CHERRY, a registered brand of ZF Friedrichshafen AG, has announced plans to a launch a line of Energy Harvesting Wireless Switch products in late summer 2014. The first product scheduled for introduction is the energy harvesting generator, which will be available late in the first quarter of 2014. The compact generator provides a large energy…
Electro-Sensors, Inc. announced today it has acquired the advanced wireless hazard monitoring product line from Harvest Engineering Inc. (“Harvest”). Electro-Sensors will market and sell the new hazard monitoring products under its new HazardPRO TM product line and manufacture and service them at its Minnetonka, Minnesota facility. “The creation of the HazardPRO TM product line will…
Dallas, Tex. – The Renata Batteries division of the Swatch Group (Switzerland) recently added three battery packs to its family of lithium polymer batteries that offer new size and higher power capacity options for portable medical, industrial, and consumer electronics applications. “Since introducing the ICP Series lithium-polymer family of rechargeable battery packs, Renata has continued…
Future Electronics has underlined the strength of its technical service to embedded design engineers with the announcement today that it has become the first ARM Accreditation Corporate Partner. This is the result of Future Electronics’ commitment to adopt the ARM Accredited Engineer (AAE) program worldwide throughout the company, with a particular focus on the ARM…
Dachser USA continues to experience growth in the Midwest and has expanded its operations in Chicago to meet increasing demand. A newly expanded warehouse facility will function as a hub for Dachser in the Midwest providing cross-docking, warehouse storage, warehouse distribution, and buildup and breakdown of air and ocean containers. “Our ultimate goal is to…
Electronics companies are among some of the largest publically traded businesses in the world; yet there is still a healthy population of companies with revenue of $500 million or less. One of the ways these companies intend to grow is through merger and acquisition (M&A), a trend that is still popular in the electronics industry.…
Molex Incorporated has expanded access to its free Molex App designed for Apple and Android devices. Providing mobile users with information on over 90 different Molex product families, the Molex App allows tablet and now smartphone users to view product information, search products, view literature and view videos without being online. App users with access…
Would you, as head of supply chain, purchasing, manufacturing or the CEO of an electronics manufacturing company, agree to a shared supply chain? If you said “No” and work at a company that outsources any of the supply chain functions – components sourcing, production, logistics and repairs and warranty fulfillment – you most likely are…
Avnet Electronics Marketing Americas, a business region of Avnet, Inc. (NYSE: AVT), will host a series of SpeedWay Design Workshops™, featuring Microsemi Corporation’s (NASDAQ: MSCC) new, low-power, cost-optimized IGLOO®2 FPGAs. The workshops, taught by Avnet technical experts, kick off Feb. 25 in San Jose, Calif., and will be held in 26 cities throughout North America.…
Kyocera Corporation (NYSE:KYO) (TOKYO:6971) today announced that construction has been completed on the Kyocera Group’s first manufacturing plant in India, and that a completion ceremony was held on February 17 to mark the start of trial operations at “KYOCERA CTC Precision Tools Private Limited*.” The establishment of Kyocera CTC Precision Tools is intended to strengthen…