Glyn High-Tech Distribution has opened an office in Christchurch and appointed Martin de Lange as NZ Business Development Manager. [ + ]

Dyesol, an Australian-listed cleantech company, claims to have achieved a ‘game changing’ technical breakthrough by achieving a solid-state DSC efficiency of 11.3% at full sun. [ + ]

Battery technology company Nexeon has announced that it has achieved certification to the ISO 9001:2008 Quality Management standard. The certification is based on an external evaluation and validation of the company’s quality management system. [ + ]

Home furnishings retailer IKEA has completed its 38th solar project in the US with installation of a PV array system at its store in Stoughton, Massachusetts. [ + ]

A plastic-enclosed electronics manufacturing system developed at Griffith University has won a Global Innovation Award. The revolutionary construction method has been acknowledged by an industry-reviewed panel as one of the best early-stage innovations in the world, with the greatest potential for a specific industry sector. [ + ]

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has issued proceedings against P & N (Euro Solar) and Worldwide Energy and Manufacturing (Australian Solar Panel) over allegedly false or misleading claims about the country of origin of the solar panels they supply. [ + ]

USA-based microsensor manufacturer SignalQuest has recently signed up Glyn High-Tech Distribution as its distributor for Australia and New Zealand. [ + ]

Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology have developed an integrated motor drive and battery charger for electric vehicles. Compared to today’s electric vehicle chargers, they have managed to shorten the charging time from eight to two hours, and to reduce the cost by around $2000. [ + ]

Antenova M2M has recently appointed Glyn High-Tech Distribution as its distributor in Australia and New Zealand. [ + ]

A UNSW-led team of researchers has achieved a breakthrough that brings the prospect of a network of ultra-powerful quantum computers - connected via a quantum internet - closer to reality. [ + ]

Yole’s Flexible Applications Based on Printed Electronics Technologies 2013 report provides up-to-date market forecast 2013-2020, roadmaps and timelines for printed, flexible, and printed and flexible applications. Also, it analyses the function versus flexibility, current technical and economic challenges, manufacturing process and focuses on polytronics. [ + ]

Premier Farnell has signed an agreement to distribute LEDs from Philips Lumileds. [ + ]

EMSc, the Australian-based subsidiary of UK-based EMSc, has established a new office in Melbourne to meet the growing demand for its Powerstar voltage optimisation system in Australia. [ + ]

Microfluidic devices are allowing microelectronic engineers to shrink laboratories to the size of a computer chip. By ferrying reagents through a series of microscopic channels and reservoirs carved into a flat plate, researchers can develop new chemical reactions or monitor the cellular effects of drugs on a much smaller scale, potentially saving time and money. [ + ]

RS Components (RS), the trading brand of Electrocomponents, distributor of electronics and maintenance products, has entered into a global distribution agreement with LED technologies company Philips Lumileds. [ + ]