The Engineer
19 April 2002
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EDA vendors merge in million dollar deals
25 Apr 2002
EDA leader Cadence Design Systems has signed a definitive merger agreement to acquire Simplex Solutions, while Mentor Graphics is to acquire all of the outstanding shares of Innoveda.
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Electric traction hits the road
25 Apr 2002
UQM Technologies has launched its Integrated Electric Traction System, a new propulsion system for battery, hybrid, and fuel cell electric vehicles.
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Fighting the fakers...
25 Apr 2002
With medicines, car tyres and even aircraft parts now being counterfeited, new technologies are constantly being developed to keep ahead of the criminals.
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Helicopter pilots set to see in fog
25 Apr 2002
Helicopters capable of flying through thick fog are being developed by engineers at AgustaWestland.
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Rolls stays in Scotland
25 Apr 2002
Rolls-Royce is to replace its existing factory at Hillington, near Glasgow, with a new 50,000 square metre facility in the West of Scotland. A number of sites are being considered and a choice will be made by the end of May.
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Steam set to provide clean energy
25 Apr 2002
A new generation of 'mini-power stations' that allow local communities to convert their everyday waste into clean steam energy is poised for full commercialisation.
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UK government fails to back hydrogen
25 Apr 2002
The UK government is missing an opportunity to kickstart the hydrogen fuel economy and encourage the change-over to clean cars, experts said this week.
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Watching your wasteline
25 Apr 2002
An EU directive calls for proper disposal and recycling of our electro-scrap, and the countdown begins to set up a UK collection scheme.
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Anti-competitive behaviour?
24 Apr 2002
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has entered eight oil and petrol companies in the belief that they may have contravened the Australian Trade Practices Act of 1974.
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World's first MEMS wavelength switch
24 Apr 2002
Network Photonics claims that its first two products, the CrossWave 1200 and the CrossWave 2200 all-optical wavelength switching subsystems, are the world's first MEMS-based wavelength switches.
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From small dendrimers, mighty OLEDs grow
23 Apr 2002
High efficiency organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs) using pioneering dendrimer materials have been developed by UK scientists.
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Displays from nanotubes: closer than we thought?
22 Apr 2002
Applied Nanotech has demonstrated a 14 inch diagonal carbon nanotube display made with inexpensive fabrication techniques on glass substrates.
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Micron goes for Hynix's memory
22 Apr 2002
Micron Technology has signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding for the purchase of Hynix's memory business in exchange for approximately 108.6 million shares of Micron common stock. Micron will also invest $200 million in Hynix in return for a 15% equity stake in Hynix's continuing non-memory businesses. As part of the transaction, Korean lenders will provide $1.5 billion of long-term debt financing for use by Micron in its Korean-based operations.
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The LCD from Shanghai
22 Apr 2002
NEC and SVA, the largest electronics group in China, have formed a joint venture company to build thin film transistor colour liquid crystal displays in Shanghai.
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We love robots
22 Apr 2002
UK manufacturers installed a record breaking 1,941 robots in 2001 - the largest number of new robots ever installed in the UK in any one year since records began.
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Exide files for Chapter 11
19 Apr 2002
US battery producer Exide Technologies and certain of its US subsidiaries have filed voluntary petitions for relief under Chapter 11 of the US Bankruptcy Code.
