FCI, a manufacturer of connector and cable assembly solutions to the data, communications, consumer, industrial and medical markets. has acquired the assets of MergeOptics, a manufacturer of active optical cables (AOCs) and optical transceivers.

MergeOptics GmbH was founded in Germany, in Septem...

Bsquare, a software solutions provider to the embedded device community, announced the appointment of Mark McMillan as Vice President of Worldwide Sales and Marketing. McMillan founded Softworks Development Corporation while a student at University of Wisconsin Milwaukee for Computer Science. He ser...

X-FAB Silicon Foundries announced the opening of its new UK office. Following the recent sale of its Plymouth silicon fabrication facility to Plessey Semiconductors, X-FAB has established a UK office supporting R&D, customer Hotline support and Sales. The new office employs experts from the form...

Technitrol has named Daniel M. Moloney as the company's next chief executive officer, replacing James M. Papada, III, who is retiring, pursuant to a plan announced to the board in 2008. Moloney comes to Technitrol from Motorola, where he served most recently as Executive Vice President and President...

The ZVEI-Association "PCB and Electronic Systems" reports that the turnover of the german circuit board manufacturers achieved the same level in November 2009 as in October 2009. In the first 11 months of the year the turnover was approximately one third below that of the same period of the previous...

Mentor Graphics has named Serge Leef, General Manager of the System Level Engineering division, Vice President of New Ventures tasked with expanding the company’s thrust into markets adjacent to electronic design automation.

Leef’s new role builds on his experience in applying advanced system-le...

Maxwell Technologies reported revenue of $28.0 million for its fourth quarter ended December 31, 2009, up 22 percent over the $22.9 million recorded in the same period in 2008. Net loss for Q409 was $10.0 million, compared with net income of $1.4 million in Q408.

The Boostcap ultracapacitor reve...