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Automotive Electronics
STMicroelectronics Initiates Stock Repurchase
STMicroelectronics (Geneva) announced that it plans to buy back up to five million shares of its outstanding common stock. The repurchased shares will be allocated to fund the company's most recent employee stock option plan, which was approved at its Annual General Meeting on April 25, 2001. The implementation of the share purchase program, which […]
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Automotive Electronics
IXYS Announces Stock Repurchase Program
IXYS Corp. (Santa Clara, CA) announced that its board of directors has approved the repurchase of up to three million shares of its common stock, or approximately 11 percent of the company's 26.7 million shares of common stock currently outstanding. "This decision reflects our confidence in our country's financial systems, as well as in our […]
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Motion Control
Baldor Launches MintDrive II Servo Drive
Baldor (UK) launched a new generation of its intelligent brushless servo drives, which integrate a full motion controller with fieldbus capability to provide a cost-effective solution for implementing distributed motion control. Called MintDrive II, the new drive extends performance in a variety of ways, including plug-on configuration of fieldbus and encoder interfacing, much higher throughput, […]
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Motion Control
Danfoss Drives Moves into New Facility
Danfoss Drives (Loves Park, IL) has moved into a new 124,000sqft office, testing and assembly facility on an 18-acre site in Loves Park, IL. The company wanted to have a facility capable of major expansion that would both enhance its image and visibility, and create a team-oriented atmosphere among its employess.
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Communications Power
GE Fanuc Automation Acquires VMIC
GE Fanuc Automation North America Inc. (Charlottesville, VA), a division of GE Industrial Systems, announced that it has finalized the acquisition of VMIC (Huntsville, AL). "The addition of VMIC reflects GE Fanuc's commitment to best-in-class design, product innovation and the resulting productivity enhancements to our customers," said Doug Albert, vice president of market and business […]
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730Motion ControlOriental Motor Unveils RK Series Stepping Motor
Oriental Motor USA Corp. (Torrance, CA) introduced the new RK Series, offering both the high resolution and smooth motion of a five-phase...
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876Motion ControlEMS Announces 4490-B Brushless DC Motor
Electro Mechanical Systems (EMS, UK) have announced immediate availability of a new 44mm diameter, rare earth magnet, brushless dc motor from System...
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1.8KComponentsAllegro MicroSystems Debuts A3977 Motor Driver IC
Allegro MicroSystems Inc. (Worcester, MA) introduced a new micro-stepping motor driver IC with built-in translator for easy operation. By simply inputting one...
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Components
Dynex Semiconductor Releases 3,300V IGBTs
Dynex Semiconductor announced the release of new high-power 3,300V IGBT semiconductors packaged in industry-standard isolated module outlines. Dynex's IGBTs are ideal for new applications in electric urban and high-speed rail systems. The products were originally developed to meet the extremely demanding electrical and environmental standards of the railway traction industries, and so are ideal for […]
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1.0KMotion ControlAllegro Unveils A3974 Dual DC Motor Driver IC
Allegro MicroSystems Inc. (Worcester, MA) announced the new serially programmable dual dc motor driver IC, the A3974. Designed to independently drive two...
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Batteries and Portable Power
IFC Provides UK with First PC25 Fuel Cell Power System
International Fuel Cells (South Windsor, CT), a unit of United Technologies Corp., announced the sale of a fuel cell system that will power a recreational center in Woking, England, and be the first commercial fuel cell operating in the UK. The 200kW PC25 system will be installed at Woking Park and will provide electricity and […]
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Components
Chiefcon Electronics Offers New HMP Series Capacitors
Chiefcon Electronics Co. Ltd. (China) announced the new HMP Series of capacitors targeted at motor applications. The capacitors are non-inductively wound devices with metallized polypropylene film dielectric, encapsulated in a UL 94V-0 flame-retardant plastic casing with an epoxy resin seal. Capacitance ranges from 0.1µF to 15µF, with a capacitance tolerance of J, U and K. […]
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990Motion ControlSTMicroelectronics Unveils New L6671 Sensor
STMicroelectronics Inc. (Geneva) announced its new L6671 rotational acceleration sensor device based on MEMS technology, which addresses applications in HDDs and consumer...
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791Motion ControlOriental Motor Introduces the PV Series Stepping Motor
Oriental Motor USA Corp. (Japan) introduced the PV Series high-torque, two-phase, hybrid stepping motor. Using advanced design techniques, the PV Series produces...
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Automotive Electronics
AEG Electric Motors Opens New Company in the UK
AEG Electric Motors (Germany) has opened a new sister company in the UK to represent its activities there. The new company, AEG-Lafert Electric Motors, (UK) will be headed by Nigel Evenett and will improve the local service to existing and potential OEM customers of AEG-Lafert. Evenett stated, "The demands of OEMs today cannot be satisfied […]
