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Responding to rising customer demand, Electro Sonic, a Markham ON-based distributor of electromechanical, interconnect and passive components, recently introduced a product line card specifically tailored for panel builders.  Targeting firms that design and manufacture automation and control systems, Electro Sonic…

Apple is slowly evolving its smartwatch into a medical device.  The latest version of the Apple Watch will add features that allow it to take high-quality heart readings and detect falls. It’s part of Apple’s long-term strategy to give people…

Plans involve expansion of self-driving centre

Players within the ETE market explore novel service-based business models

Mouser Electronics Inc. has reached a global distribution agreement with Samtec, a leader in the electronic interconnect industry and a global manufacturer of connectors, cables, optics and RF systems. Through the agreement, Mouser now stocks the full line of Samtec…

President Donald Trump concedes that some Apple Inc. products may become more expensive if his administration imposes “massive” additional tariffs on Chinese-made goods, but he says the tech company can fix the problem by moving production to the U.S.  “Start building new…

EAO Corporation, supplier of Human Machine Interfaces (HMIs), has confirmed a new distribution agreement with Digi-Key Electronics for global distribution of it configurable panel mounted HMI products.  Since its founding in 1972, Digi-Key has been committed to offering the broadest…

MiQro Innovation Collaborative Center (C2MI) Bromont QC-based laboratories is adding new equipment that will permit stealth dicing – a laser-based technique used to dice silicon wafers.  The fully automatic laser saw, a DFL 7340 unit from Disco Corporation in Japan, uses…

Region’s equipment market expected to rise to top

Foxconn Technology Group recently announced that it will invest $100 million in engineering and innovation research at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, making it one of the largest gifts in the school’s history that comes as the Taiwan-based electronics giant builds a factory…

A technology education program officially launching in the fall at the University of Victoria in British Columbia hopes to address a gap in the industry with a novel approach for students.  HighTechU is a pilot program developed through the university’s computer science…

The roll-up tablet with a flexible screen, inspired by ancient scrolls