Premier Farnell has launched a major international design competition called 'Live Edge' - Electronic Design for the Global Environment. The company will support the competition throughout Europe, Australia and New Zealand.

A synthetic polymer that doesn’t burn has been created by scientists from the University of Massachusetts (UMass) Amherst.

Soanar and OSRAM Opto Semiconductors have announced a partnership agreement covering Australia and New Zealand. This agreement involves the distribution of all OSRAM Opto Semiconductor products.

Oyster Bay resident, Frank Maron has proved he’s among the most skilled graduates in NSW, winning a TAFE NSW State Medal for graduating top of his course, Certificate III in Industrial Electronics, in 2006.

Osram has developed a small light-emitting diode spotlight that achieves an output of more than 1000 lm for the first time. That’s brighter than a 50 W halogen lamp, making the device suitable for a broad range of general lighting applications.

Unicom Pty Ltd has been appointed the distributor for Raytheaon JPS Communications.

The electronic wedge brake (EWB) from Siemens claims to reduce braking distance on snowy and icy roads by up to 15%.

The flexible thin-film battery market is an attractive and fast growing market characterised by very high production volumes, according to a report titled ‘Flexible Thin Film Batteries – A Global Technology, Industry and Market Analysis’. To sustain its growth, manufacturers have pursued efforts to make them extremely reliable and low in cost.

Agilent Technologies and Teradata have announced a partnership to provide business intelligence (BI) for the telecommunications industry by integrating network operational and financial data with customer information.

Adaptec has extended its existing relationship with Intel Corporation to deliver advanced hardware and software RAID products.

Endress+Hauser has moved to a new office in the Omnico Business Centre in Notting Hill, providing it with a platform from which to service a growing Victorian client base.

Nordic Semiconductor has announced it has appointed Braemac as its distributor for Australia and New Zealand.

The national president of the Australian Industry Group (Ai Group), Trevor Carroll and the president of the Australian Electrical and Electronic Manufacturers’ Association (AEEMA), Ken Bridges have announced moves towards the consolidation of the two associations.

Euro-engineer Keith Armstrong will be in Australia-New Zealand until July 2007 to present a series of up-to-date EMC courses to industry and the public, sponsored by EMC Technologies.

At the Intel Developer Forum (IDF), Intel Corporation executives detailed more than 20 new products, technology innovations and industry initiatives aimed at making the internet, computers and consumer electronics devices much more responsive, friendlier and secure.