issue 2, May - June 2010

At the upcoming EuroBLECH 2010 exposition, 26-30 October 2010, Hypertherm will feature its first fiber laser system and two versatile Powermax systems. These will be demonstrated live on its stand ... more

Rutronik Elektronische Bauelemente GmbH is to distribute the entire product portfolio of Microchip Technology Inc. throughout the whole of Europe with immediate effect. The companies have now extended their successful ... more

Microchip announces the industry’s first Ion and photo smoke-detector ICs to offer alarm memory. The low-power power RE46C162/3 Ion and RE46C165/6/7/8 (RE46C16X) photo smoke-detector ICs make it easy to quickly ... more

Watlow®, a designer and manufacturer of electric heaters, controllers and temperature sensors, has expanded the EZ-ZONE® ST integrated controller family to include phase angle power switching and increased load current. ... more

Microchip announces the availability of mTouchTM Projected Capacitive Touch-Screen Sensing Technology, the first in a series of patent-pending releases supporting projected capacitive touch-screen solutions across the company’s portfolio of 8-, ... more

Metal formers and fabricators have a new way to improve cut quality and lower operating costs in the form of the new ArcGlide® Torch Height Control from Hypertherm. Several engineering ... more

Recognized as being the most qualified trade show specifically devoted to the metal forming machine tool sector, LAMIERA held its fifteenth edition from 12 to 15 May 2010 in the ... more

The Spanish company Televes S.A., a market leader in Radio and TV installation solutions, has been at the forefront of innovations since its foundation in 1958. One of Televes’ main ... more

Amphenol integrated the Radsok® technology in the C146 series. The new 2 pole modules for the C146 modular system are now available at distributor Rutronik. They can transmit current up ... more

On May 19, 2010, the photovoltaic park near the village of Blatets in the municipality of Sliven was officially opened. The newly erected solar power station is owned by Naturkraft ... more

International HVAC & Refrigeration Exhibition: 5 – 8 May 2010, Istanbul, TurkeyBased on many years of successful exhibitions, Hannover Messe Sodeks Fuarcilik A.S. organizes the biggest HVAC & R trade ... more

Printing is not a new concept for the photovoltaic (PV) industry. In fact, it has relied on screen printing to create the top electrodes for crystalline silicon (c-Si) PV for ... more

Wind energy have proven to be attractive for several reasons – wind is plentifully available, it is cheap and virtually inexhaustible source of energy, and does not cause environmental damage ... more

A gas-fired SSCHP was installed in a private textile/knitwear factory in Bulgaria—Vratitza Joint Stock Company. The unit has a 519 kW electrical capacity and a 653 kW thermal capacity. The ... more

Installation of biomass boiler operating on waste glycerineIn the spring of 2009, a leading producer of industrial lubricants in Serbia applied for a loan to implement a renewable energy project ... more

The lighting sector is an exciting and challenging field of the manufacturing industry as it combines art and science. In the present day, the demand for lighting products is not ... more

The power sector in Bulgaria is complex and dynamically developing and thus offering variety of opportunities to local and international companies. Bulgaria is situated in Southeastern Europe, where both energy ... more

A new fund has been set to support energy efficiency projects and reduce carbon emissions in the Balkans and TurkeyThe Southeast Europe Energy Efficiency Fund, SE4F has been established by ... more

In a recent working paper, Peter Sanfey, leading eco-nomist at the EBRD, explains how the crisis evolved and how it has affected this region. You note in the paper that ... more

Dear Mr. Kohnecke, please present Hansa-Flex as a company, history, scope of activity, product program, etc.Initiating in 1962 with entrepreneurial spirit and a green workbench in the garage of the ... more

Corus International Bulgaria was renamed Tata Steel International, informed Joana Kehlibarova, Managing Director of the company. „Corus became a part of Tata Steel in April 2007. Since that time, the ... more

MachTech Expo is business-to-business exhibition offering opportunities for new partnerships and successful contacts to the professionals – industrial entrepreneurs, engineers and experts, representatives of processing and machine-building enterprises and plants, ... more

Over 2000 visitors from Germany and throughout Europe, including groups from Japan, Korea, Russia, Israel, China and Thailand, attended the traditional in-house exhibition of Hermle AG in Gosheim from April ... more

TACCHELLA MACCHINE and MORARA-De.Ci.Ma merged in IMT – Italian Machine Tools, the Holding company of PARITEL operating in the world of machine tools. Alberto Tacchella – with other members of ... more

The SIPLACE team is offering a new Internet-based information and discussion platform about the future of electronics manufacturing. Starting in early April, the BTO (Build-to-Order) column on www.siplace.com will ... more

Although LEDs are clearly more energy efficient than light bulbs, which convert around 95% of current into heat and not into light, LEDs also waste a considerable amount of heat. ... more

Following customer demand, OKW has extended its successful ‘Smart-Box’ range of IP66 plastic enclosures, designed for modern industrial electronics. Typical applications include heating and air-conditioning controllers, monitoring systems, safety and ... more

At the middle of April Rutronik presented 12 new models of ZMDI’s converter family SARah. The new A/D-converters ZADC510x and ZADC512x series have a Dual Core and operate with sampling ... more

Elnec, manufacturer of Europe’s leading Device Programmers, has recently released a new 48-pin universal programmer which currently supports more than 52,000 devices. Since programming times are faster than ever before, ... more

Microchip announced the expansion of its 16-bit dsPIC® Digital Signal Controller (DSC) portfolio for digital power-conversion applications. Microchip’s 16-bit dsPIC33F ‘GS’ Series DSCs provide on-chip peripherals specifically designed for high-performance, ... more