Underwriters Laboratories (UL), a product safety testing organisation, has acquired Parkside Laboratories Ltd. in Christchurch, New Zealand.

Eaton Corporation has expanded its global Power Quality business by acquiring Schneider Electric’s small systems business of MGE, known as MGE Office Protection Systems.

Semikron International and LS Industrial Systems Korea are teaming up to develop and deliver power electronic solutions for the industrial drives and consumer market.

The value of the thin-film and printed battery market will reach $5.6 billion by 2015, according to a report from NanoMarkets, an industry analyst firm.

Fluke Australia has announced that it will donate new high-performance logging digital multimeters to educational institutions through its education grant program.

Emona Instruments has been appointed the Australian distributor of the Berlin-based manufacturer of hydrogen fuel cell teaching and research equipment, Heliocentris.

Members of the Australian Electrical and Electronic Manufacturers’ Association (AEEMA) have approved a motion to consolidate its operations with the Australian Industry Group (Ai Group).

Beceem Communications, provider of terminal chipsets for Mobile WiMAX, has entered into an agreement with D-Link, Taiwanese consumer and enterprise networking equipment provider.

The PXI Systems Alliance (www.pxisa.org) has announced the 10th anniversary of the PXI (PCI eXtensions for Instrumentation) specification, the PC-based modular I/O platform for test, measurement and control systems.

Macquarie University electronics PhD student Michael Boers has defeated competitors from universities in the US, Canada and Korea by designing and building an ultra-efficient radio frequency (RF) power amplifier.

Engineering students from the Robotics & Mechanisms Laboratory (RoMeLa) at Virginia Tech have developed a bipedal humanoid robot using the National Instruments LabVIEW graphical system design platform.

Silicon nanocrystals and printed forms of silicon will transform electronics over the next decade with new memory, logic, photovoltaic and optoelectronic products enabled by this new technology reaching $2.5 billion in revenue by 2015, according to a report from NanoMarkets LC, a market research firm.

Adept Electronic Solutions is opening an office in Melbourne and is celebrating with a Machine Vision Open Day on 22 November.

Premier Farnell has announced its panel of judges for the international design competition, Live Edge — Electronic Design for the Global Environment.

The Australian government has contributed an extra $4.8 million over two years to NICTA, Australia’s Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Research Centre of Excellence.