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Virtual Industries to Feature Vacuum Handling Solutions for Medical Applications at MD&M East 2012
Virtual Industries Inc. announces that it will display several advanced systems for medical applications at the upcoming Medical Design & Manufacturing East Exposition, scheduled to take place May 22-24, 2012 at the Pennsylvania Convention center in Philadelphia, PA. Company representatives will highlight products from its sister company – Prime Axis Manufacturing. Prime Axis Manufacturing uses world-class CNC machining equipment to produce hig...
MARTIN to Demonstrate Mini-Oven Reball/Solder Bumping Unit at the SMTA Toronto Expo and Tech Forum
MARTIN will showcase its Mini-Oven Reball/Solder Bumping unit at the upcoming SMTA Toronto Expo & Tech Forum, scheduled to take place May 16, 2012 from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. at the Crowne Plaza Toronto Airport Hotel in Ontario, Canada.
Specialist precision dispensing technology webinar from Intertronics
A specialist precision dispensing technology webinar will be hosted on 2nd May at 11am by Intertronics Managing Director Peter Swanson with technical manager Paul Whitehead.
Hearst Electronics Group acquires 50% of Aspen Labs
Hearst Electronics Group, the largest publisher of product information in the electronics industry and a unit of Hearst Business Media, has taken a 50 percent stake in Aspen Labs, a company focusing on social media and online design tools for the electronics industry. Terms of the agreement were not disclosed.
Ghent University and imec report Open Source software release of IPKISS, a parametric design environment for integrated photonics
Ghent University and imec announce the launch of IPKISS as open source software platform. IPKISS is a generic and modular software framework for parametric design of photonic integrated components and circuits. The software platform is made available by means of a GPLv2-licensed code base (free of charge), a custom developer license and a custom commercial license. With this launch, Ghent University and imec provide the integrated photonics desi...
Zytronic expands R&D team for advanced touchscreen development
Zytronic, the leading designer and manufacturer of Projected Capacitive Technology (PTC)-based touch sensors, has expanded its research and development (R&D) team with the addition of two experienced electronics engineers. The additional resources will be used to advance our touchscreen development addressing the rising demand for the company’s product range.
Follow LED Price Changes
LED prices have fallen sharply during the past few years, with a CAGR of -50%, encouraging panel makers to use more LEDs. Therefore, panel makers will remove reflective polarizers and compensate for the luminance loss by applying more two-chip LED packages. In addition, LEDs for lighting continue to grow due to energy savings. As LED penetration grows both in displays and in lighting, industry players need timely LED pricing data to stay competit...
Renesas Adopts Synopsys' Proteus LRC for Lithography Verification
Synopsys, Inc. today announced the production qualification and adoption of Synopsys' Proteus LRC at Renesas Electronics Corporation, the world's premier supplier of microcontrollers and a world's leading supplier of advanced semiconductor system solutions including microcontrollers, SoC solutions and a broad-range of analog and power devices. Proteus LRC provides large-scale integrated circuit (LSI) manufacturers like Renesas with a highly accur...
SMMT Begins Its 2012 Search For Automotive Innovation
The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders’ Award for Automotive Innovation, sponsored by GKN Driveline and supported by The Times, is today launched for its third successive year to unearth the next big idea or technology that will change the face of UK automotive.
Aqueous Technologies Appoints Lisa Kocks to Director of International Sales
Aqueous Technologies Corporation has appointed Lisa Kocks to the position of Director of International Sales. Lisa Kocks began her career in the electronics assembly industry in 1985. She graduated from Georgetown University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Chinese and French and is fluent in Chinese, French and German (and English).