Synopsys has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Magma Design Automation, a provider of chip design software headquartered in San Jose, California . Under the terms of the merger agreement, Synopsys will acquire Magma for $7.35 per Magma share in cash, resulting in a transaction value of appro...

Synopsys ended 2011 with a turnover of 1.536 billion US$ and a net profit of 221.4 million US$. Compared with 2010 turnover increased by 11%. By contrast profit declined by 6%. The fourth quarter contributed to the overall result with a turnover of 390.5 million US$ and a net plus of 39.9 million US...

EBV Elektronik dedicates the ninth issue of its knowledge magazine ‘The Quintessence’ (TQ) to the topic of consumer electronics. The TQ magazine shows that the latest developments in consumer electronics are not just about entertainment. In addition to providing new ways of accessing information bas...

TE Connectivity has entered into exclusive negotiations with Wendel and has made a binding offer to acquire Deutsch Group (Deutsch), a provider of high-performance connectors for harsh environments, in a transaction valued at euro 1.55 billion (approximately $2.06 billion at current exchange rates)....

56,321 Visitors were counted by last Thursday when the SPS/IPC/Drives 2011 in Nuremberg in Germany closed its doors (2010: 52,028 visitors). Also the congress held in parallel showed an increase in visitors with 349 participants (2010 302). A total of 1,429 exhibitors (2010 1,232) showed their produ...

Analog Devices announced the appointment of Mr. Gernot Faigel to the position of Regional Channel Director, EMEA Region (Europe, Middle East and Africa). In this role, he will manage ADI’s distribution business across the region and will be responsible for optimizing ADI’s sales and support model f...

With an export volume of 13.5 billion Euros, the German electrical industry in September exported 3% more than in the previous year. From January to September 2011 the electrical exports totalled 112 billion Euros. This is a growth of 8% over the previous year. In September 2011, the imports of ele...