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  • Semiconductor testing application guide demonstrates the power of reed relays in modern test systems

    Pickering shares five expert-backed reasons reed relays outperform in wafer probe and parametric test environments  Leading manufacturer of high performance reed relays, Pickering Electronics has announced availability of another in its series of educational application guides for engineers building ATE (automatic test equipment) and test & measurement (T&M) systems, titled: ‘5 Reasons Why Reed Relays…


  • INTEPRO SYSTEMS enhances “Program without Coding” PowerStar 6 Power Test Executive

    INTEPRO SYSTEMS  a leading provider of test and measurement solutions, has added a number of significant enhancements to its PowerStar 6 Power Test Software, the premier “Program without Coding™” power test environment. PowerStar 6 is designed to be the complete test development platform for systems, test benches and laboratories. Hardware independence and fill-in-the-blank programming makes…


  • Michael Allen Earns 27th U.S. Patent

    Michael Allen, president and co-owner of Z-AXIS and its Bear Power Supplies business unit, has earned a 27th U.S. patent for his electronic design and manufacturing inventions. Except for his second patent, which Z-AXIS owns, all of Allen’s patents are owned by the company’s customers. Z-AXIS assigned these 26 patents without requesting or receiving payment,…


  • Low sector confidence hitting investment

    Food and drink producers have been forced to reduce or eliminate long-term growth investments as a result of growing economic pressures and a slew of new laws and regulations, according to recent data from the Food and Drink Federation. The Food and Drink Federation’s latest State of Industry report reveals that confidence amongst food and…


  • SGS’s new service to streamline food contact material clearance procedure

    SGS is introducing a brand-new service to assist producers and suppliers of food contact materials who are looking to obtain regulatory approval for the US and Canadian markets. Food contact substances are subject to stringent safety standards and need to undergo a rigorous authorisation process in many markets before being allowed to be used in…


  • Harrisons launches The Industrial Range of High Performance Nonwoven Wipes

    Harrisons, a leading manufacturer of nonwoven wipes, announces the launch of the Industrial Range: a collection of high-performance wipes created to support industry. Harrisons took a rigorous, science-driven approach to developing the range, starting with an in-depth analysis of customer needs across various sectors. Each wipe was then tested in the Harrisons in-house lab for…


  • Pace Steel Belt Systems adds wire mesh continuous oven bands to its list of services

    Pace Steel Belt Systems is expanding into the procurement, supply, and management of wire mesh continuous oven bands for the bakery sector. This development comes in response to increasing customer demand for a comprehensive, single-source solution for all continuous oven band requirements, the provider of high-quality steel and perforated steel bake oven bands, said. With…


  • ScottishPower secures £600m for transmission grid projects

    Image courtesy ScottishPower ScottishPower has secured £600 million ($801.2 million) in financing from the National Wealth Fund (NWF), the UK’s sovereign wealth fund, for projects that will help upgrade the British power grid. The Iberdrola-owned utility says the financing will support the delivery of seven priority transmission grid upgrade projects to help facilitate more renewable…


  • Jake Kurth from Tagarno at IPC APEX 2025

    Claire Saunders from What’s New in Electronics TV talks to Jake Kurth from Tagarno at IPC APEX 2025 in Anaheim, USA. [embedded content] WNIE TV is kindly sponsored by Axxon Mycronic, BTU, Kyzen, Kurtz Ersa, Koh Young Technology, Nordson Test & Inspection, Viscom, EVS, Indium, ROKA Solutions, ART, and Saki.


  • UK streamlines connections for small-scale energy projects

    Image courtesy 123rf Ofgem has approved a modification to the Connection and Use of System Code (CUSC) in the UK, enabling faster connections for small-scale energy projects, such as community energy projects. The modification, CMP446, raises the threshold for requiring an Evaluation of Transmission Impact Assessment (TIA) from 1MW to 5MW, where fault level issues…