News Archive - December 2004

All articles are ordered by the date they were published to the website.

• Strained silicon accelerates transistors
• Arrow maintains local focus
• Contour sensors for automated assembly
• Industry evaluation of the Cisco CRS-1
• 1200V IGBT modules
• Image processing sensor for press brakes
• CNC surface roughness system
• Actuator sensor interface
• Melamine and veneer office furniture
• In Brief
• Very low dropout regulator
• Miniature photoelectric sensor
• IGBT half-bridge modules
• Simple autoroll doors
• Miniature circular plastic connectors
• Trend estimate for vehicle sales lifts 0.6% in November
• 800MHz video switch
• Medical grade silicone tubing
• Record year for grape growers
• EPIC form factor
• Compressed air monitoring
• Panel PC with Intel Pentium M processor
• Universal voltage photoelectric switch
• ACCI calls for tax cuts
• Plasma cutting systems
• LED-based optical mouse sensor
• Trillion rewrites for MRAM
• Serial protocol tester XC exerciser
• Upgrade for board-level design system
• Onesteel MD successor appointed
• Fujitsu and PARC aim for ‘ubiquitous networking’
• Photoelectric switches
• Six new NI embedded system modules
• 2A step-up dc/dc converter in SOT-23
• Power electronics platform
• Silicon oscillator with ±0.3% frequency tolerance
• Jetliner engine certified airworthy
• Switched mode regulated power supply
• Measuring system
• Reliable phone batteries on the way
• Improved image quality with NI LabVIEW
• Quad dc/dc converter for triple-output TFT supply and LED backlighting
• ERP system to continue growth
• LCDs lead CRTs
• The fat lady sings on 3G
• WiMAX ‘won’t kill Wi-Fi’
• 315kW rotating machines
• Step-down/DDR regulator
• Wine industry boosts R&D levies
• 4G vendors muscle in on mobiles
• Direct-cooled rotary joints
• Multiple test applications in one 4Gb/s fibre channel protocol analysis module
• Prototyping technique to be featured at NMW
• New laser series of photoelectric switches
• Rolling backpack
• Video streaming for 3G phones
• 50% increase in Job Network placements
• Active filter designer
• RFID ‘slap and ship’ not an option
• Bluescope receives approval for Western Sydney plant
• One, two or three phase power analyser
• Two-channel ideal diode
• Pressure and cut knurling tools
• High precision, surface mount Z-foil resistor
• Five low-cost digital I/O boards
• Semi market set for correction
• Compact cylinders
• Intelligent vacuum gripper system
• Handheld services test platform
• Purpose-built CRM systems help deliver on expectations
• 193 industrial disputes in September quarter
• VoIP makes business strides
• Versatile case packing machine
• Delcam launches new range of adaptive machining methods
• Ceramic bonding process
• Global leadership sets standard for local team
• Local RFID technology alliance signed
• Electronic forms save more than just paper
• High-input-voltage linear regulators
• Vision sensor software in nine languages
• High common-mode difference amplifiers
• Huhtamaki moves to improve efficiency
• Electronics boosts SA’s revenue
• "Baby" wraparound case packer
• EMC-compliant pressure sensors
• Thermofluidic pump nears commercial viability
• Hydraulic cylinders for tool and mould construction
• RF Micro Devices expands shipments of Polaris Total Radio
• Step-down switching regulator
• Lightweight spray gun
• TV in your pocket
• In for the kill
• Digital robot welding system pays off
• Trillion rewrites for MRAM
• ZigBee demonstration and development platform
• Sky’s no limit for wireless, New USB card form factor, Transistor is ‘world’s fastest’ and more…
• PXI for high-channel-count data logging
• Electronic PK pressure switch
• Class D audio DirectFET MOSFET
• Motion control system
• ACS calls for broadband strategy
• Submersible sensor for low level measurement
• WiMAX ‘won’t kill Wi-Fi’
• Fujitsu and PARC aim for ‘ubiquitous networking’
• 25.4cm ceiling grille
• Power group break away
• Leighton Contractors signs NZ alliance
• Electromagnetic flowmeters
• Optical colour sorter
• Rectifier and TVS in smaller package
• Continuous inkjet printer
• Circuit design and simulation software
• Automotive wheel bearing grease
• Electronics industry news -- in brief
• SEMI alters long term forecasts
• Europe drives auto ICs
• US firms confused by WEEE
• 2.7-inch display
• Evahan appointed distributor for AutoCrib
• System design software
• Reliable phone batteries on the way
• Strained silicon accelerates transistors
• Arrow maintains local focus
• Measurement and automation catalogue
• Advance Business Consulting sells Great Plains partnership
• Skid steer loader
• Implementing a manufacturing system
• High-capacity loader
• Pulsation dampeners and surge suppressors
• New tools for communications test set
• Accurate checkweighers
• New owners for Webb Conveyor
• Low-profile, high-current inductors
• Recovery in global mergers and acquisitions
• Supply chain execution system
• Manufacturing growth slows
• Benchtop oscilloscopes
• TAFE at laser’s cutting edge
• Metal detector and check weigher
• Data acquisition and logging system
• Real-time accounting reduces stress
• ERP system to boost metals manufacturer
• Passenger restraint latch range
• Switching regulator with Burst Mode
• Digital camera backs
• Next generation of robots on show
• Digital signal processing equipment
• SMC's smooth cylinder offering expands
• Microprocessor power manager
• Decanting, drum handling, and storage solutions
• MultiPET CSD tester
• Universal sensor offers versatile measurement
• Carter Holt Harvey to reduce output at Myrtleford sawmill
• Single-chip RF transceivers
• Thermal imaging camera
• Vietnam extends Most Favoured Nation status to Australia
• Upgrades to forklift maintenance fleet
• Versatile walkie reach truck
• Preferred tender announced for upgrade to navy’s survey system
• Trade deficit swells in October
• Online design environment for audio amplifiers
• Low power current-mode controllers
• Standalone fuel gauge
• Module development kit
• Product lifecycle management software
• Multifunction machine support
• New Zealand Commerce Commission visits Carter Holt Harvey
• Step-up dc/dc converter
• Medical LCD desktop touchmonitor
• The new 39X Linde lift truck
• Process calibrator multimeter
• Unemployment rate falls to 5.2%
• Sophos makes new investment in Australia
• Analogue video switches
• MARC Global placed in leader/ visionary quadrant by IT research firm
• Mechatronic grippers
• Universal puller
• Hysteretic P-FET buck controller
• CMM technology users wanted
• Fake ‘WorkSafe inspector’ warning
• LED charge pump
• Four-PLL clock chips
• Mould inspection software
• Safer and easier way to move pallets
• High quality digital camera
• Filters with EN approval
• Why everyone's talking about safety
• Red Hat and NetApp strengthen partnership
• New jobs created by manufacturing industry
• Synchrotron project gets ready for business
• Electric actuators for small valves.
• Miniature GPS module
• Reciprocating temperature probe upgraded
• Wireless serial device servers
• Conference lifts RFID technology cloud
• Manufacturers demand tailor-made forklift attachments
• Humidity/temperature chart recorder
• Miniature H-bridge relay
• Surface-mountable antennas
• Political risk insurance policy for plant and equipment
• Birthday bash for gear manufacturer
• Laws, standards and approvals -- exploring the compliance jungle
• Handheld HART communicator
• Silicone gasket with embedded wire
• Process-sealed tactile switches
• Programming tool for graphical environment
• Keys for entry to export markets
• Cordless mouse and remote control
• High-speed optocouplers
• Miniature servo class couplings
• Portable instruments with logging options
• Bearings withstand conditions up to 200°C
• Cut resistant micromesh shirts
• Portable modular pneumatic jack
• Motherboard for 3D applications
• Rapid roll doors for food industry
• Linde proves pick of the crop
• Caltex expects stronger after tax profit
• Rapid manufacturing promises customised cars built to order
• Fully enclosed multiple packaging system
• Clean air, and curb contamination
• Magnetic handle range extended
• Earthing and shielding motor drive cables
• Industrial grade inkjet printer
• Ergonomic hopper simplifies blank loading
• High tonnage puller
• Bluescope Steel announces $100m investments in India
• CompactPCI power supplies
• ACA advises mobile caution, Blu-Ray disk made of paper, Wave goodbye to the mouse and more…
• Microcontroller architecture
• Fortress appoints NSW distributor
• Customer focus missing in the manufacturing mix, expert warns
• Australia lags Europe in compressor energy awareness
• Label shipments growing at 5.7% a year
• Fanless panel PC
• Victorian government endorses NATA accreditation
• New orbital forming head improves longevity
• High speed Robag 3 Triple Jaw version
• Filter design aids air compressor efficiency
• AMS appointed Ircon distributor
• Amcor resignations over possible competition law breaches
• Portable jack for locomotive maintenance
• Internet recruitment a turnoff for industry
• Real estate unnecessary cost to industry
• Protective blankets
• Chair design program
• Fonterra welcomes ASEAN FTA negotiations
• Juices putting squeeze on environment
• Newspaper job ads fall but internet ads rise
• ACS calls for broadband strategy
• Green tea mechanism supports anti-cancer activity
• Office furniture
• Dual Hot Swap controller
• Long distance cables
• GPS receiver lowers costs, saves space
• Single-chip integrated transceiver
• Half-brick dc/dc converters
• Food processors to benefit from work safety subsidies
• Multigigabit analogue equaliser
• Colour vision sensors
• Insertion-type flowmeter
• RFID smart label printer/applicator
• Contract awarded for $524 million mass-transit service
• Whyalla furnace repairs take longer than expected
• Australia's largest-ever thickener order
• Free trade disappointments can be avoided
• IP66-sealed panel PC
• Optical spectrum analyser
• TV in your pocket
• ‘World’s smallest’ RFID reader developed in UK
• Inkjet produces 20-layer PCB
• Productivity enhanced safety system
• 12V automotive switches
• Triple-output dc/dc converter
• USB 2.0 extension cable
• Pressure/volume conversion and leak rate calculating slide rule
• November vehicle sales up 10.8% on last year
• VoIP network security test equipment
• Fuse and fuse holder stands
• Colorpak acquires Castle Graphics
• General-purpose I/Os
• Servo motors
• Consumer giants unveil Cell concepts
• Award solution to manual handling hazard
• New report slams packaging waste industry
• In for the kill
• IEEE 802.15.4 and ZigBee system-on-chip
• Chip resistors for medical devices
• VLDO voltage regulator for 0.9V
• More technology needed to drive dairy food innovation
• New face for the canned food industry
• Electronics boosts SA’s revenue
• Ethernet motion control
• SEMI alters long term forecasts
• Thin gauge metal pin welder
• Power MOSFETS for backlight inverters
• VoIP codec reduces design costs
• 2600 new electronic components online
• Petrol generators
• Work platform safety
• Ethernet online design tool
• Top ten viruses and hoaxes
• SOC high speed test solution
• Flexible shaft coupling
• Desktop or wall-mounted case
• Single port RJ45 connectors
• Australian engineers help out in Zambia
• Power group break away
• Converters cut mobile phone power consumption
• High speed machining solutions enhance productivity
• Glass company scores national training award
• Launch of ASEAN-ANZ FTA negotiations
• Energy and power quality meters
• Basic instruments selection guide
• Online wastewater analysis
• Europe drives auto ICs
• Super bright RGB SMT LED
• Antenna and cable fault detector
• Pump for waste disposal vehicles
• Breakthrough for Bosspak in Asia
• Bollard is no crash test dummy
• Manufacturing shows moderate growth in November
• IDM Instruments catalogue release
• Metal grinding machines
• Advanced route tool boosts design productivity
• Dual RF power detector
• Handheld pressure calibrator
• Two-wire thermal sensors in SOT-23 packages
• Battery charger and linear regulator
• Taiwanese launch DVD alternative
• US firms confused by WEEE
• Visy consolidates, updates technology to cut costs, boost productivity
• Global clients want global logistic
• Organisation manages TV recycling
• Supermarket rivalry keeps packaging suppliers focussed
• Industry on target for new five-year National Packaging Covenant agreement
• Industry commits to recycling TVs
• Pitfalls of brand software
• Consumer giants unveil Cell concepts
• Process control alarm management services
• FM radio for mobile devices
• ERP software in French
• Taiwanese launch DVD alternative
• Inkjet produces 20-layer PCB
• 1.8V stereo audio DAC
• Monitoring trace humidity in compressed air systems
• MOSFET and controller chip set
• Micro human machine interface
• Manual directional control valve
• Open pore pH Electrodes
• Industrial automation system
• Air springs keep maintenance fleet rolling
• Manufacturer standardised on QAD platform
• New development in light emitting diodes
• Pack-Smart adds M1 ERP software
• Modular system of linear guide rails
• Overhead conveyor wins industry praise
• ‘World’s smallest’ RFID reader developed in UK
• Agilent maintains PCB market leadership
• PCI Express SerDes silicon core