Redfern Integrated Optics has secured an additional $7.5 million in funding which will help the company target growth in optical sensing markets. Led by Southern Cross Venture Partners, the round also included Tallwood Venture Capital and Jolimont Capital as investors.

The market for transparent conductors used in display, photovoltaics and lighting markets will reach approximately US$9.4 billion by 2015, according to a new study from industry analysis firm NanoMarkets.

The last section of OSRAM’s new semiconductor plant has been opened in Regensburg, Germany, by Martin Goetzeler, OSRAM CEO, Dr Rüdiger Müller, CEO of OSRAM Opto Semiconductors and Regensburg Mayor Hans Schaidinger.

Endress+Hauser has removed lead from all electronic components — primarily printed circuit board manufacturing — in its ongoing products portfolio, voluntarily complying with a recent European directive aimed at protecting human health from the effects of lead. 

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.