Avnet acquires substantially all the business of the UK-based distributor Spectre Communication . The company is a distributor of communications and wireless solutions. With effect from November 30th, 2009 the former Spectre wireless activities will be integrated into the Avnet Memec UK business. Sp...

UR Holding published its figures for the first nine months of the 2009 financial year. Despite the sustained challenging economic environment, UR Holding continued the positive development it enjoyed in the first half of 2009. Consolidated sales for the first nine months of 2009 amounted to €26.6 mi...

The SPS/IPC/DRIVES 2009 trade fair opened in Nuremberg on the 24.11.09. The main themes at this year’s event are Energy Efficiency, Industrial Identification and Safety and Security. This year 1,237 companies are exhibiting in eleven halls covering 89,000 m². Organisers are putting the drop on the p...

Both the Printed Circuit Board Industry Association (VdL) and the German electrical and electronics industry trade association Electronic Components and Systems (ZVEI) analysed the August results of the German printed circuit board manufacturers. They reported that sales had fallen by 8.9 percent co...

Analog Devices announced financial results for its fiscal fourth quarter and fiscal year ended October 31, 2009. The fourth quarter revenue was $572 million, an increase of 16% from the immediately prior quarter and a decrease of 13% from the same period one year ago. The net income was $105.6 milli...

Spectrum Control, a manufacturer of custom electronic products and systems, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire substantially all of the assets and assume certain liabilities of Micro Networks , a subsidiary of Integrated Device Technology. Micro Networks, with operations in Worcester, MA a...

Keithley Instruments has signed a definitive agreement with Agilent to sell substantially all of its RF product line to Agilent. “Because we have placed a high emphasis on profitability in fiscal 2010 and beyond, we concluded that we could no longer continue to support our significant investment in ...