Fluke has acquired Hawk IR International, a producer of infrared safety products.

NEC, Renesas Technology, Hitachi and Mitsubishi Electric have postponed the conclusion of a definitive agreement to integrate business operations at NEC Electronics and Renesas until the end of August.

In its latest Quarterly OLED Shipment and Forecast Report, DisplaySearch has forecast that the total OLED display market will grow to $8.8bn by 2016.

IMEC has established new partnerships with solar cell material and equipment suppliers.

Soanar has been appointed ANZ distributor for Glenair's range of mil-spec and industrial interconnects.

Rabbit has organised a series of technical training seminars for Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane. Larry Ciccinelli, Rabbit's technical support manager will share his experiences and knowledge gained over 30 years.

RF Micro Devices says it has formed a gallium nitride (GaN) foundry-services business unit to supply GaN semiconductor technology into multiple RF power markets.

Emona Instruments has signed an exclusive-agency agreement with Dali Technology of Shanghai, China, for its range of infrared thermal-imaging cameras.

Electron pumps are made from one or more nanoscale conducting islands, isolated from the rest of the circuit by tunnel barriers.

NetApp and Cisco are collaborating to provide users with unified, dynamic data centre solutions that are based on Cisco's Unified Computing System and NetApp's Unified Storage Architecture.

A collaboration has been agreed between ETSI (the European Telecommunications Standards Institute) and the European Smart Metering Industry Group (ESMIG) that is expected to accelerate the deployment of 'smart meters' in Europe.

The Open Mobile Terminal Platform (OMTP) has issued its latest recommendation document that defines an open and standardised interface between visual voicemail clients and voicemail servers.

Links between European and Chinese technology experts have been strengthened following a commercial agreement between the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) and the China Academy of Telecommunication Research (CATR).

Worldwide semiconductor revenue is forecast to reach $252 billion in 2009, a 22.4% decline from 2008 revenue of $286.5 billion, according to the latest projections by Gartner.

Current conditions are suitable for a paradigm shift to LEDs, says Osram Opto Semiconductor. Light emitting diodes have considerable potential for increases in brightness and efficiency, and can deliver even more potential energy savings than traditional light sources.