"Bangalore should become the electronic hardware capital of India," according to Ananth Kumar, Member of Parliament and former Union minister of Urban Development, Government of India. Bangalore should not only be known as the software capital and silicon valley of India.

Kyocera Corporation and various Kyocera Group companies will introduce their advanced products at the Electronica India 2010 exhibition (Hall 2, Booth 2325) which will take place at the Bangalore International Exhibition Centre in Bangalore, India September 7-10, 2010.

BTU International will highlight its PYRAMAX 150z12 thermal processing system at the upcoming GlobalTRONICS 2010. The exhibit will take place September 13-15 at the Sands Expo and Convention Centre, Hall A, booth F12 in Singapore.

ProWorks, a division of Everett Charles Technologies, will display its management software in Hall 1, Booth 1105 at the upcoming Electronica/Productronica India 2010, scheduled to take place September 7-10, 2010 at BIEC in Bangalore, India.

Premier Farnell expands stock levels for these four trusted brands, offering electronic design engineers high quality and affordable products.

Component shortages have led to a traffic pileup in the global electronics supply chain, with major contract manufacturers facing a challenging supply imbalance, according to the market research firm iSuppli Corp.

The twin electronic trade shows owned by Messe Munchen International of Germany has established itself as the Numero Uno trade show in the South East Asian region since its maiden edition in 2008 at the Bangalore International Exhibition Centre (BIEC) in Bangalore, India.

BPM Microsystems announces that iNETest Technologies India Pvt Ltd will highlight its manual universal device programmers in booth # 1420 at the upcoming Electronica/Productronica India 2010, scheduled to take place September 7–10, 2010 in Bangalore, India.

Test Research Inc. of Taiwan presents their new AOI and SPI products at today’s opening of Nepcon South China with its end-to-end range of test solutions on display.

Infineon Technologies and Intel have entered into a definitive agreement to transfer Infineon’s Wireless Solutions (WLS) business to Intel in a cash transaction valued at approximately $1.4 billion.

Flextronics announces a newly formed partnership with Tsinghua University in Beijing, China, whereby Flextronics will fund the development of a comprehensive Corporate Social and Environmental (CSER) curriculum within TU's School of Economics and Management (SEM).

Ellsworth Adhesives has created and launched a new company, Ellsworth Adhesives (Thailand) Ltd., in Bangkok, Thailand.

NMTronics announces the Live demo of five new machine launches in their booth #1310 in Hall 1 at the upcoming Productronica India 2010 show.

Productronica India 2010 visitors to OK International stand #1645 can share the measurable training, application and productivity advantages already delivered to hundreds of electronics manufacturers worldwide by the company’s popular range of soldering and production assembly technologies.

iNETest will display a variety of test solutions its principal's in their booth #1420 in Hall 1 at the upcoming Productronica India 2010 show during 7 - 10 September 2010 at BIEC, Bangalore, India. 

Siemens PLM Software has promoted Charles C. “Chuck” Grindstaff, currently executive vice president of Products and Chief Technology Officer, to president. Grindstaff’s appointment takes effect October 1 upon the beginning of Siemens’ new fiscal year.

Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE), a statutory body under the Union Ministry of Power, Government of India has announced a star labelling programme for washing machines under the Standards and Labelling programme.

With the tagline “Green Technologies for Electronics Manufacturing”, this year’s GlobalTRONICS aims to highlight the green products and services. More than 170 companies from 19 countries are expected at GlobalTRONICS 2010.

Data I/O Corporation today announced that TMPL Electronics Pvt. Ltd. will showcase its FlashPak III networked programming system in booth 1752 at the upcoming Productronica India, scheduled to take place 7-10 September 2010 at BIEC, Bangalore, India.

i-PULSE, a Yamaha group company of Japan, has recently launched the improved and sophisticated high-speed multi-mounter SMD placement system model ‘M6ex’ with speed upto 25,700 CPH and component handling capability from 01005 ~ any size.