Westek Electronics has been appointed as Vitrek Corporation's Australian Representative.

Global electronic components market to be worth $169 billion by 2010, according to a report by Global Industry Analysts, Inc.

The Southern Cross Cable Network is supporting the move to high-speed broadband in Australia and New Zealand with the completion of the first stage of a big capacity upgrade.

ICP Electronics Inc Technology Corp has reappointed ICP Electronics Australia Pty Ltd as its 2008 Affiliate Member.

Kontron has acquired the French company Thales Computers SA, a subsidiary of Thales SA.

Fujitsu Australia and New Zealand has appointed The Frame Group as lead design, build, delivery and project management consultant for its Homebush data centre upgrade.

The global optoelectronics market to be worth $600 billion by 2010, according to a report by Global Industry Analysts.

Vitrek Corporation, a US instrumentation manufacturer, has appointed Westek Electronics as the Australian representative for electrical safety testers and its other test equipment.

ABB Australia has re-launched its Graduate Program in order to recruit and develop the future leaders of ABB.

The National Electrical and Communications Association (NECA) said it supported the new alliance known as the Australia and New Zealand Electro Technology Training Alliance (ANZETA) set up to streamline and improve the quality of training and education provided in electrotechnology.

Glyn is extending its distribution program with memory and video processing circuits from Averlogic Technologies, a semiconductor company with headquarters in Taipei, Taiwan.

Markets for displays, signage, lighting, RFID tags, sensors, solar panels, batteries and other products manufactured using printing technology will reach $30.1 billion by 2015, according to a report from NanoMarkets.

Australia’s Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Research Centre of Excellence, NICTA, has spun out its fourth technology company in less than six years of operation, following the founding of network monitoring company, Monitoring Division.

Glyn is extending its distribution program with memory and video processing circuits from AverLogic Technologies, a semiconductor company with headquarters in Taipei, Taiwan.

A transceiver integrated on a single chip that operates at 60 GHz on the CMOS process has been announced by NICTA, Australia’s Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Research Centre of Excellence.