From October the new Chairman of the Board and Managing Director of the Kuka AG will be Dr. Horst J. Kayser. He succeeds Gerhard Wiedemann who will relinquish his post on 30.09.2008 due to age and will continue to act as consultant to March 2009. The 47-year-old Kayser comes from Siemens where he ha...

James M. Feely is the new President and Chief Executive Officer of TDI Power, a power supply and conversion company headquartered in Hackettstown, New Jersey. Feely has served for 11 years as the Company’s CFO and, as a member of the Executive Management Team. TDI Power is a supplier of Power System...

Ultralife announced that at it has changed the company's name from Ultralife Batteries to Ultralife Corporation. The name change marks the evolution of Ultralife from a battery company to a diversified power and communications firm that encompasses standby & portable power solutions, communicati...

The Russian RTI Systems has acquired 74.9% of the Watt Drive group's shares. The Watt Drive Group with headquarter in Austria is a European producer of gear units, geared motors, ac motors, and frequency inverters as well as an expert in drive application and system solution. The Group's revenue in ...

IPextreme, a company for IP to system-on-chips, has named Rick Tomihiro as vice president of marketing, reporting directly to CEO and president Warren Savage. In his new position, he will be responsible for all corporate, technology and product marketing strategies. Immediately prior to joining IPex...

Freescale has joined with several venture capital firms to form an independent company focused on MRAM (Magnetoresistive Random Access Memory). The new company, EverSpin Technologies, will continue to deliver and expand its current portfolio of standalone MRAM and related magnetic-based products. Fr...

eASIC, a provider of ASIC devices, has appointed Matthew R. Ready as Senior Vice President of Worldwide Sales. Most recently Ready was Vice President of Worldwide Sales at PLX Technology, where he was responsible for all worldwide sales and field application engineers. Prior to PLX, Ready has worked...