AEEMA expands into North Asia
21 August, 2003
AEEMA has signed a Memorandum of Cooperation with ICAKorea, Korea's principal ICT agency, on August 14 in Seoul, South Korea.
Joint venture for appliance motion control
21 July, 2003
International Rectifier and Sanyo Semiconductor have announced that they are forming a joint venture to design, develop and market electronic motor drive power modules for energy-efficient appliances and light industrial applications.
New faces at Philmac
07 July, 2003
South Australian-based valve and pipe fittings specialist Philmac has appointed David Stretton as National Distribution and Logistics Manager and to the company's executive board. Mr Stretton will be responsible for national distribution inventory, purchasing and supply chain management of all finished goods.
International Conference on Computational Methods in Fluid Power Technology
07 July, 2003
The first International Conference on Computational Methods in Fluid Power Technology, will be held in Melbourne, from November 26-28.
National Measurement Institute
19 May, 2003
The Australian Electrical and Electronic Manufacturers Association (AEEMA) has welcomed the establishment of a new national agency, the National Measurement Institute, to provide measurement standards and services.
Electronics wastes recovery
10 March, 2003
Electronic wastes - discarded computers, televisions, mobile phones, audio equipment and batteries - can leach lead and other substances that may seep into groundwater supplies.
Austronics, Automate, Electrix Award Winners
22 October, 2002
The Austronics, Automate, Electrix awards were presented at a gala function compered by John Blackman in the Auditorium at the Melbourne Exhibition Centre on Tuesday 15th October 2002. The winners are listed below.
Its a BLAST for 3G cellular networks
22 October, 2002
A new chip for mobile devices which was developed by Bell Labs team in Australia, implements multiple input/output wireless technology, called BLAST (Bell Labs Layered Space-Time). The technology is used in base station equipment and mobile devices, and is claimed to increase the capacity and coverage of wireless networks, and permit higher speed mobile data connections for notebook PCs and hand held devices.
Network alliance agreement
17 October, 2002
Agere Systems and Infineon Technologies are to jointly develop high-performance chips based on the 802.11 standard. The technology resulting in next-generation wireless LAN products will provide business and residential users with flexible access to email and the Internet. It has a bandwidth that is 20 times higher than current wireless networks and will reach up to 54 Mbit/s.
National Instruments moves to Sydney
25 September, 2002
National Instruments is relocating its Australian headquarters from Melbourne to Sydney. The move is scheduled for completion by February 2003.
Nanotechnology
09 September, 2002
QinetiQ and BOC are developing a production facility to exploit the potential of nanotechnology. This involves manipulation of atoms and molecules to achieve miniaturisation of products - such as computers. It also has the potential to provide more sensitive medical instruments to achieve faster and more accurate diagnostic techniques.
Plastic electronics through inkjet printers
03 September, 2002
Two separate technologies are being developed by Arizona researchers, in order to make circuits from layers of organic semiconducting ink.
Defence Technology Profits
13 August, 2002
The electronic systems division of Tenix Defence will give $500,000 to the Federal Government from commercialising smart defence technologies last year.
RapidIO Architecture
24 July, 2002
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.
NATA accreditation
17 July, 2002
EMC Technologies has gained NATA accreditation for modelling the dispersion of electromagnetic fields (EMF) from mobile phone towers.