RECOM Power has formed a distribution partnership with Mouser Electronics.

RS Components has opened a showroom in Brisbane on the back of strong industry growth in the resources, process manufacturing and transport sectors.

OK has appointed Mektronics as an Australian distributor.

Recognising the increasingly critical role that Information Communications Technology (ICT) is playing in the development and growth of local businesses, the ICT Solution and Service Centre (ICTSSC) has launched e-Marketplace (http://www.ictjobsbid.hk).

The novel properties of ferroelectric materials, claimed to have been discovered at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory in the US, are moving scientists closer to realising a new paradigm of electronic memory storage.

OK International has appointed Mektronics as a distribution for Australia. WIth over 25 years of industry experience, the Mektronics team will distribute OK products for electronics assembly, including its Metcal and OKi brands.

Imec's total revenue of 2010 was 285 million euro and 42.7 million was granted to the organisation in Belgium by the Flemish government, to guarantee imec's long-term research and investment in new research initiatives, and imec the Netherlands at Hols Centre received 6.2 million euro from the Dutch government.

Imec is continuing its growth with total revenue being 285 million euro in 2010.

National Instruments has announced its 2011 Green Engineering Grant program.

RS Components has opened an expanded warehouse in Shanghai, China.

Worldwide PC shipments have declined in 2011 by 1.1%.

An Asian conglomerate has commissioned Datacraft to set up and run an end-to-end network management solution.

Seagate and Samsung have agreed to expand with Samsung receiving equity ownership in Seagate.

PV cell manufacturers are working on plans to expand in 2011.

element14 (formerly Farnell) has been awarded the Outstanding Performance for Distributor award from FCI for the second year running at the annual FCI Electronics Asia Pacific Distribution conference in Lijiang, China.