GE Digital Energy says its Multilin HardFiber System eliminates the need for thousands of copper wires in a substation and replaces them with a few fibre-optic cables.

The China Earthquake Administration, the government body managing the country’s earthquake preparedness and disaster mitigation, has selected a structural health monitoring system developed by National Instruments Alliance Partner CGM Engineering.

Tyco Electronics’ networking division AMP Netconnect has launched a website configured as an information-driven portal where visitors can find technical details.

Nordic Semiconductor is relocating its supply chain headquarters to the Philippines.

Osram Opto Semiconductors is spearheading the European-funded CombOLED project to develop cost-effective volume production methods for OLEDs.

CIP Technologies in Britain has released what is believed to be the first commercial reflective electro-absorption modulator.

Australian defence personnel may be able to generate enough electricity to power their gear via new solar technology embedded in their uniforms and equipment, now that ANU researchers have won a major defence contract.

The National Electrical and Communications Association (NECA) has signed a memorandum of understanding with BICSI South Pacific Region at the recent BICSI South Pacific 2008 conference in Melbourne.

Sigma-Aldrich has signed an agreement with Plextronics to distribute its organic semiconductors and conductive inks.

Advantech has received the Taiwan Excellence award for its intelligent audio and video controller, the UbiQ-350.

IMEC reports an improved performance for its planar CMOS using hafnium-based high-k dielectrics and tantalum-based metal gates for the 32 nm CMOS node.

NanoMarkets has released the first of four report modules from the firm's printed electronics materials database. The first report provides near-term outlook for the printed electronics materials business and concludes that printed electronics is evolving rapidly towards real commercial products and will need materials that perform well and are available in commercial quantities over the next year or so.

Richardson Electronics has signed a global distribution agreement with HVVi Semiconductors of Phoenix, AZ, to distribute its RF power transistors, based on HVVi’s HVVFET architecture.

A team of researchers has developed what it claims is one of the tiniest optical switches ever made — about one tenth of the size of a human hair.

Soanar has signed a distribution agreement with MeshNetics, a provider of ZigBee modules and embedded software for OEMs and system integrators.