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£220m upgrade for BAE Systems UK plant
BAe Systems is upgrading its UK-based Electronic Systems business with a $220m renovation project.The BAe site in Rochester will undergo significant renovation starting in 2025 to create a new state-of-the-art factory of more than 32,000 square-metres.The company employs 1,600 staff at the...
Arrow restructures as distribution falls in Europe
Arrow is heading for a fall of 16% in its revenue in 2024, triggering a $185m restructuring of the business.The company saw a fall of 35% in its component distribution business in Europe in 2024 as it heads to a overall fall...
Merck renames displays business as it buys French metrology company
Merck in Germany is boosting its electronics business with the acquisition of Unity-SC in Grenoble, France, for €155m and renaming its displays business.Unity-SC makes metrology and inspection instrumentation and expands portfolio in key technologies for AI applications and will become part of...
Sondrel appoints new CEO
Leading UK semiconductor design house Sondrel is appointing a new chief executive, its third in a just over a year.Oliver Jones, the vice president of sales and marketing at the company, will succeed John Chubb as CEO from today. This is a...
Materials manufacturing for Voyager space station
UK startup Space Forge has signed a deal with Voyager Space to explore possibilities in space-based research and power materials manufacturing.Space Forge,in Wales which is backed by the NATO Investment Fund, will develop its ForgeStar factory for advanced materials and biomedical applications in...
eFuse protects 64GB DDR5 DRAM in edge AI
Innodisk has launched a DDR5 DRAM memory module for edge AI applications with the industry’s largest single module capacity at 64Gbytes and eFuse protection.The 6400 series is built for data-intensive applications in AI, telehealth, and edge computing with operation from 0°C to...
UK production line for high frequency 5G cables
Swiss cable maker Huber+Suhner has set up its first production line in the UK for cable assemblies for 5G networks at CL Electrical Controls in Bristol.The production line will make Low Loss Corrugated (LISCA) cable assemblies for UK wireless operators and builds...
VVDN leverages Gen AI for global customers
VVDN Technologies has announced the integration of Google’s advanced Gen AI models and products, including Gemini Pro, into its workforce and existing IP products. By leveraging Google Cloud’s advanced capabilities, VVDN has built new industry solutions utilizing the Gemini family of AI models,...
Enterprise 5G software integrated with nine O-RUs for Private 5G
Software Radio Systems (SRS) has announced that it has successfully integrated and tested nine Open RAN Radio Units (O-RUs) from leading vendors Benetel, Foxconn, Picocom, Liteon, VVDN and AMD with its srsRAN Enterprise 5G software.Designed to simplify the deployment of 5G private...
European distribution market continues slowdown
The European component distribution market fell by 30.2% to €3.64bn according to the latest figures from analyst DMASS Europe.The corrections in the European components markets continued during the summer quarter, compensating for earlier growth and dealing with excess inventory and low orders....
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