Privately held integrated optical communications component and sub-system developer ColorChip of Yokneam, Israel has raised $20m in new growth funding to ramp-up operations and drive an accelerated product roadmap. The funding is in ...
Tags: Optical transceivers, ColorChip, PICs
For second-quarter 2016, NeoPhotonics Corp of San Jose, CA, USA (a vertically integrated designer and manufacturer of hybrid photonic integrated optoelectronic modules and subsystems for high-speed communications networks) has reported ...
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Friedrichshafen. ZF Friedrichshafen AG has continued its good business development in the first half of 2016. In the first six months of 2016, sales increased to €17.8 billion and the adjusted operating profit (EBIT) rose to €1.1 ...
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For fiscal first-quarter 2017 (to 2 July 2016), Qorvo Inc of Greensboro, NC and Hillsboro, OR, USA (which provides core technologies and RF solutions for mobile, infrastructure and defense applications) has reported revenue of $697.6m, up ...
John Bowers, a professor of electrical and computer engineering and of materials at University of California Santa Barbara (UCSB), has been selected to receive the 2017 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Photonics ...
Tags: Integrated Photonics, PICs
The driverless truck is no longer a fanciful idea that will materialise in some future world. The technology has advanced rapidly over recent years, and I believe that we’ll see these automated vehicles on our highways in the near ...
Tags: driverless truck, automated vehicles, weather-related delays
According to a blog by founder Pradeep Sindhu, optical network product provider Juniper Networks Inc of Sunnyvale, CA, USA has entered into an agreement to acquire the fabless, privately held firm Aurrion of Santa Barbara, CA, USA. ...
GEW will introduce its new fully aircooled LED UV curing system for the label printing, coating and digital printing industry at the Labelexpo Americas, which is scheduled to be held in Rosemont, Illinois, US, from 13-15 September. At ...
Tags: UV curing systems, LED
The AgieCharmilles AM S 290 Tooling, based on the EOS technology, is GF Machining Solutions’ first 3D printing solution fully aligned with the mission of resolving manufacturers’ real-life application and business challenges ...
Tags: Plastic Injection, EOS technology
Workshops for repair specialists at Automechanika Frankfurt are a long-standing tradition and, this year, trade visitors can choose between twelve different professional-development courses – free of charge and in German or English. ...
Tags: Auto Repairing, BASF Coatings
Daimler Trucks has unveiled the Mercedes-Benz Urban eTruck, a fully electric heavy-duty truck with a range of up to 200km and an admissible total weight of 26 tonnes. The eTruck is based on a heavy-duty, three axle short-radius ...
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Domino continues to innovate and provide label printers even more in the world of digital printing with the announcement of a hybrid solution the MPS EF SYMJET powered by Domino. The EF SYMJET is a symbiotic combination of a flexo press ...
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Volkswagen is planning to build electric vehicles in North America by 2020, in a bid to regain its lost image following the diesel emission scandal. The announcement was made by newly appointed Volkswagen America head Hinrich Woebcken ...
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Hertz Global Holdings has announced that its Hertz Green Collection - known as Green Traveler Collection in the US - has been launched in Mexico with a fleet of 2016 Toyota Prius hybrid vehicles. Hertz Mexico is the first car rental ...
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Infineon Technologies AG of Munich, Germany has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the Wolfspeed Power & RF division of Cree Inc of Durham, NC, USA for $850m in cash (about €740m). The deal also includes the related silicon ...