American Superconductor Corp. (AMSC, Westborough, MA) announced that it has set the price for the public offering of 4,975,000 shares of its common stock at $9.50 per share. The offering is expected to close on October 8, 2003. The net proceeds from the offering will be approximately $44.5 million. American Superconductor intends to use the […]
CoEv Magnetics, a unit of Tyco Electronics (Menlo Park, CA), announced its new SMT Series of surface-mount inductors and chokes. The power...
AMI Semiconductor Inc. (AMIS, Pocatello, ID), a leader in the design and manufacture of application-specific integrated circuits, announced the opening of its new North American Automotive Center in Novi, MI, near Detroit, which will provide a local presence and support for ongoing production programs. The new office will also allow AMIS to provide local and […]
Microchip Technology Inc. (Chandler, AZ) announced that it has been granted the Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT) certification from the US Bureau of Customs and Border Protection. Effective immediately, the certification will enable Microchip to continue its product delivery times to customers by streamlining the increasingly stringent domestic-import procedures mandated by the US Department of […]
Anderson Power Products (AAP, Sterling, MA), a leader in developing power interconnect solutions for backup power systems, electric vehicles, UPS systems, telecommunications,...
Vicor Corp. (Andover, MA) announced the launch of its new website, http://www.vicorpower.com, which makes use of cutting-edge, data-mining tools to ensure "minimum-click" navigation and easy search and selection. Vicor's products are now easily accessible through the site's new search engine, MondoSearch, which searches comprehensively across web pages, documents and media, and provides results that are […]
SEI Electronics Inc. (Raleigh, NC) appointed James Mullane as Chief Operating Officer, effective October 1, 2003. Mullane will be replacing John McCabe,...
Nitronex Corp. (Raleigh, NC), a privately held manufacturer of gallium nitride (GaN)-based, radio frequency (RF) power transistors, announced that it has been...
REMEC Inc. (San Diego, CA) announced that it has been selected to build initial quantities of an integrated Wideband Code-Division Multiple Access (WCDMA) combined Multi-Carrier Power Amplifier (MCPA) transceiver module for WCDMA Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) basestations. "As we have long predicted, the future of cost reductions and performance enhancements for wireless basestations lies […]
Microchip Technology Inc. (Chandler, AZ) announced a dual CMOS low-dropout regulator (LDO) with an optional microcontroller reset function. Applications for the TC1301A/B and TC1302A/B include cellular phones, personal digital assistants, wireless local area networks, portable computing and communications applications. The TC1301A/B integrates two LDOs (150mA and 300mA) and a microcontroller reset function, and the TC1302A/B […]
Xicor Inc. (Milpitas, CA), a supplier of high-performance, mixed-signal integrated circuits, announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Poweready Inc. (San Diego, CA). The negotiated price of $15 million is comprised of stock, cash and contingent consideration if certain performance milestones are met in 2004 through 2006. Poweready, a private company, designs, […]
North Asia Technology Ltd. (Hong Kong) introduced the new AR03 Series of high-precision chip resistors, which feature a resistance range of 10...
Shanghai Belling Co. Ltd. (China) announced the release of its BL0951 fault-tolerant, electrical energy measurement IC that is designed for use with...
Thunder Precision Resistors Co. Ltd. (China) announced its new RG Series of metal glaze film resistors, which have a 10,000V maximum working...
Nantong Chenshen Capacitor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (China) announced the availability of its XP Series of audio power capacitors that are suitable for...