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SiC Power Device Market to Grow at 40% CAGR From 2020 to More Than $1bn in 2022, After Tipping Point in 2019

Sep 27, 2017

“The SiC power business is concrete and real, with a promising outlook,” said Yole Développement in 2016. The trend has not changed in 2017, and the SiC industry is going even further as industrial players have increasing ...

Tags: SiC power, SiC devices

SiC, GaN and Other Wider-Bandgap Materials Present New Choices for Power Electronics

Oct 19, 2015

When people think about wide-bandgap (WBG) semiconductor materials for power electronics applications, they usually think of gallium nitride (GaN) or silicon carbide (SiC) – which is not surprising, since SiC and GaN are currently the ...

Tags: Power Electronics, semiconductor, LED

Taiwan PC Vendors Acer and Asus Develop Smartphone

Sep 17, 2015

Two of the best known Taiwanese personal computer (PC) vendors, Acer Inc. and Asustek Computer Inc. (Asus), are aggressively targeting the mobile-device market, especially the smartphone segment, by launching several new cellphone models in ...

Tags: PC Vendors, Smartphone

Philips Utilizes Another Top Medtech Talent

Apr 7, 2015

Posted in Medical Device Business by Chris Newmarker on April 3, 2015 Robert Cascella was previously CEO of Hologic. He joins Philips as the Dutch multinational increasingly focuses on what it calls HealthTech. Robert Cascella, who ...

Tags: Philips, LED components, Medicine

Nuvasive CEO Resigned

Apr 3, 2015

An independent investigation, overseen by NuVasive’s board, found Alex Lukianov had not complied with certain company expense reimbursement and personnel policies. NuVasive’s CEO has resigned from the company after an ...

Tags: Board Investigation, Device Business, Medicine

Transphorm Announced The Introduction of Two Co-Branded 600v GaN Cascode Transistors

Mar 17, 2015

At the 30th IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC 2015) in Charlotte, NC, USA (15-19 March), Transphorm Inc of Goleta, near Santa Barbara, CA, USA (which designs and provides gallium nitride-based power conversion ...

Tags: APEC 2015, GaN Power Devices

Medical Devices Is Indispansable

Feb 2, 2015

Posted in Medical Device Business by Brian Buntz on January 30, 2015 Antique medical devices provide a glimpse into how medicine was performed in past centuries. But few people have taken a look at how medical care was administered on ...

Tags: Medical Devices, Health

Bomb Scare Probe Led Medtronic to Be Sued

Feb 2, 2015

Posted in Medical Device Business by Nancy Crotti on January 29, 2015 A former Medtronic employee has sued the company, two employees and local police, claiming that they falsely accused him of making bomb threats against a company ...

Tags: bomb threats, Health

Stryker Corp.Still on The Prowl for Acquisitions

Jan 30, 2015

Stryker Corp. is still on the prowl for acquisitions, although it isn’t naming names, the company’s CEO told analysts this week. Kalamazoo, MI–based Stryker Corp. has been eyeing British company Smith & Nephew Plc and ...

Tags: medical device business, financial hit, Health

The Reason Why Medtronic's Move Has Been So Unfortunate

Jan 30, 2015

Posted in Medical Device Business by Chris Newmarker and Brian Buntz on January 28, 2015 Medtronic is expected to enjoy lower corporate taxes now that it has moved its official headquarters from the U.S. to Ireland through its merger with ...

Tags: credit rating, Health

Japan Started Mass GaN Power Devices for Switching Applications

Jan 28, 2015

Transphorm Inc, Transphorm Japan Inc, and Fujitsu Semiconductor Ltd have announced that Fujitsu Semiconductor group's CMOS-compatible, 150mm wafer fab in Aizu-Wakamatsu, Fukushima, Japan, has started mass production of gallium nitride (GaN) ...

Tags: GaN Power Devices, Electrical

J&J's Fourth-Quarter Medical Device Sales Fell by 4.7%, to $6.6 Billion

Jan 26, 2015

Johnson & Johnson’s fourth-quarter medical device sales fell by 4.7%, to $6.6 billion, with the biggest drop (7.7%) in the U.S., the company announced this week. Total fourth-quarter sales were down 0.6% year-over-year, to $18.3 ...

Tags: Medical Device Business, Health

The Impact of Foreign Currency Held Down Sales Growth in The Fourth Quarter Ended January

Jan 16, 2015

Posted in Medical Device Business by Nancy Crotti on January 14, 2015 As the U.S. dollar strengthens amid global economic uncertainty, travelers aren’t the only ones affected. Major medtech companies including St. Jude Medical and ...

Tags: Medical Device, Health

Hill-Romused Facing a Lawsuit for Squeezing out Competitors in The Hospital Rental Market

Jan 16, 2015

Posted in Medical Device Business by Chris Newmarker on January 14, 2015 Hill-Rom—the dominant player in the U.S. hospital bed market—is facing a federal lawsuit in western Texas that alleges that the company has used its ...

Tags: Hospital Bed Maker, Health

A New Medtronic Based Created in Ireland

Jan 14, 2015

Posted in Medical Device Business by Chris Newmarker on January 12, 2015 The Irish High Court has agreed to hold a hearing January 26 to decide on the proposed $48 billion merger between Medtronic and Covidien, according to a Monday ...

Tags: Medical Device Business, U.S.tax, Health

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