National Semiconductor announced the addition of six high-frequency buck regulators to its  Simple Switcher product family along with a "dial-in" performance enhancement to its Webench design environment. As national Semiconductor stated, the six regulators feature a combination of high pe...

Belden will purchase Hirschmann Automation and Control (HCA) together with certain affiliates from HgCapital, a European private equity investor, for a cash purchase price of approximately $260 million. HAC is a supplier of Industrial Ethernet solutions and industrial connectivity. HAC is led by Rei...

Zetex Semiconductors has introduced three N-Channel enhancement mode MOSFETs, developed specifically for applications with limited drive voltage availability. The 20V ZXMN2B03E6 (SOT236), ZXMN2B14FH and ZXMN2B01F (both SOT23) are capable of low loss switching at a VGS of 1.8V, enabling them to be op...

Four european providers of electronic components engineering, testing and procurement services for the space, defence, aeronautics and medical industries have merged under a newly created holding company, the Alter Technology Group. The Group comprises IGG Component Technology of Great Britain, Hire...

Spectrum Control, a designer and manufacturer of electronic control products and systems, announced that Spectrum Microwave, its wholly owned subsidiary, has acquired substantially all of the assets and assumed certain liabilities of EMF Systems. EMF, based in State College, Pennsylvania, designs an...

Infineon has closed off the first quarter 2007 with a turnover of 2.13 bn Euro, but without the Qimonda portion this was reduced to 958 m Euro. In Q1/2006 this was 1.67 bn Euro and 996 m Euro without Qimonda. The company achieved an Ebit of 216 m Euro. Infineon without Qimonda achieved an Ebit of mi...

With the models AM 16 and AMF 6/10, Weidmüller is presenting sheath stripping tools for round and flat cables. The model AM 16 for round cables is particularly suitable for physically cramped and restricted working conditions. Its wide guiding aids facilitate considerably more precise incisions in t...