Boston, Mass. — There is good news for electronic component manufacturers that are developing solutions for the wearable device market. Global sales of wearable devices is expected to grow tenfold from 15 million units in 2013 to 154 million units by 2018, according to new research from Strategy Analytics. The biggest sales are expected to…
DetailsWhirlpool Corporation (NYSE: WHR) announces today that it will invest $40 million to nearly double the size of its Greenville, Ohio, small appliance manufacturing operations. The expansion is expected to generate approximately 400 new jobs by 2018 – bringing the facility to a total workforce of about 1,400 employees. Executives say strong demand for KitchenAid small…
DetailsRising labor costs in China as well as currency appreciation hurt the nation’s domestic flexible printed circuit board industry last year, according to the “Global and China FPCB (Flexible Printed Circuit Board) Industry Report.” The overall market will continue to grow: the global flexible printed circuit board (FPCB) market is valued at $1.321 billion with…
DetailsOptical Cable Corporation today announced financial results for its fiscal first quarter ended January 31, 2014. First Quarter 2014 Financial Results The Company achieved consolidated net sales of $16.5 million during the first quarter of fiscal year 2014, compared to net sales of $17.3 million for the first quarter of fiscal year 2013. OCC’s sales…
DetailsRock Hill, S.C. — 3D Systems (NYSE:DDD) today announced that it is teaming up with the White House, UI Labs, the Department of Defense and other industry and academic organizations on its recently announced Digital Lab for Manufacturing. As part of this collaboration, 3DS plans to deliver its latest Geomagic(R) perceptual design to manufacturing tools including scan-to-CAD, and…
DetailsChicago, Ill. – Raspberry Pi® owners can now use new high quality audio capabilities as the inspiration for their latest Pi innovations thanks to the new Wolfson Audio Card available exclusively from Newark element14. The card brings both line-in, line-out headphone and headset support, on-board stereo microphones, and digital audio S/PDIF functionality onto the Raspberry Pi® for the first time,…
DetailsThief River Falls, Minn. — Global electronic components distributor Digi-Key Corporation, the industry leader in electronic component selection, availability and delivery, today announced a global distribution agreement with XP Power, a power-solution leader offering the widest range of power products available from one source. XP Power is one of the world’s leading developers and manufacturers…
DetailsAndover, Mass. – Vicor Corporation (NASDAQ: VICR) (the “Company”) today reported its financial results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2013. Revenues for the fourth fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2013 increased to $55,258,000, compared to $50,424,000 for the corresponding period a year ago, and increased from $55,091,000 for the third quarter…
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As I’m writing this, a major 24-hour news channel is covering a drama unfolding in New York City. As the story broke, all the news anchor knew is that there was some sort of event in Manhattan that caused a lot of nasty smoke which prompted a bunch of firefighters to respond the scene. This…
DetailsSanDisk Corporation (NASDAQ:SNDK), a global leader in flash storage solutions, today announced that it has filed a civil lawsuit against Korea’s SK Hynix, Inc., SK Hynix America and related entities in Santa Clara Superior Court. The lawsuit seeks damages, an injunction and other remedies against Hynix for trade secret misappropriation under California’s Uniform Trade Secret…
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