C&D’s UQQ family of converters suits industrial, medical and telecom applications and is capable of supplying up to 100Watts of usable power. Available models are 3.3V/25A, 5V/20A, 12V/8A, 15V/7A and 24V/4A with basic grade I/O isolation voltage of 2250 Volt. With an overall height of 0.43” (10.92 m...

According to the Association of the German Circuit Board Industry and the Association Electronic Components and Systems in the ZVEI, the turnover of the German circuit board manufacturers was 14% above that of the previous month. Cumulated, the figures for first three months of this year reached tho...

Fluke (Danaher Group) has bought the infra-red thermometer manufacturer Ircon for 35 m US$. Ircon belonged to the English Spectris Group, which also include, among others, the Danish Brüel & Kjaer and the German Sensor and instrumentation specialist HBM. After acquiring Raytek, Fluke has added a...

Philips Electronics will acquire all of the outstanding shares of Color Kinetics for a total consideration of approximately EUR 592 million to be paid in cash upon completion. The implied enterprise value of Color Kinetics in this offer is EUR 516 million, taking into account approximately EUR 76 mi...

Synopsys has acquired ArchPro Design Automation for an undisclosed sum. ArchPro's technologies enable engineers to address power management challenges in multi- voltage designs from chip architecture to RTL and gate-level design. These technologies allow verification of power management techniques s...

AVX will acquire American Technical Ceramics for approximately $231 million. AVX is a manufacturer of passive electronic components and interconnect products. The AVX net sales was $1.5 billion for the fiscal year 2007. The net income was $153,9 million. American Technical Ceramics develops electron...

With the PTS series Schurter fulfills the technical standards and the requirements of the designers. Design and Ergonomics aspects play a major role in today’s public transportation world, the so-called functionality is not the sole decision criteria. The Public Transport Switch is designed as a doo...