The Varta AG has now found a buyer for the remaining business segment of micro-batteries. At the end of the year it will be transferred to the VEG Beteiligungs GmbH and the Buy-Out Beteiligungs-Invest AG, both in Vienna. In 2005 the segment achieved a turnover of approximately 130 m Euro. The result...

Spectrum Control is taking over all shares of the Californian Potentiometer manufacturer JDK Controls. The purchase price is 4.1 m US$ including the takeover of various JDK debts. JDK is involved in the markets of metrology, medicinal technology, robot technology, airspace, automotive and industrial...

Intersil announced that Lou DiNardo, who was appointed President and Chief Operating Officer in January 2006, is no longer employed by the company. Prior to his current position he was Executive Vice President - Power Management Group. He joined Intersil in July 2004 as a result of Intersil’s acquis...

Tyco Electronics has joined the SiRF Value Added Manufacturer program. As a SiRF VAM, Tyco Electronics will release a family of GPS module products based on SiRF’s SiRFstarIII architecture. The first modules called A1080 will be released in Q4 2006 and available through Tyco’s sales channels. The A1...

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Sipex announces the appointment of Rich Kapusta to the position of Vice President of Interface Products. Kapusta has over 14 years of semiconductor experience with his most recent position as Product Line Director for Cypress's High Speed USB business unit. Additionally, he Rich has held positions o...

An Online Metrology Quiz 2006 of National Instruments closes on 16-11-2006. It comprises 22 questions in Metrology in which one can test one’s own Know-How. Those who are conversant with quantizing errors, DataMatrix Codes, Blobs and other metrology basics can try their luck here. Because the correc...