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Nick Pascoe, chief executive officer of Controlled Power Technologies (CPT), a UK-based company specialising in cost-effective CO2 reduction measures for the global automotive industry, will address the issue of recruiting professional engineers at the SMMT’s International Automotive Summit today (Tuesday 12 June), which is being held during the Canary Wharf London motorexpo. CPT has been busily recruiting engineers in response to increased d...

The global economic crisis in 2009 severely affected the European computerized numerical control machine tools market, with many end users radically reducing their spending. While recovery in Europe was slower than in other regions, the end of 2010 boded well for further market development

Test equipment sourcing specialist Livingston has made a series of new additions to its Easy2Source offering, to reflect the ongoing budgetary restrictions that technology companies have to contend with. Easy2Source is a highly cost-effective way to rapidly gain access to required items of test hardware without making any upfront capital commitment or being left exposed to the risk of purchased equipment becoming obsolete.

M/A-COM Technology Solutions is showcasing a broad portfolio of new products for Cable TV and Broadband applications at the ANGA Cable tradeshow in Cologne, Germany.

Nordson DAGE announces it will exhibit in Booth #5971 North at the upcoming SEMICON West conference and exhibition, scheduled to take place July 10-12, 2012 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, California. Featured at the show will be the Nordson DAGE 4000Plus Bondtester – the new industry standard in bond testing with unsurpassed data accuracy and repeatability.

Peregrine Semiconductor Corporation today announced that the U.S. International Trade Commission has launched an investigation into whether RF Micro Devices, Inc. products infringe certain Peregrine patents relating to RF ICs and switch technology. The action and investigation further include Motorola Mobility, Inc. and HTC Corporation, whose products incorporate the alleged infringing RF ICs.

Today Tohoku University and imec signed a collaboration agreement in the presence of his Royal Highness Prince Philip of Belgium during the Belgian economic mission to Japan. Under the agreement, Tohoku University and imec will work closely together in various common areas of research, learning from each other’s expertise and leveraging each other’s strengths.

Virtual Industries Inc. announces that it will debut the new WV-9000 WAFER-VAC System for handling wafers and solar cells in Booth #2427 South at the upcoming SEMICON West conference and exhibition, scheduled to take place July 10-12, 2012 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, California.

According to the latest analysis from Semicast Research, Infineon Technologies was the leading semiconductor vendor to the industrial sector in 2011, ahead of Texas Instruments and STMicroelectronics. Revenues for semiconductors in the industrial sector have increased by more than fifty per cent in the last two years, to USD 32.4 billion in 2011, with highest revenue growth for analog ICs, LEDs and power discretes.

Kyzen announces that it will feature its award-winning LONOX L5611 stencil cleaning chemistry and AQUANOX A4703 neutral pH aqueous cleaning chemistry in booth #B06 at the upcoming NEPCON West China 2012 exhibition and conference. The event is scheduled to take place June 19-21, 2012 at the new International Convention & Exposition Center in Chengdu.