News & Analysis

India's transport system is a diverse mixture of two-wheelers, three-wheelers, cars and public transport, presenting massive potential and opportunity for electrification across a variety of sectors from one of the world's largest and fast-growing economies.

Singapore-based Interplex, a provider of customised interconnect, high-precision and mechanical products solutions, has acquired OCP Group (OCP), a custom connector and cable assembly design and manufacturer based in San Diego, California.

Qualcomm is buying CPU-developer NUVIA for approximately $1.4 billion before working capital and other adjustments. The acquisition builds on Qualcomm Technologies’ Snapdragon technology.

Intelliconnect (Europe) has moved to a larger facility at the Corby Innovation Hub following sales growth of 30% in 2020. The move to a 6400ft² site provides the space required for their immediate increase in production requirements and provides additional space for future expansion.

Wearable sensors are a key component for the value proposition behind many wearable devices. The latest report on the topic from IDTechEx estimates that the industry was worth $2.5bn in 2020, and anticipates growth to over $8bn per year in the next decade. This growth comes partially from anticipated future growth in wearables as a whole, but also expects for sensors to capture an increasing proportion of the total value in the sector.

Clarion Defence and Security has appointed Dr Michael Holden as DSEI Space Adviser as the event will focus on the development of space capabilities to support international requirements. The appointment of Dr Holden as the first Space Adviser for DSEI expands its growth as a truly multi-domain event across the aerospace, land, naval, and cyber domains.

Agilysys has announced the appointments of Ben Curtis as Managing Director, EMEA and Matthew Prosser as Senior Sales Director in EMEA. Curtis and Prosser are charged with accelerating Agilysys’ continued growth in the EMEA region.

When it comes to switching from oil to gas, there are several reasons why businesses should make the change. With minimal maintenance to increased efficiency just a few of the benefits, there’s a shift in behaviour that is seeing people shy away from traditional, carbon-heavy fossil fuels like oil, and switching to liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) and liquefied natural gas (LNG). 

Acknowledging its manufacturing excellence and growth, Norfolk-based Ansible Motion, a specialist in Driver-in-the-Loop (DIL) vehicle simulation technology, has been awarded with two Broadland & South Norfolk Business Awards for Advanced Manufacturing and International Business Growth in 2020.

Parker Hannifin will present the first in a new series of ‘Expert Insights’ tech talks on Thursday 4th February 2021. In the opening discussion, international keynote speaker Mark Jeffries will interview two Parker experts on the topic of emissions reduction.