Electronics made from cement could be a reality in the future, as scientists from the US, Japan, Finland and Germany unravelled the formula for turning liquid cement into liquid metal.
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NZ lighting manufacturer secures German supermarket order
NZ lighting manufacturer Energy Mad has received a NZD $315,000 ($261,000) ecobulb order from its German Distributor EisenFischer.
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Panasonic plans to cut 5,000 jobs
Major Japanese electronics manufacturer Panasonic plans to cut about 5,000 jobs over three years in its automotive and industrial systems unit. The job losses are overseas.
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Defence electronics manufacturer hacked by Chinese
Adelaide-based defence electronics manufacturer Codan was the subject of a cyber-attack, allegedly from China,
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Ampcontrol to cut jobs
Ampcontrol and the Electrical Trades Union say they are cooperating to minimise the effects of job cuts at the company due to the mining slowdown.
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New manufacturing processes improve cochlear implants
Researchers have developed designs for higher-performance electrodes which could substantially improve sound perception in the next generation of cochlear implants.
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China overtaking the US in semiconductor manufacturing
A number of reports by industry association SEMI show that the number and productivity of plants for making microchips is expanding in China as it declines in the US.
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Mobile phones turn 40
This week has seen 40 years pass since Martin Cooper, a Motorola engineer, made the first call on a Manhattan street corner to rival Joel Engels of Bell Labs
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Electronics entrepreneur had to look to China to develop lighting innovation
Inventor and TAFE educator Keith Higgins has criticised the lack of support in his home country, after he had to look to China for help developing his LED lighting innovations.
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Electronics in mining: protective enclosures
With the continued opportunities afforded by the mining industry in Australia, many electronics manufacturers are engineering products for use in mines.
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Siemens launch software to aid battery manufacturing
SIEMENS says its planning and design software and technology can help manufacturers automate the production of large-scale batteries.
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Aussie scientists develop groundbreaking new product
Australian scientists have developed a new material they say could be a game changer for the future of electronics manufacturing.
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Motorola sells mobile manufacturing sites to Flextronics
Motorola has sold its Chinese and Brazilian mobile device manufacturing operations to Flextronics for US$75 million.
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HP to sue for over $1 billion in damages
Hewlett-Packard, the world’s second largest computer manufacturer, has sued two LCD screen makers for damages suffered in a price fixing scam from 1998 to 2006.
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How the Industrial Internet can change what manufacturers do
GE Intelligent Platform’s CEO, Jody Markopoulos, has listed five ways that connecting factories to the internet can improve the way manufacturers operate.
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Semiconductor manufacturing by growing nanowires
A new method has been developed to manufacture nanowires by growing them without requiring a substrate.
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New smartphone pushing Korean manufacturers to the limit
Samsung’s Korean manufacturer is having trouble sourcing adequate technology to build the tech giant’s new Galaxy S4 smartphone, according to industry rumours.
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Sharp easily cuts 2,000 workers
Electronics manufacturer Sharp has cut short a cost cutting scheme after being flooded with thousands of early retirement volunteers.
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SAGE to build new manufacturing plant
A major investment to enter the defence sector is paying off for SAGE Automation, with the final stage of its $11 million project with Chemring Australia to manufacture countermeasures nearing completion.
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Ellex to manufacture sub-assembly for Signos
ADELAIDE-based ophthalmic laser and ultrasound manufacturer Ellex Medical Lasers has been contracted by Signostics to manufacture the critical sub-assembly of the Signos RT ultrasound device.
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