GaN Systems, a leading developer of gallium nitride power switching semiconductors, has announced the appointment of Jim Witham as CEO of the corporation. GaN Systems’ power conversion devices, based on its proprietary Island Technology®, are being commercialized in 2014 and the company is expanding globally. Co-founders Girvan Patterson and John Roberts will continue in their…
DetailsRFMW, Ltd. announces the availability of RF absorber material tuned to customer specific applications. These free samples are electrically tuned (optimized) to absorb unwanted RF emissions between 1 and 40GHz based on design requirements provided by the user. These magnetic “Tuned Frequency” absorbers are intended for specular reflection loss or for customers who experience cavity…
DetailsFrost & Sullivan’s Manufacturing Leadership Council today honored 100 world-class manufacturing companies and individual leaders as winners of the 2014 Manufacturing Leadership Awards (ML Awards). In a world of intensifying global competition and accelerating change, recipients of the ML Awards have distinguished themselves by embracing breakthrough innovation and enabling their companies to anticipate and respond…
Detailswas The EMS and ODM market valued at about $363.8 billion in 2013. ReportsnReports.com offers the “Global and China EMS and ODM Industry Report, 2013-2014.” The EMS and ODM market covers telecommunications and network equipment, communications terminals (mobile phone), computers (including desktop PC, laptop, Tablet PC), computer peripherals (including HDD, display, printer, etc.), consumer electronics…
DetailsBoston, 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,…
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