Heidelberg Instruments has selected Altium as its electronics design standard.

NXP, the independent semiconductor company founded by Philips and Renesas Technology, has expanded the licensing agreement on NXP's MiFare technology.

Bishop & Associates has released a 218-page, five-chapter report providing an overview of the Chinese connector market.

Richardson Electronics will now sell WL Gore's range of surface-mountable EMI shielding materials including Gore-Shield Supersoft SMT EMI gaskets and grounding pads, and the snapShot board-level EMI shield.

Digi-Key has expanded its range of Tyco Electronics Raychem circuit protection products to include the PolyZen family of polymer-protected zener diodes.

Mouser Electronics has signed a distribution agreement with Electronic Assembly, a supplier of LCD modules.

The Electronics and ICT Association (EICTA) has signed an agreement with the Hong Kong Wireless Technology Association.

Soanar is distributing WIMA products in Australia and New Zealand.

Symantec has announced the Open Collaborative Architecture and a third-party developer program to establish greater interoperability with Symantec solutions.

NTT Docomo, Renesas, Fujitsu and Sharp plan to jointly develop the SH-Mobile G4 single-chip LSI device, and a platform incorporating it, to support the HSUPA/HSDPA/W-CDMA and GSM/GPRS/EDGE (2G) mobile telephony standards.

Lonsdale-based electronics company Redarc Electronics has won the Environmental Sustainability Award for minimising its environmental footprint and contributing to a more sustainable future.

National Semiconductor, Ohmrite Manufacturing and Vishay have become global sponsors for the Farnell 2008 Live EDGE Electronic Design Competition for the global environment.

A NanoMarkets report predicts that the boom in TOP electronics will drive a similar boom in printable dielectrics.

Farnell has signed a European franchise agreement with electronics component manufacturer TDK.

SiliconSystems has contributed its SiliconDrive II Blade specification to the Small Form Factor Special Interest Group (SFF-SIG) to create an official governing standard.