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Silicon Catalyst and STMicroelectronics have jointly announced that ST has joined Silicon Catalyst as both a Strategic and In-Kind Partner. As a Strategic Partner, the collaboration provides STMicroelectronics with early access to review and help select the early-stage silicon start-ups seeking to participate in the Silicon Catalyst Incubator. The initial focus of the In-Kind collaboration will be MEMS sensors and actuators.

Omron Electronic Components Europe has announced that it has expanded its UK distribution network with the appointment of Easby Electronics. Easby will focus especially on Omron’s innovative sensor solutions in support of its strategy to develop a portfolio of IoT building blocks.

Littelfuse has introduced a new arc-flash knowledge centre online for engineers, electricians, maintenance workers, and others creating a safer electrical environment. The resource portal helps workers protect critical infrastructure by providing arc-flash information on causes, mitigation and incident energy calculations as well as white papers, videos and case studies.

Yokogawa Electric has announced that it has signed an investment and partnership agreement with JEPLAN, a polyester material recycling company with a chemical recycling technology. The two companies will partner in a business that makes use of this leading-edge recycling process.

Signify has announced that it is actively striving for a reduction of the environmental impact of its products. As part of its packaging policy, Signify already uses 80% recycled paper for its packaging and will now start phasing out all plastics from packaging for consumer-related products with the aim to be plastic-free in 2021.

From home offices to virtual workplaces, the working environment has changed. For the Printed Circuit Board (PCB) design industry, Altium has helped make the transition seamless, empowering collaboration across every aspect of the design process. With Altium 365, a cloud-based platform for PCB design and realisation, many of Altium’s customers were able to stay in motion even during the most challenging time. 

Nottingham-based start-up, Search For The Next (SFN) has announced that its Bizen transistor technology has received an award worth £1.7m which will drive forward the development of the enabling transistor process technology that will be the foundation for the success of British and worldwide industries in all sectors.

IAR Systems and GigaDevice Semiconductor have announced that they have formed a partnership in order to deliver powerful development tools for GigaDevice’s RISC-V based microcontrollers (MCUs).

u-blox and Sapcorda Services have announced their partnership to implement the newly established SPARTN format as correction interface, paving the way to bringing their SAPA GNSS (global navigation satellite system) augmentation services to the u‑blox F9 platform.

Software AG has announced a partnership with Tech Mahindra. Working together, Software AG and Tech Mahindra will provide Internet of Things (IoT), analytics and integration technologies, services and support.