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Micron Announces Pricing of Convertible Senior Notes Offerings
Micron Technology, Inc. today announced the pricing of an offering of $480.0 million aggregate principal amount of its 2.375% convertible senior notes due 2032 (the 2032C Notes) and $390.0 million aggregate principal amount of its 3.125% convertible senior notes due 2032 (the 2032D Notes and, together with the 2032C Notes, the Notes). The Notes are being offered in the United States to qualified institutional buyers pursuant to Rule 144A under th...
ITT Interconnect Solutions invests in new European 38999 connector assembly facility
ITT Interconnect Solutions has announced a major investment at its Basingstoke, UK facility which will enable the leading global connector manufacturer and supplier to deliver assembled MIL-DTL-38999 connectors with market-competitive lead times and pricing. The company sees this move as part of a wider initiative to support the military and aerospace market, and has recently redesigned its QPL-approved MIL-DTL-38999 product line-up to simplify m...
Anniversary for a life saving technology
Bosch has manufactured 75 million ESP systems since series production began in 1995 – and in the process made a vital contribution to greater road safety. Especially on slippery roads and when entering a bend too quickly, the electronic stability program keeps vehicles safely on track. In this way, it prevents skidding accidents, which can often be particularly severe. Summarizing the findings of many studies of its effectiveness, Gerhard Steig...
Solar Energy Harvesting: Is scaling up the only way forward?
Having witnessed the tremendous growth of the solar industry in the past few years, along with all the dramatic events that went with it (consolidation, production capacity growth, efficiency increases, profit margins decreases, competition from thin film technologies, incentives established and withdrawn...), it's hard to map out what exactly can make a new entrant to the sector a successful photovoltaic company.
Murata Electronics announces definitive agreement to aquire RF Monolithics
Murata Electronics North America, Inc. and its parent company Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. announced today that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire RF Monolithics, Inc. in an all cash transaction. Targeted to close in the third calendar quarter of 2012, the deal will pay the holders of RFM common shares $1.78 per share.
UQM Technologies contracted to supply electric propulsion systems
Australian company, EV Engineering is using UQM Technologies' electric propulsion system to power its proof-of-concept fleet of Australian-built EV Commodore electric vehicles.
Joint development of EDLC using Aluminum-Celmet
Meidensha Corporation and Sumitomo Electric Industries are developing a new electric double-layer capacitor (EDLC) which they plan to commercialise for pure electric and hybrid vehicles in 2015.
Celebrate JUKI’s 25,000th Shipment at the 2012 SMT in Nuremberg
Juki Automation Systems AG will celebrate both its 25,000th machine shipped worldwide and its 25th year anniversary in the SMT placement industry on booth 333/H7 at the upcoming SMT Hybrid Packaging 2012 scheduled to take place from 8 to 10 May, 2012 in Nuremberg, Germany.
Essemtec Presents Innovations at SMT Nuremberg 2012
In booth 7.203 at the upcoming SMT/Hybrid/Packaging 2012 exhibition in Nuremberg, Essemtec will present several innovations, including Scorpion, the highly flexible dispensing system, as well as two new printers for low-/mid-volume sizes.
TestWorks Secures AWS Electronics Group Investment in MIRTEC Europe’s AOI Systems
MIRTEC is pleased to announce that its UK distributor, TestWorks, has been paramount in negotiating the sale of three Mirtec AOI Systems to the AWS Electronics Group. AWS has a solid reputation in the industry for the quality and reliability of its products, confirmed in the last 12 months with approvals from NADCAP for its process capability