Sanmina-SCI have opened an electronics manufacturing plant in Homebush Bay. The facility will play a role in the local technology industry and is expected to create up to 450 jobs over the next 5 years.

A team of Cornell University researchers is planning to develop a method to connect wires to organic transistors. They are hoping this could lead to computers that are smaller, cheaper and more flexible - literally.

The conference on photonic crystals held in Canberra this month, focussed on the revolution in information and technology.

Intel Corporation has made several technology breakthroughs that the company has integrated into its 90-nanometre process. It has used this process to build silicon structures and memory chips. It will put this process into volume manufacturing next year using 300 mm wafers.

Beginning in September, Tektronix open Windows oscilloscopes will include ready-to-run applications of National Instruments Labview graphical development environment.

Davidson Measurement and IntelEng announced they are combining to provide a solution to calibration management. They will be known as Davidson eCalibration Services.

The electronic systems division of Tenix Defence will give $500,000 to the Federal Government from commercialising smart defence technologies last year.

Semrock has made available a line of erbium-doped fibres. The fibre portfolio consists of both C-Band and L-Band fibres, in 125 and 80 micron cladding diameters.

Scientists at University of Ulster have developed sensors that are inserted in transplant organs to monitor if there has been any deterioration in the organs condition since being removed from the donor.

UQM technologies electric motor/generator and electronic inverter are powering a power assist parallel hybrid electric system developed by Electromotive, Virginia.

Anritsu has announced that its Melbourne based service and calibration centre has attained NATA (National Association of Testing Authorities) accreditation.

Sandisk and Toshiba have announced the creation of a mobile commerce (MC) extension standard for flash memory cards. The standard will enable the implementation of security functions in addition to the standard memory features that are already supported by such cards.

Philips is selling its x-ray analytical business to Spectris later this year. The business which will be renamed PANalytical will form part of the process technology sector.

National Semiconductor Corporation has joined the RapidIO Trade Association. The association was formed to promote the RapidIO architecture which promises increased bandwidth, lower costs, and faster time-to-market for networking and communications infrastructure.

C&K Components Plus will now be trading as Switches Plus Components. This change has resulted from the sale of the US company to ITT Industries.