All the issues driving the power electronics industry forward - energy efficiency, more power from smaller components - served to draw a bigger audience to the PCIM exhibition in Nuremberg. The organisers were able to report a 15 per cent increase in attendance to 7,883 (2012: 6,874) and 395 exhibitors (2012: 365). Power semiconductor companies were out in force and many were brandishing new products.

Once again SMT Hybrid Packaging acts as a platform providing comprehensive information on innovations, products and solutions in the field of System Integration in Micro Electronics. From 16 – 18 April 2013 visitors will find well-known companies such as ASYS, Assembleon, AAT Aston, Heraeus, KSG Leiterplatten, LPKF and Yamaha in Nuremberg, Germany. Moreover, numerous first time as well as small- and medium-sized exhibitors will be present on th...

Nearly 300 specialists attended Power Electronics South America from 11 – 13 September in São Paulo, Brazil, to find out more about both the current state and the future of power electronics, intelligent drive technologies, renewable energies and energy management.