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Excess stockpiles to cut chip industry growth

iSuppli projects that in the fourth quarter of 2008, excess semiconductor inventories could balloon up to $10.2 billion in value

Cooling elements as front or rear panel

Cooling fin extrusions can be used directly as front and/or rear panels in cabinets and sub racks for electronics equipment

Anaerobic adhesives for bonding the joints types

Hardened adhesive is characterised by excellent vibration resistance, heat and chemical resistance, says ThreeBond

Latin American television market goes flat panel

The rise of LCD TV sales will drive the overall Latin American television market, which will expand at a faster rate than the global TV business, despite a near-term downturn

Research hopes to seal the future of green packaging

By improving ‘form-fill and seal’ type of packaging, teams hope to reduce the amount of material used by 13 per cent

Britons face 'fundamental lifestyle changes' to meet emissions target

People should expect change throughout all aspects of life if UK government targets to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 80 per cent are to be met

Using invisibility to increase visibility

Researchers tackle the seemingly intractable problem of optical singularities which could lead to manufacturing a perfect cat’s eye

Collaboration to improve access to renewable electricity

Transmission system will be installed in distribution network to level out load peaks and improve access to wind power

Variable area flowmeter alarm system

The BU191 sensor and alarm system is configurable and can be used to alert engineers to low or high gas flow conditions

Thermiculite high olefins cracker in Saudi Arabia

Thermiculite enables cracker to perform to its highest efficiency due to sealing characteristics in hostile operating environment

Laser sources for solar cell production

Laser is an indispensible tool in the production of mono and polycrystalline solar cells, says Rofin

Receding economic tide lowers expectations for crucial system-level chips

Global core silicon revenue will rise to $101.3 billion in 2008, up a scant 1.8 per cent from $99.5 billion in 2007

HVAC drives save £29,000 for office block

For the air handling fans, installing ABB HVAC drives on each of the four fans resulted in a 49 per cent energy saving

Consortium investigates electric shipping

Working guide on how to improve efficiency and reduce the environmental impact of the combined European commercial shipping fleet

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Long-life reed switch is ultra-compact

The new RS series miniature surface-mount reed switch from C and K Components offers an electrical life of one million operations

Handheld analyser can be customised

SKF's new Analyzer AX for machine condition monitoring can be customised with a variety of modules to suit different applications

Motion control cards need no host PC

New models in PMD's Prodigy family of motion control cards can download and run motion programs with no need for a host PC to be connected

Single-purpose devices can be internet-enabled

Cambridge Consultants is introducing a new platform that enables low-cost, single-purpose devices to be equipped with internet and location technologies

Phastite connectors approved to ISO 19879

ISO 19879 approval for Parker's Phastite high-pressure connectors will create new opportunities in the oil, gas, petrochemical, power and marine industries

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