Linear Technology reported financial results for the quarter and year ended June 2008. Revenue for the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2008 increased 3.1% to a quarterly record of $307.1 million compared to the previous quarter’s revenue of $297.9 million and increased 14.5% or $39.0 million over $268...

Arrow Electronics reported second quarter 2008 net income of $96.2 million on sales of $4.35 billion, compared with net income of $99.2 million on sales of $4.04 billion in the second quarter of 2007. Sales increased 8 percent year over year. Excluding the impact of the acquisition of LOGIX S.A., wh...

Epcos has developed a series of miniaturized multilayer piezo components. In addition to the piezo transformers already on the market, the company now offers piezo benders and resonators. The latter has allowed US company New Scale Technologies to develop the world’s smallest linear motor that is po...

The board of Directors of Ansmann has been extended by the election of Erhard Münch. He will be in charge of the Ansmann AG together with the company founder Edgar Ansmann who acts as Chairman and is responsible for the Finance department. Münch’s areas of responsibility are the departments of Mater...

Belden has acquired Trapeze Networks, a provider of wireless LAN equipment and network management software, for a cash price of approximately $133 million. Trapeze Networks delivers NonStop wireless networking with an industry leading combination of performance, security, manageability and reliabili...

NXP Semiconductors announced second quarter sales of USD 1,524 million, a comparable decrease of 1.9% on the second quarter of 2007 and a comparable decrease of 0.6% over the first quarter of 2008. Adjusted EBITDA in the second quarter was USD 114 million, down from USD 190 million in the second qua...

Texas Instruments announced second-quarter revenue of $3.35 billion, and net income of $588 million. The revenue declined 2 percent compared with the second quarter of last year as growth in Analog and Embedded Processing was not sufficient to offset declines in Wireless and Other revenue. Revenue g...