Analysis
Power supply manufacturer continues inward investment
TDK Corporation has announced further investments at its TDK Lambda UK manufacturing facility in Ilfracombe, North Devon. In addition to the £1m invested into the recently opened EMC centre, the company has invested £250k in new equipment and plans a further £590k within the next nine months.
Investment to increase display product range
Zytronic has recently invested over £350,000 into their Northeast manufacturing site. The upgrade to glass processing and storage equipment increases the range of products and design features offered to customers and streamlines operations.
Professional portable battery aftermarket sales to top $3.5bn
While several end-use industries including healthcare, residential, commercial, automotive, and manufacturing, showcase significant adoption of professional portable batteries, given the introduction of wireless and portable devices arising from technological advancements, the overall safety and security devices landscape is estimated to boost the aftermarket sales of professional portable batteries.
Global pact strengthens Mouser's sensor linecard
Mouser Electronics continues to strengthen its product portfolio. The distributor has agreed a global distribution deal with Superior Sensor Technology, a supplier of application-specific pressure sensors, notably differential low-pressure sensors.
Cable assemblies market to be worth $220.7bn by 2025
Asia-Pacific accounted for the largest share of the global cable assembly market. This market is also expected to register the highest growth rate during the forecast period. Asia-Pacific countries like China, Japan and India are the strong markets for cable assemblies and expected to witness the highest CAGR in the coming years.
Should open fridges in supermarkets be banned?
Open fridges - seen in supermarkets up and down the country - should be banned due to their environmental impact. Thousands of these open fridges are in supermarkets in the UK and millions worldwide. Now environmental experts from BusinessWaste.co.uk are urging for them to be banned.
Partnership to provide joint offering for modular embedded vision
Allied Vision has announced a strategic partnership with Antmicro. The aim is to underline the ongoing collaboration between the companies that started with the joint demonstration of a successful technology integration between Allied Vision’s Alvium camera series and Antmicro’s real-time deep learning object detection system based on the NVIDIA Jetson Xavier edge computing platform.
New generation OTEC stream finishing machine for aerospace
To meet growing demand for ever more precise surface finishing in aerospace, Fintek have invested in a latest generation stream finishing machine from OTEC Präzisionsfinish.
Advantest wins Bosch supplier plaudit
Semiconductor test equipment supplier Advantest has received a Bosch Group Global Supplier Award for 2019, earning a global ranking among Bosch’s best providers of technology and services. Advantest received the award in recognition of its timely delivery of semiconductor test solutions used to qualify Bosch’s product portfolio of MEMs and automotive consumer devices.
Intertek plumps for Rohde & Schwarz 5G NR tester
As 5G devices come to market, Intertek is ready to test 5G NR and it has chosen the R&S CMX500 radio communication tester from Rohde & Schwarz as its testing solution. The instrument will be used for TDD & FDD RF, RRM, LBS, data performance, protocol conformance and network operator supplemental tests.