Obiat has announced that it is the authorised Australian distributor for the range of precision variable frequency, variable voltage, variable phase AC power sources manufactured by California Instruments of San Diego.

The inaugural AEEMA Excellence Awards have recognised the achievements of a selection of Australian companies in innovation, environmental, new business, and exporting activities.

Seidel Servo Drives has appointed Motion Technologies Pty Ltd as their sole Australian and New Zealand sales and service agent.

According to an ABS report (based on 1997-1998 data) released this week on the contribution of Tourism to the Australian economy, the Tourism sector is performing well compared to traditional primary industries such as mining and agriculture. But the clear winner is the manufacturing sector, which has been shown to be Australia's greatest contributor by far to national earnings - three times as much as the Tourism industry.

The Australian Electrical and Electronic Manufacturers' Association (AEEMA) highly commends the strategic plan for the SA electronics industry.

The Australian Photonics Cooperative Research Centre (CRC), in association with the Australian Electrical & Electronic Manufacturers' Association (AEEMA), is holding two forums on Wednesday 8th and Thursday 9th November, at the National Convention Centre in Canberra.

REDlab, a test laboratory for the development of telecommunications, opto-electronics and high-tech electronics products, was officially opened in Melbourne this week.

Taking the next step in the evolution of its DSP56800 core, Motorola Inc. today announced the enhanced DSP56800E core family of digital signal processors (DSPs).

Mac and PC networking peripherals specialist, AdNet, has been appointed Australian distributor of the range of high-capacity FireWire ORB Hard Drives & G-Force RAID storage systems manufactured by US based company, Fantom Drives.

Christchurch based electronics manufacturer, Invensys Energy Systems, has secured a multi million dollar manufacturing contract.

Intellect has signaled its entry into a new market through a contract to provide secure electronic ticketing systems for the Dutch railways.

Two Australian electronic companies have undergone name changes this month.

Motorola, Inc. has disclosed the technical details of the enhanced Version 4 ColdFirer core at MicroDesign Resources' annual Microprocessor Forum.

Rob Durie, executive director of the Australian Information Industry Association (AIIA), has welcomed the opening of the Centre of Excellence in Electronic Business at Parramatta, which is a joint venture between the NSW Government and the IT&T industry.

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.