Designed to meet the PXI Express Hardware Specification Revision 1.0 (with X1 PCIe connections), Elma Bustronic unveil a 3U 17-slot backplane. The PXIe backplane features one system slot controller and one timing controller slot as well as 15 peripheral slots, each with a PCIe Gen 1 1X lane to the controller.

Expanding the company's 533x 3U VPX storage family, Elma Electronic introduce a high speed controller and storage module. Supporting up to eight SATA III ports and over 2TB of onboard capacity in a single 3U VPX slot, the Model 5335/6 is suited for applications demanding exceptional characteristics in both data capacity and read/write performance.

Two new interactive charts which take the guess work out of identifying the OpenVPX backplane profile for new VPX designs has been announced by Elma Bustronic. Available with either Elma’s 3U or 6U backplanes, the new VPX resources provide a snapshot of the profiles in an easy-to-read document.

Elma Electronic has introduced a new a fanless, rugged mission computing platform, the compact F-Series PCIe/104 Platform. Combining a suite of high speed I/O with a high performance HD4600 graphics engine, the F- Series enables unparalleled performance for countless applications including radar and sonar processing; image signal processing; hyperspectral imaging; tactical command and control; surveillance and reconnaissance in defense; transport...

Elma Electronic announce the appointment of Fred Ruegg as the new CEO effective September 1st, 2013. Fred succeeds Stephan Buergin, who died in a fatal accident at the end of June 2013. Prior to being named CEO, Fred Ruegg was president of Elma Americas, responsible for the three Elma companies in the Americas region, as well as for the UK and French Group companies.

Elma Electronic introduces a new instrument case that is scalable in all three dimensions, while offering designers cost-effective, custom-sized enclosures in relatively small volumes. With virtually infinite scalability in an attractive package, the new Type 15i enclosure can be sized perfectly to house instruments or small portable devices.

Elma Electronic introduces X4, the first in a family of new rugged switches based on the latest Hall Effect sensor coding technology. Hall Effect sensing technology offers enhanced reliability and performance where conventional switches would not survive, such as in the presence of dust and/or vibration. Products that could benefit from this new switch technology would be any device required to withstand harsh environments as found in the constru...

After a challenging first half year of 2012, the second half of the year was also impacted by a difficult market environment and a continued slowdown in order placements. Nevertheless, Elma succeeded to implement operational key initiatives and thus was able to keep the revenue in the second half steady compared to the first half year.

Elma Group has recorded a revenue of CHF 112.5 Mio. in business year 2009. This is a decrease of 9.9% compared to the previous year. Adjusted for currency translation, the revenue dropped by 8.2% on last year. Adjusted for acquisition effects, sales were down by 17.9%. The incoming orders increased by 0.2% compared to 2008 up to CHF 121.3 Mio. (adjusted for currency translation effects it climbed by 2.0%, adjusted for acquisition effects it fell ...

Every interface and every signal transfer carries within it a potential source of error – not only on a technological level, but also in terms of interpersonal communication. This explains the desire of many developers and system integrators: To have to explain everything just once and then obtain as much as possible from just one supplier and from a single source. ELMA has therefore extended its product range to include “Integrated Productsâ...

Elma Electronic AG has assigned Mr. Steven Wei He as the new Managing Director of Elma Electronic (China) Co. Ltd. domiciled in Shanghai.

Elma Electronic has enhanced its front panel customisation capabilities with the introduction of a new six-colour printing process that enables high definition printing directly onto the base material of front panels. The process gives industrial designers complete freedom to use gradients, tints and other complex shadings in a manner akin to normal printing on paper. As well as providing the control functionality required to operate the equipmen...

Elma Electronic UK has announced a range of high output ruggedised conduction cooled 3U and 6U, 5HP wide pluggable power supplies for use in military and other harsh operational environments such as road and rail vehicles, aerospace and maritime applications where extremes of temperature, vibration, shock, humidity and EMC integrity are of critical importance.

Elma Electronic, manufacturer of commercial, ruggedised and COTS enclosures, subracks, backplanes and systems, has moved into a new 30,000 sq. ft. purpose-built green field facility in Bedford. The new facility brings together under one roof the Elma Electronic commercial products business, which has relocated from Hampshire, and the Mektron Systems ruggedised systems business.