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Hitachi, Sony, Toshiba to combine display businesses
Innovation Network Corporation of Japan (INCJ), Hitachi, Ltd., Sony Corp. and Toshiba Corp. have signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding to integrate their small- and medium-sized display businesses, which are operated by subsidiaries of Hitachi, Sony and Toshiba. »
Samsung buys Liquavista
In a move to deliver next-generation display technologies that deliver brighter images at lower power consumption, Samsung Electronics has acquired Liquavista BV, a display technology company that offers a new type of electronic display technology. »
Arrow buys Nu Horizons
Arrow Electronics, Inc. is buying Nu Horizons Electronics, aimed at increasing the global distributor's presence in the Asia-Pacific region, in an all cash transaction for $7.00 per share. The transaction is expected to close during the fourth quarter of 2010. »
SID 2010 roundup: Day 1
The Society for Information Display (SID) is hosting its annual Display Week conference in Seattle, Wash., this week. Display and component suppliers are highlighting their latest display technologies including developments in 3D technologies, display films, touch interfaces, green technology, flexible displays, lighting and LED drivers. »
Mobile display shipments up in 2009, revenues down
Mobile phone display shipments in the fourth quarter of 2009 reached 409 million units, up 32 percent Y/Y, helping to end the year with 1.46 billion unit shipments, up nearly 5 percent from the previous year, reports DisplaySearch. »
Kyocera to buy Sony’s TFT-LCD facility
Kyocera Corp. has reached a definitive agreement with Sony Corp. and its subsidiary Sony Mobile Display Corp. (SMD) to acquire part of its thin-film transistor (TFT) liquid crystal display (LCD) design and manufacturing business. »
Soitec supplies SOI substrates to CSMC for PDP drivers, other ICs
The Soitec Group has inked a deal to supply SOI substrates to CSMC Technologies, a pure-play specialty analog foundry based in China. Soitec is sampling SOI substrates for high voltage (HV) and CMOS applications initially targeted at color plasma display panel (PDP) driver ICs and other mixed-signal and analog applications. The company says chip... »
Valens to showcase HDBaseT-compliant chipset at CES 2010
Valens Semi announces the availability of the industry's first HDBaseT-compliant chipset and development kits. The company will showcase uncompressed HD multimedia distribution powered by the VS100 semiconductor product family at CES 2010. »
“Green” is the new gold
From eco-friendly computers and displays to smart-grid and renewable energy devices, this new "green" industry may deliver tremendous growth opportunities for the electronics industry. »
LCD panel suppliers slow production, control inventories for small/medium displays
Suppliers of small and medium LCD panels don't expect continued growth to last into the fourth quarter, after strong sales during the previous six months, reports iSuppli Corp. The market researcher says this has pushed suppliers to slow production and restrain their inventories. »

ESNA spoke with ReSolve, part of Arrow's newly launched reverse logistics group, which also includes Intechra, an IT asset disposition services company and Converge, an independent distributor, to discuss the importance of a reverse supply chain logistics program.
The aftermath of Japan's earthquake last month has left the electronics supply chain struggling with production stoppages and shipment delays of electronic components and raw materials supply.
Because the DRAM market is highly volatile the current buyer's market could quickly swing into a seller's market during the second half of 2011. Buyers will need to keep an eye on several key issues.



Delphi Automotive intros an aluminum cable as an alternative to more expensive copper cabling in automotive applications.