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austriamicrosystems leads in CO2 reduction
austriamicrosystems today announced ambitious plans to reach full carbon neutrality by 2015 and become the first semiconductor manufacturer worldwide to do so. In its aggressive, ongoing efforts to be environmentally responsible, austriamicrosystems has been actively reducing its carbon footprint since 2004, achieving a reduction of 50% of CO2 equivalents or 31,000 tons by 2010 since implementing various programs. Over the last two years austriam...
TT electronics Kick-Starts its Community Investment Programme
TT electronics has given its community investment programme a flying start with Go Yellow charity days at its UK companies in support of Help the Hospices. The community investment programme forms part of the Group's wider CSR strategy, which also focuses on its interaction and relationships with employees, customers and suppliers, and the environment.
Bergstrom Inc. and Johnson Controls-Saft develop lithium-ion battery for NITE® no-idle systems
Bergstrom Inc. and Johnson Controls-Saft today announced the development of a lithium-ion (Li-Ion) battery for NITE no-idle systems that will improve power efficiency, result in longer run times and enhance the environmental benefits of its no-idle units. There are several key benefits of the Li-Ion battery. At only 110 lbs, the Li-ion battery weighs 63 percent less than the traditional battery option. In addition, the Li-ion battery provides 16 ...
Indonesia’s first LED lit toll road
OSRAM Opto Semiconductors’ Golden DRAGON Plus LEDs are chosen by PT Tricomm’s Solarens lighting solutions, deployed in the 9.7km long West 1 section of Jakarta Outer Ring Road. The LEDs, installed in 307 road lamps and 126 toll gate station lamps along toll road sections and 8 toll gate stations, will achieve 65% energy saving and create uniform and comfortable lighting for drivers.
Sustainable street lighting with LEDs
With iGuzzini’s new Archilede, street luminaire designed and produced for Enel Sole, LEDs are being used on a large scale for the first time for street lighting in Italy. Several hundred of these innovative LED luminaires are now installed in various Italian cities. OSRAM Opto Semiconductors’ durable and highly efficient LEDs with a light output of 100lm/W illuminate the northern Italian cities of Piacenza, Lodi and Alessandria and are alread...
LED street lighting: showing initiative
The Russian city of Kazan requires two-thirds less energy thanks to LEDEL’s efficient street lighting with OSRAM Golden DRAGON Plus LEDs Reducing Russia’s primary energy consumption by 40 per cent by 2020 is one of the country’s core concerns. To help reach this goal the Republic of Tatarstan is tackling street lighting and has initiated a pilot project in its capital Kazan – a ward with around 25,000 households already benefits from the ...
Boeing relies on Saft high technology aircraft batteries for onboard back-up power to support new 747-8 Very Large Aircraft
For the 747-8, Saft worked with Crane Aerospace & Electronics to design, qualify and deliver to Boeing the ULM battery technology, which offers an ideal combination of high performance, low weight and ultra-low maintenance requirements that facilitate dramatic reductions in the cost of ownership and operation of aviation batteries.
Conduant- StreamStor Optical High Speed Serial Mezzanine Board
Conduant introduced its StreamStor Optical High Speed Serial Mezzanine Board. It can be used with compatible StreamStor® controllers to provide direct data input utilizing Serial Front Panel Data Port (sFPDP) and other protocols including bonded and multi-channel versions of SeriaLite II. When combined with the StreamStor® Amazon Express controller, the interface can support recording and playback performance up to 800 megabytes per second for ...
Adder's unique USB True Emulation is featured in the latest Command & Control Switch from Adder
Adder, a leading developer of KVM switches, extenders and KVM over IP solutions, today announced the availability of the Command & Control Switch (CCS4USB). Command and control installations are by their nature critical to environments such as law enforcement, aviation, space exploration, power generation and heavy industry. As such, when new equipment is deployed into them, system integrators need the assurance that the equipment chosen will per...
Aeroflex Gains A|D|S 21st Century Supply Chains (SC21) Bronze Award
Aeroflex Test and Equipment Services (ATES) – a division of Aeroflex Limited, which is a wholly owned subsidiary of Aeroflex Holding Corp. (NYSE:ARX) – has announced that it has received the 21st Century Supply Chains (SC21) Bronze Award for high quality service and continuous improvement to its calibration, repair and asset management services. The SC21 programme is administered by A|D|S, the national trade organisation dedicated to advancin...