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.

AEEMA has announced the success of the inaugural Taiwan automotive telematics industry mission which has been visiting Melbourne this week to meet Australian technology companies affiliated with AEEMA's National Telematics Cluster.

Analog Devices has named Avnet Electronics Marketing as its first pan-Asian distributor. The distribution agreement extends the existing arrangements, which already include China and India, to cover the Asia-Pacific region.

AEEMA and NECA have committed to work together to address issues of critical importance to the future growth of Australia’s electrical industry.

Premier Farnell has launched a major international design competition called ‘Live Edge’ – Electronic Design for the Global Environment. Farnell, a Premier Farnell business, will support the competition throughout Europe, Australia and New Zealand.

Nu Horizons Electronics announced the expansion of the long-standing authorised distribution agreement with Xilinx into Australia and New Zealand.

The National ICT Industry Alliance (NICTIA) has released a 10-year strategic vision for development of the Australian ICT industry.

IBM and austriamicrosystems have announced the signing of a development agreement for an advanced high-voltage (HV) complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) process technology to be used in a range of consumer, automotive, industrial and medical applications.