Fermionics Group is acquiring the businesses of Hagemeyer Asia Pacific Electronics across Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Malaysia and India. The businesses include Soanar Electronics, Soanar Plus and Hcom.

Varian has completed the sale of its Electronics Manufacturing business to Jabil Circuit.

The Australian total PC monitor market finished last year on a positive note, with shipments in the final quarter growing 1.9% sequentially from the third quarter of 2004, contributing to the 19.1% expansion from 2003.

An unwanted mobile phone is planted and turns into a beautiful bloom. This novel idea has its roots in down-to-earth science.

Binghamton University, State University of New York, has established a Center for Advanced Microelectronics Manufacturing.

An image scanner that can be rolled up and carried in a pocket could be just around the corner, thanks to scientists in Japan.

A team of US scientists claims to have made the world's first electrically-driven Raman laser, a development that could lead to a new type of semiconductor laser operating at wavelengths that conventional laser chips cannot reach.

Intel has announced technology that will provide mobile handset users with clearer graphics, faster video and improved power efficiency.

US scientists have made nano-scale devices they claim could one day replace current transistor technology. The tiny devices, 'crossbar latches', are made up of a combination of crossed-over platinum wires with steric acid molecules set at their junctions.

IBM, the Sony Group and Toshiba have disclosed in detail the multi-core architectural design - featuring supercomputer-like floating point performance with observed clock speeds greater than 4 GHz.

The Chairman of the Australian Information Industry Association (AIIA), John Price, and the President of the Australian Electrical and Electronic Manufacturers' Association (AEEMA), Christopher Janssen have announced that the Boards of both organisations had agreed to undertake a feasibility study of a proposal to merge and create a much larger industry grouping comprising the diverse technology-based and industry sectors which underpin Australia's economy.

Cambridge Consultants in Britain has produced its 'evaporative cooler' concept design for cooling the fuel cell-powered notebook computers of the future.

Scientists at Intel claim to have made the first all-silicon laser. This could lead to the development of silicon chips that can be used in both electronic and photonic applications.

If results of a South Australian survey released recently are anything to go by, South Australia is harbouring an unknown high tech industry in Adelaide’s suburbs.

The World Connector Business Index (CBI) dropped in December to 3.191 from 3.423 in November. All regions dropped except China, which is now 3.531 from 3.509 in November. Japan is still below 3.000, but improved slightly to 2.901 in December from 2.895 in November.