Industry News

July 2011

RS Components celebrates one year of DesignSpark success

RS Components (RS) the world's leading high service distributor of electronics and maintenance products and the trading brand of Electrocomponents plc (LSE:ECM), has celebrated the first anniversary

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07/29/2011

Mouser Secures Honeywell Sensing and Control's Global Distribution Agreement

Mouser Electronics, Inc., regarded as a top design engineering resource and global distributor for semiconductors and electronic components, today announced it has signed a new global contract with

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07/29/2011

TI's PowerStackTM packaging technology in volume production

Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) (NYSE: TXN) has shipped more than 30 million units of its PowerStackTM packaging technology, which significantly boosts performance, lowers power and improves chip

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07/29/2011

Robert Hinke, Vice President and General Manager, Europe for National Semiconductor

National Semiconductor Agreement with Audi AG Launches with the Next Innovative 2012 Car Models

The 2012 Audi new car models will be the first following National Semiconductor Corp.'s (NYSE:NSM) arrangement with Audi AG to provide analog integrated circuits (ICs) and subsystems for Modular Infotainment

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07/28/2011

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C&K expands product offering, strengthens Asian manufacturing footprint with acquisition of Comax Industrial Co. Ltd

C&K Components, a leading international supplier of pushbutton switches, tact switches, toggle and rocker switches, and smart card interconnect devices, has expanded its switch product offering with

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07/28/2011

DuPont has expanded its solar materials portfolio with the acquisition of Innovalight, founded by Conrad Burke.

DuPont Expands in Solar Energy with Acquisition of Innovalight

DuPont today announced that it has acquired Innovalight, Inc., a company specializing in advanced silicon inks and process technologies that increase the efficiency of crystalline silicon solar cells.

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07/27/2011

Microsemi Announces SmartFusion cSoC Support with FreeRTOS

Microsemi Corporation (Nasdaq: MSCC), a leading provider of semiconductor solutions differentiated by power, security, reliability and performance, today announced its award-winning SmartFusion® customizable

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07/27/2011

Digi-Key Corporation Announces New Stock of TE Connectivity's NEVALO SSL System

Digi-Key Corporation, recognized by design engineers as having the industry's broadest selection of electronic components available for immediate shipment, today announced it has stock of TE's innovative

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07/26/2011

Microsemi Corporation Announces Proposal to Acquire Zarlink Semiconductor, Inc.

Microsemi Corporation (Nasdaq: MSCC), a leading provider of semiconductor solutions differentiated by power, security, reliability and performance, announced today that it has made a proposal to the

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07/26/2011

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Rochester Electronics Receives Supplier Excellence Award from Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems

Rochester Electronics, the world's largest authorized manufacturer and distributor of end-of-life and mature semiconductors, recently received, for the second consecutive year, the Supplier Excellence

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07/26/2011

Infineon Security Microcontrollers Enhance Security of Google's Chromebooks for Web-Based Applications

Infineon Technologies AG (FSE: IFX / OTCQX: IFNNY) announced that the company is shipping Trusted Platform Module (TPM) chips for devices running Google's Chrome-based operating system. A TPM is an

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07/26/2011

PCIM Europe 2012 Call for Conference Papers

The Call for Papers PCIM Europe 2012 is now open. The deadline for abstract submissions (previously unpublished presentations only) is 14 October 2011. The event is Europe's number one meeting place

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07/25/2011

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(Left to Right): Julian Wood (Managing Director), Kay Stone (Production Operative), Steve Dewey (Materials Supervisor), Paul Green (Production Manager), Carol Martin (Production Supervisor), Shaun Ray (Test Engineer), Mandy Wasteney (Production Supervisor), Heather Warren (Support Engineer), Mark Wasteney (Test Engineer), Rob Sharpington (Draftsman), Chris Louch (Information & Communications), Dan Buckler (Production Assistant)

Celab Celebrates 40 Years of Innovative Power

Celab, the high reliability power solution design company, celebrated this month their 40th anniversary by visiting the Farnborough Air Sciences Trust. Selected members of staff visited the museum

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07/24/2011

Energy Micro appoints first Russian distributor for ARM Cortex microcontrollers and radios

Energy Micro, the energy friendly microcontroller and radio company, is continuing to expand its global sales network with the appointment of its first local distributor for the Russian market. Eltech

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07/24/2011

Shipping Today from Mouser: Amphenol® KTK Downhole Connectors

Mouser Electronics, Inc., regarded as a top design engineering resource and global distributor for semiconductors and electronic components, is stocking the new Amphenol® Industrial KTK Series High

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07/23/2011

Microsemi Acquires the Technology and Related Assets from Brijot Imaging Systems, Inc.

Microsemi Corporation (Nasdaq: MSCC), a leading provider of semiconductor solutions differentiated by power, security, reliability and performance, today announced it has acquired the millimeterwave

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07/23/2011

Stephan Greiner, Vice President of Cree's EMEA region

Stephan Greiner Named Vice President, Cree Europe

Cree, a market leader in LED lighting, has appointed Stephan Greiner to Vice President of its EMEA region. Stephan Greiner leads the team from the German regional headquarter. In his role, he is responsible

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07/23/2011

Ricoh Adopts Synopsys' Processor Designer to Accelerate Custom DSP Design

Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNPS), a world leader in software and IP for semiconductor design, verification and manufacturing, today announced that Ricoh Company Ltd., a global leader in imaging devices

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07/23/2011

Digi-Key Corporation Offers Totally Integrated Online Experience

Digi-Key Corporation, recognized by design engineers as having the industry's broadest selection of electronic components available for immediate shipment, offers electronic engineers and procurement

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07/22/2011

ABB to provide new Arc-Resistant Transformers for BC Hydro in Canada

ABB, the leading power and automation technology company, is designing and building a new, first-of-its-kind transformer safety solution - the arc-resistant, medium voltage, dry-type transformer -

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07/21/2011

Energy Efficiency Company Amantys Secures Significant Funding from Fidelity International's Moonray Investors and ARM plc

Amantys Limited (Amantys), an energy efficiency power electronics company, today announced the successful closure of a $7 million Series A round. The new funding enables Amantys to continue with the

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07/20/2011

Speciality chemical company OM Group from Cleveland, USA, to be new owner of VACUUMSCHMELZE

Financial investor OEP acquired VAC in 2005 and successfully realised the company's growth potential with extensive investments. Today VAC is a leading global company delivering robust growth and

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07/20/2011

Renesas Electronics Achieves 4X Faster Performance with Synopsys' HAPS® FPGA-Based Prototyping Solution

Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNPS), a world leader in software and IP for semiconductor design, verification and manufacturing, today announced that Renesas Electronics Corporation (TSE: 6723), a premier

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07/19/2011

Avnet Abacus named Amphenol Infocom's �Design Distributor of the Year'

Avnet Abacus, one of Europe's leading interconnect, passive, electromechanical and power distributors, has recently been named �Design Distributor of the Year 2010' by Amphenol Infocom. The award

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07/18/2011

ABB to supply innovative DC power distribution system to green data center

ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, will design and install an advanced, direct current (DC) power distribution system for green.ch, one of the top information and communications

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07/18/2011

PREMO GROUP announces a new distribution agreement in France with EQUIPEMENTS-SCIENTIFIQUE

The new distribution agreement is part of the growth process and international implementation that guides the Spanish inductive components manufacturer from the last 10 years. Present in France since

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07/18/2011

Digi-Key Corporation's Second Quarter Boasts Substantial Sales Increase

Digi-Key Corporation, recognized by design engineers as having the industry's broadest selection of electronic components for immediate shipment, has experienced a substantial sales boost in the second

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07/16/2011

Mouser teams with M/A-COM Technology Solutions to deliver innovative RF solutions to Engineers Worldwide

Mouser Electronics, Inc., a top design engineering resource and global distributor for semiconductors and electronic components, today announced that it is now selling products for M/A-COM Technology

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07/15/2011

RS Components sponsors IET Young Woman Engineer of the Year Award

RS Components (RS), the world's leading high service distributor of electronics and maintenance products and the trading brand of Electrocomponents plc (LSE:ECM), is sponsoring the 2011 Institution

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07/15/2011

Avnet Memec signs distribution agreement expanding relationship with Microsemi Corporation

Avnet Memec today announced that it has expanded its component distribution agreement with Microsemi Corporation (Nasdaq: MSCC), a leading provider of semiconductor solutions differentiated by power,

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07/13/2011

ABB acquires the Trasfor Group and expands its transformer business

ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has agreed to acquire the Trasfor Group to expand its offering of specialty transformers and address fast growing markets and applications. Trasfor

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07/13/2011

LEM announces extended partnership agreement with SIGNALTEC for power electronics analysis

LEM, the market leader in providing innovative and high quality solutions for measuring electrical parameters announces an extended sales partnership with SIGNALTEC www.signaltec.com. The agreement

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07/13/2011

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Positronic Receives SAE AS9100 Rev C Certification

Positronic Industries is happy to announce that our SAE AS9100 certified manufacturing facility in Ponce, Puerto Rico has achieved Rev C status under AS9100. SAE AS9100 specifications require an

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07/13/2011

eoSemi appoints new VP to lead first product to market

eoSemi today announced that Steve Cliffe has joined the company as VP of sales and marketing. His appointment demonstrates the company's investment in a highly experienced management team following

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07/08/2011

STMicroelectronics Expands Capabilities in Convergent Home Digital Networking and Smart Grid

STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM), a global semiconductor leader serving customers across the spectrum of electronics applications, is enhancing its powerline communication (PLC) capabilities with the

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07/06/2011

Mouser Extends LED Lighting Product Line with LEDiL Global Distribution Partnership

Mouser Electronics, Inc., a top design engineering resource and global distributor for semiconductors and electronic components, today announced a partnership agreement with LEDiL, a leader in innovative

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07/06/2011

Mouser recognized for Highest Sales Achievement by TDK & EPCOS

TDK and EPCOS presented Mouser with this prominent award in recognition of the highest percentage sales growth for 2011 fiscal year. This is the continuation of an impressive trend of growth over

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07/06/2011

Rick Hamada Succeeds Roy Vallee as Avnet Chief Executive Officer

Avnet, Inc. (NYSE:AVT), a leading global technology distributor, today announced that Rick Hamada has succeeded Roy Vallee as the company's Chief Executive Officer (CEO). The transition was previously

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07/05/2011

Himag Chairman, Colin Day, and Dean Curran, Managing Director, Himag Solutions, with the company's recently won Shell award

Himag Solutions Ltd. enters into Agreement with Rogers Corporation

Himag Solutions Ltd. (a private UK based company) announced today that it has entered into a strategic alliance with Rogers Corporation (NYSE: ROG), Connecticut, USA. Himag is a technology company

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07/05/2011

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Advanced Digital Logic Ensures Long-term Availability of PC/104-Plus Single-Board Computers with the Intel 855 Chipset

Advanced Digital Logic GmbH (ADL), a provider of highly reliable embedded single-board computers, systems and peripherals for use under harsh environmental conditions, has announced long-term perspectives

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07/05/2011

Dr Jalal Bagherli, CEO at Dialog Semiconductor

Dialog Semiconductor Green VOIP ICs Adopted By Gigaset For its New Pro Range of Phones

Dialog Semiconductor plc (FWB: DLG), a provider of highly integrated innovative power management, audio and short range wireless

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07/05/2011

Microsemi Achieves AS9100 Rev C and ISO 9001 Certifications

Microsemi Corporation (Nasdaq: MSCC), a leading provider of semiconductor solutions differentiated by power, security, reliability and performance, today announced that the company's SoC Product Group

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07/03/2011

element14 marks second anniversary with launch of the world's first interactive design automation hub - the element14 knode - and an exciting 2nd birthday gift giveaway with 214 prizes to be won

Following the successful launch of the element14 knode, a revolutionary online design platform exclusively focused on the needs of electronic design engineers, element14 today announced a 2nd birthday

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07/02/2011

ABB acquires Epyon to expand offering in EV charging infrastructure

ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, announced today the acquisition of Epyon B.V., an early leader in electric vehicle charging infrastructure solutions focusing on direct current

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07/02/2011

All American Recognizes Semtech's New EcoSpeed® Converters

All American Semiconductor, a leading distributor of electronic components, announces it carries Semtech's new EcoSpeed® converter platform. The platform incorporates Semtech's patented adaptive on-time

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07/01/2011