The PCIM China was held from the 1st to the 3rd June in Shanghai. Besides the exhibition, more than 50 conference lectures were held. The number of conference participants rose by 16% to 357 persons. Of the 44 exhibitors, 25 were Chinese. They presented their wares to 2,893 trade visitors on an area...

Cascade Microtech, a supplier of probe stations, engineering probes and RF probe cards, announced that Michael D. Burger has been named president and chief executive officer of the company. Burger, 52, has most recently been president and chief executive officer of Merix Corporation, currently a who...

With approximately 31,000 visitors, the Automatica 2010 almost equalled the number who came to the previous fair held in 2008 (31,856). The Automatica International Trade Fair for Automation and Mechatronics was held in Munich from the 8th to the 11th June 2010 and, according to the organizers, offe...

Spectrum Control, a manufacturer of custom electronic products and systems, announced today that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire substantially all of the assets and assume certain liabilities of Sage Laboratories, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ceralta Technologies.

Sage Labs, with...

Electronic components distributor Digi-Key Corporation, announced its sales in Europe for the first quarter of 2010 increased by 115% over sales figures for the first quarter of 2009. Digi-Key's total sales worldwide for the first quarter of 2010 increased by 63% over worldwide sales in the first qu...

The Automation Shanghai 2010 – IAC, TME + Sensor trade fair closed its doors on the 4th June. The trade fair for automation, test engineering and measurement and sensor technology attracted 9,655 trade visitors and conference participants. This was an increase of 5% compared with the previous event....

Synopsys has acquired technology, engineering resources and other assets of Synfora, a provider of C/C++ high-level synthesis tools used to design complex systems-on-chips (SoCs) and FPGAs. The asset acquisition strengthens Synopsys' position in system-level design and verification and enhances the ...