Emerson Network Power Australia has acquired Ricon, the local distributor of premium computer rack-maker Knurr.

Altronic Distributors has been appointed distributor of the Creator range of products in Australia.

The 3D version of Vector Fields' electromagnetic modelling algorithm for charged particle beams is playing a key role in the development cycle of Philips Medical Systems' first commercial X-ray imaging systems with 'active optics'.

Richardson Electronics has expanded its product distribution agreement with RF Monolithics to include products from RFM's subsidiary Cirronet, Inc.

Cluso Vision Systems Pty Ltd from Sydney, Australia and OHT Inc from Fukuyama, Japan, have entered into a distribution and technical cooperation agreement.

Premier Farnell has launched a major international design competition called 'Live Edge' - Electronic Design for the Global Environment. The company will support the competition throughout Europe, Australia and New Zealand.

A synthetic polymer that doesn’t burn has been created by scientists from the University of Massachusetts (UMass) Amherst.

Soanar and OSRAM Opto Semiconductors have announced a partnership agreement covering Australia and New Zealand. This agreement involves the distribution of all OSRAM Opto Semiconductor products.

Oyster Bay resident, Frank Maron has proved he’s among the most skilled graduates in NSW, winning a TAFE NSW State Medal for graduating top of his course, Certificate III in Industrial Electronics, in 2006.

Osram has developed a small light-emitting diode spotlight that achieves an output of more than 1000 lm for the first time. That’s brighter than a 50 W halogen lamp, making the device suitable for a broad range of general lighting applications.

Unicom Pty Ltd has been appointed the distributor for Raytheaon JPS Communications.

The electronic wedge brake (EWB) from Siemens claims to reduce braking distance on snowy and icy roads by up to 15%.

The flexible thin-film battery market is an attractive and fast growing market characterised by very high production volumes, according to a report titled ‘Flexible Thin Film Batteries – A Global Technology, Industry and Market Analysis’. To sustain its growth, manufacturers have pursued efforts to make them extremely reliable and low in cost.

Agilent Technologies and Teradata have announced a partnership to provide business intelligence (BI) for the telecommunications industry by integrating network operational and financial data with customer information.

Adaptec has extended its existing relationship with Intel Corporation to deliver advanced hardware and software RAID products.