No company wants defective goods or materials to reach its markets, which is why professional testing, calibration or inspection by an accreditied facility has become an essential part of the production process.

Motorola recently completed the process of moving its volume assembly and test manufacturing facility for high power RF products from Seremban, Malaysia to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Hyundai Electronics and Electronics and Telecommunication Research Institute have announced plans for the joint development of a radio frequency chipset, using the complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) fabrication process and RF CMOS integrated circuit technology.

Barry Industries, a US supplier of high power thick film resistive devices, has appointed Canberra-based Martin International as its Australia-New Zealand representative.

Motorola demonstrated a scaleable IEEE-ISTO Nexus 5001 debug port on the M-CORE M3XX core at the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) 2000 World Congress meeting.

Global Opticom of the US, a producer of fibre-optic passive components, has appointed Electronic Development Sales as its Australian representative.

As part of an ongoing expansion program, Jaycar Electronics has opened its latest store in Wollongong, employing five local staff in a combination of full-time and casual positions.

The Smart Battery System Implementers Forum (SBS-IF) has announced the first Smart Battery Accuracy Testing Guidelines and the availability of the System Management Bus (SMBus) 2.0 Specification.

Toshiba has announced the integration of static random access memory into reflective low-temperature polysilicon TFT LCDs for cellular phones that improves display performance.

Over 380 companies from around the world will be converging on Hong Kong this month to attend an electronic extravaganza - electronicAsia 2000.

DRS Technologies has received new orders to produce rugged flat panel displays for the upgrade of the FFG-7 Oliver Hazard Perry class frigates of the Australian Navy.

Agilent Technologies has agreed to acquire Digital Technology and its sister company, Dynamic Digital Technology.

Powerbox Australia is bringing Tom Curatolo, senior applications engineer from Vicor in Boston, to Australia in the first week of November to hold four technical seminars on component power technology for power supply designers and specifiers.