Magma Design Automation Inc. launched Quartz iPOP, the “improved Productivity, Operability and Performance” initiative to facilitate designers’ adoption of the Quartz™ DRC and Quartz LVS software for designs targeted at 65 nanometers (nm) and below.

Kyzen, a world leading provider of environmentally responsible precision cleaning products for the electronics and high-technology manufacturing operations, has appointed R. Erik Miller to the position of Vice President and General Manager - Asia.

IPCA came into existence in 1985 with a membership of 15, and today IPCA has enlarged its membership strength to 180.

AT&S reports best first quarter results in its history. The 14% increase in revenues compared with the preceding quarter meant not only a respectable pre-tax profit, but was also substantially in excess both of AT&S forecasts and of market expectations.

CyberOptics Corporation will feature its award winning AOI and SPI In-Line inspection systems at Booth E24 in GlobalTRONICS 2010 scheduled to take place from September 13 - 15, 2010 at Sands Expo and Convention Centre, Hall A in Singapore.

The HARTING Technology Group officially opened its new Center of Innovation in Rahden, Germany.

India will be highlighted as a country of special interest at the upcoming NEPCON South China, scheduled to take place from August 31-September 2, 2010 at the Shenzhen Convention & Exhibition Centre, China.

AU Optronics' Board of Directors today approved a resolution for establishing a joint venture of TFT-LCD TV panel module production with Wistron Corporation at “Wistron Optical Campus” of the Zhongshan Torch Hi-tech Industrial Development Zone in Guangdong, China.

Blaze Technology Pte Ltd, a key sales partner of Dymax Corporation, has moved into new headquarters in Singapore, expanding their operations in Asia.

VJ Technologies, Inc., the leader in rework technologies and global provider of advanced X-ray inspection systems, will exhibit its Summit 1800 Performance Rework Platform in distributor Trans-Tec’s booth 1430 at the upcoming show in Bengaluru, India.

LED-curing technology from Intertronics offers significant cost savings and efficiences in adhesive spot-curing applications.

Alex Chen, Multitest's Taiwanese Regional Manager, recently became a member of the Semi Taiwan MEMS Committee to actively contribute to the success of the Asian MEMS industry.

Package on Package (PoP) component applications are growing in popularity for mobile and handheld professional electronics applications and with it, placing further demands on assembly engineers.

Many of the world's top experts on reliability and yield enhancement will present a series of workshops and individual presentations at this year's Electronics Assembly Reliability and Yield Enhancement Summit to be held September 21-23, 2010, in Tallinn, Estonia.

Three new subsidiaries expand Premier Farnell’s Asian footprint as element14, the first online technology resource, community and transactional websites for electronic design engineers launches today.

IFA today announced that the International Keynotes program for the 50th edition of the world’s largest consumer electronics and home appliances tradeshow features global business leaders from Bosch Siemens, Constantin Medien, ESPN and IBM, which takes place September 3 – 8 at the Berlin Exhibition Site.

Economic research firm e-forecasting.com today announced that the Asia Pacific Semiconductor Chip Sales leading indicator went down in June by 1.5 percent to a reading of 362.7, after staying flat in May. The index was set to average 100 in 2000.

Driven by a sterling demographic dividend, continuing structural reform and globalisation, India is poised to accelerate its growth rate to 9-9.5% over 2013-15, even as China will cool down to a more sedate 9% by 2012 and to 8% by 2015.

Tektronix today announced that its next-generation, scalable, performance oscilloscope platform will make broad use of IBM 8HP silicon germanium (SiGe) technology.

S+S VARISORT N polymer separators are characterised by highest throughput capacities. Sorting is performed at a speed of up to 3m/sec. Air-blast valves that have been specifically developed for this application keep the loss of good material at an absolute minimum.