Touch user interfaces have made significant advances in the consumer electronics market particularly for mobile phones and notebook computers, opening the door for adoption in other applications including white goods, computer peripherals, medical equipment, and instrumentation. Synaptics made its debut in the home appliance market earlier this year with the launch of the Samsung Hauzen ZERO air conditioner.
The standout products on day three of the SID 2010 conference is Universal Display's new PHOLED display architecture with a unique four-color, sub-pixel design, which promises to drive commercial development of all-phosphorescent active-matrix OLEDs and Sony's tiny rollable OLED display that can wrap around a pencil.
Smaller distributors were the only ones to post sales gains in 2009. Interestingly, two of the five distributors that posted growth last year -- Interstate Connecting Components and Sherburn Electronics -- derive 100 percent of their sales from interconnect products. Both of them also target the military/aerospace industry. Here are the top 10 sales leaders by ICs, passives/electromechanical devices, interconnects and computer products as well as sales growth.
PREMO, Nagares to develop smart-grid modules for green vehicles
Valencia, Spain — Nagares Group, an automotive solutions provider, and PREMO, a manufacturer of inductive and EMC components, have announced a joint agreement to develop and produce smart-grid interface EMC modules for future electric and hybrid vehicle applications.
The joint partnership will leverage Barcelona-based PREMO’s expertise in the area of power inductors and transducer sensors with Nagares’ position in the automotive industry.
“Inductors and magnetic components are key technologies to assure EMC compatibility with electric and hybrid vehicles, the answer to increasing emissions and limited natural resources,” said Ezequiel Navarro, chief executive office for PREMO, in a statement.
Both companies consider research and development as key strategies, investing more than 8 percent of their annual sales for new product development. Together, the companies employ about 800 people in three facilities in Spain, Tangier and China.
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