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Capaldi is chair of UK power electronics network

Steve Bush — Thu, 04 Apr 2024 10:47:11 +0000

Professor Mike Capaldi, dean of innovation and business at Newcastle University, is to be the Chair of UK power, electronics, machines and drives (PEMD) manufacturing network DER-IC. Funded by Innovate ...

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Siemens to acquire EBM-Papst’ industrial drive business

Steve Bush — Thu, 21 Mar 2024 12:17:49 +0000

Siemens has signed an agreement to acquire the industrial drive business of EBM-Papst, for an undisclosed sum. “EBM-Papst’s portfolio of mechatronic drive systems and its people are an excellent fit ...

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4-axis robot meets flexy pcb soldering contract

Steve Bush — Mon, 11 Mar 2024 11:48:56 +0000

May & Scofield manufacturers electronic controls and systems, and needed to fulfill a contract for automotive flex circuits which forbade hand soldering. It turned to capital equipment distributor Altus, which ...

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Renesas signs up for OSAT JV in India

Steve Bush — Fri, 01 Mar 2024 10:54:02 +0000

Renesas Electronics is part of a consortium building an OSAT (outsourced semiconductor assembly and test) facility at Sanand near Ahmedabad in Gujarat India. It will only hold around 6.8% of ...

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Oxford PV claims record for perovskite-silicon solar panel

Steve Bush — Mon, 12 Feb 2024 11:25:47 +0000

Oxford PV is claiming an efficiency record for solar panels based on perovskite-on-silicon tandem photovoltaic cells. “Produced in collaboration with the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems, the panel achieved ...

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Infineon and GloFo ink eNVM supply deal

David Manners — Tue, 23 Jan 2024 06:17:36 +0000

Infineon and GlobalFoundries have agreed a supply deal for Infineon’s AURIX TC3x 40nm automotive MCUs, PMICs and connectivity ICs. The additional capacity will help secure Infineon’s business growth from 2024 ...

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Alexander Battery Technologies installs ‘world’s most advanced’ laser welder

Steve Bush — Thu, 18 Jan 2024 11:37:42 +0000

Custom lithium battery pack maker Alexander Battery Technologies has installed “the world’s most advanced laser welding machine”, it said, at its factory in Peterlee, UK. “The EV Flex laser welder ...

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Infineon adds to SiC wafer suppliers

David Manners — Tue, 16 Jan 2024 06:02:15 +0000

Infineon has signed a SiC wafer supply deal with SK Siltron. “For Infineon, supply chain resiliency is about implementing a multi-supplier strategy and drive decarbonisation,” said Angelique van der Burg ...

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Si Box has $200m Series B; ramps chiplet production

David Manners — Tue, 09 Jan 2024 06:25:54 +0000

Silicon Box, the chiplet packager founded by Marvell founders Sehat Sutardja and Weili Dai with Dr B.J Han, has raised a $200 billion Series B and is recruiting for 24/7 ...

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Kasdon to make 180,000 PCBs for radio telescope

Steve Bush — Tue, 28 Nov 2023 17:06:33 +0000

West Midlands-based Kasdon Electronics is to supply 180,000 PCB assembles for the giant SKA-Low radio telescope, to be built in Australia. The two year contact is with Italian receiver maker ...

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