Varta Microbattery and Volkswagen intend to establish a research cooperation subject to the approval of the responsible Federal Trade Commission to conduct the development of future battery systems in vehicles with electric drive. The aim is to improve the efficiency characteristics of these batteri...

Following a meeting of its Board of Directors, Fujitsu Limited announced the appointment of Michiyoshi Mazuka as Chairman, President and Representative Director, effective immediately. His predecessor Kuniaki Nozoe stepped down for health reasons.

As of the 15th September Axel Petrak (50) has taken up the newly created position of Sales and Business Development Director at the computer module manufacturer Congatec. Before his appointment Petrak had worked for 13 years for Intel Germany where he held a number of different posts. His last post ...

"In the first eight months of 2009 the number of new orders in the area of Measurement Instrumentation and Process Automation was down worldwide by an average of 16% compared with the same period of the previous year. However, we expect the current level to at least stabilise by the end of the year....

Premier has acquired the entire issued share capital of CadSoft Computer GmbH, a German-based developer and supplier of specialist computer aided design (CAD) software for design engineers and the business of CadSoft Computer in the US. CadSoft has operated for 20 years in its chosen market and, dur...

Altium has appointed Martin Harris as Vice President, EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa). He succeeds Frank Hoschar who has moved to Altium’s headquarters in Sydney to become Director of Marketing for Altium worldwide. Mr Harris has more than 24 years’ experience in the technology sector. Before ...

STMicroelectronics announced the appointment of Paul Grimme as Corporate Vice President and General Manager of the Automotive Product Group (APG), reporting to Chief Executive Officer Carlo Bozotti. Grimme's appointment comes several months after joining STMicroelectronics as Deputy General Manager ...