect products, Redtree will provide a local design-in service to tier 1 customers in IT, storage and telecom sectors.

Anglia has restructured its business to provide a foundation for continued profitable growth. Under the new organisation the current Group Managing Director, Steve Rawlins, will take over the role of CEO from the founder Bill Ingram, who will become President of the Company.

Anglia has signed a UK and Ireland distribution agreement with Schurter, the Swiss manufacturer of fuses and fuse holders, mains connectors, EMC and input systems. systems. Schurter is based in Lucerne and has production plants in both Europe and Asia.

Anglia has signed Diodes Incorporated, the US manufacturer of discrete semiconductor devices based in Westlake Village, California.

LAVA Computer, the manufacturer and supplier of I/O add-in cards and Ethernet-to-serial connectivity hardware, has appointed Intronics as its latest distributor for the company’s operations in Europe.