Electronics business news covers the dynamic shifts in global markets, mergers, supply chains, and innovation strategies. From semiconductor foundries expanding capacity to strategic investments by industry giants, these developments shape product availability and design direction. Topics include distributor news, franchise agreements, and startup funding, as well as UK manufacturing growth and EU policy impact. Electronics Weekly provides readers with crucial updates on how these shifts influence R&D, sourcing, and time-to-market for electronics companies and engineers alike.
Fibre network services company GL Telecoms has implemented an end-to-end contract and job management system. Founded in 2018, it grew to over 50 engineers by 2021 and now has 229 engineers alongside 60 back-office and support staff nation. Increasingly burdened by relying on paper forms, spreadsheets, and email, the company sought a system to integrate administration and work control. “We ...
Würth Elektronik Circuit Board Technology has finalised plans to close its Schopfheim PCB production site in Switzerland, first announced in October. “The management and works council have now reached an agreement on a reconciliation of interests and a social plan, which was presented to the affected employees at a works meeting on Thursday, February 6, 2025,” according to the company. ...
Finnish moulded electronics company TactoTek has reconstituted its board of directors following a $60m round of funding from companies including Kyocera. TactoTek’s new Board of Directors includes: Anders Dahlblom (chair), currently COO at Virala, and also on the boards of Conficap, Are, YIT, Betolar and Enersense International. He has been president and CEO of Glaston, v-p and MD at Owens ...
Richard Roth has succeeds Sebastian Blösch as MD of laser marking company Foba. “Our mission remains unchanged: to develop reliable laser marking systems that meet the highest standards and solve our customer’s challenges – whether in medical technology, automotive manufacturing, or the electronics industry,” said Roth. Roth started his career as a country manager for marking company Videojet and has ...
Hertfordshire UK contract manufacturer Alan Anderson Manufacturing has signed a deal with Continental Device India (CDIL) to supply discrete semiconductors including silicon carbide components. “We are taking a different approach to the supply of PCB assemblies,” said AA Manufacturing sales director Michael Knight. “We ensure supply by forging partnerships with our suppliers. When we get a BOM from a customer, ...
Akeana has announced a little about its RISC-V processor intellectual property. There will be three series: 100 Series – configurable 32bit RISC-V cores for embedded microcontrollers 1000 Series – includes 64bit RISC-V cores and a memory management unit, optional support for multi-threading and extensions including: vector, hypervisor and AI computation. 5000 Series – 64bit RISC-V cores optimised for laptops, data ...
Cecilia Wachtmeister will will officially assume the role of CEO at embedded design tool company IAR Systems on 16 August. “We are very pleased to welcome Cecilia to IAR. The board is highly satisfied with the recruitment and the swift appointment, which enables us to advance our growth strategy without delay,” said board chairman Nicolas Hassbjer. Wachtmeister is replacing Richard ...
NGK Insulators has invested in PanelSemi, a Taiwan-based flexible flat-panel LED display start-up. “PanelSemi develops and sells ultra-thin and lightweight flexible LED displays, leveraging its thin-film transistor circuit fabrication technology,” according to NGK. “Furthermore, PanelSemi is using this technology to develop a hybrid circuit board by fabricating fine wiring and functional circuits on polyimide film and integrating it with a ...
Japan’s National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) is spending Y6.5bn (~$41m) on a quantum computer from Massachusetts-based QuEra Computing. It will be installed alongside an Nvidia-based supercomputer called ABCI-Q. The aim is to “develop a hybrid quantum-classical computing platform, where quantum computing technology complements AIST’s ABCI-Q supercomputer with the goal of creating a platform for high-fidelity simulations ...
Siemens has signed an agreement to acquire the industrial drive business of EBM-Papst, for an undisclosed sum. “EBM-Papst’s portfolio of mechatronic drive systems and its people are an excellent fit for Siemens,” said Siemens digital industries CEO Cedrik Neike. “The acquisition will enable us to tap new business in the market for intelligent, battery-powered drive solutions in intra-logistics as well as ...
Electronics Weekly
