The market for organic electronics materials will be worth almost US$16 billion by 2015, according to a new report from industry analyst NanoMarkets.

German-based Hans Turck, manufacturer of products designed for factory and process automation industries, has founded Turck Australia in Melbourne.

Australia’s Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Research Centre of Excellence, NICTA, has signed a commercial licence agreement with Optium, a supplier of optical subsystems, covering optical signal-to-noise ratio (OSNR) monitoring technology.

Richardson Electronics has extended its distribution agreement with Wavecom SA to include North and South America. The strategic partnership will expand Richardson’s distribution of Wavecom’s wireless CPU products and wireless communications solutions.

Fujitsu Limited and the Institute for Information Industry (III) of Taiwan have entered into a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to establish a new company in Taiwan that will develop application platforms and provide engineering support based on WiMAX technology from Fujitsu and III.

Armadillo Electronics, a British-based distributor, has opened a branch designed to service the Australian and New Zealand customer base.

Emerson Network Power and Avnet Electronics Marketing have formed a global distribution partnership.

Mouser Electronics has signed a distribution agreement with Ericsson Power Modules, supplier of world-class DC/DC power modules for distributed power architectures.

The global market for photonic crystals will be worth US$13.9 million in 2007, according to a new technical market research report, Photonic Crystals: Technology and Global Markets (AVM059A) from BCC Research.

Network Appliance has teamed with Oracle to strengthen virtualised infrastructures with powerful server and storage solutions.

FCI has appointed Pierre Vareille as its chief operating officer, effective 1 December 2007.

FCI has been recognised as one of China’s Electronics Component Leaders in the category of Excellent Service Provider.

The Institute of Instrumentation, Control and Automation Australia (IICA) and Reed Exhibitions have signed a two-year agreement for ICEX, the exhibition section of IICA, to again be part of National Manufacturing Week for the next two years.

The IDTechEx Printed Electronics Awards have been presented in recognition of outstanding achievement. The awards were presented by Dr Peter Harrop, CEO of IDTechEx.

FCI and Amphenol have entered into second source agreements covering three connector product families: FCI’s ZipLine connector system and Amphenol’s XCede and Crossbow interconnect platforms.