Materials/Manufacturing

Neo Performance Materials Advances to Commercial Production at its European Magnet Facility

Neo Performance Materials Inc. has announced that its European permanent magnet manufacturing facility is in commercial production and shipping volumes of rare earth sintered magnets to a Tier 1 electric vehicle traction motor customer.  This milestone marks Neo’s transition from development and sampling, through full automotive qualification and into commercial production for its initial magnet programs. […]

Electromagnetics

Bridgeport Magnetics Acquired, Expanding to Higher Voltage Toroidal Transformers Under New Ownership 

Bridgeport Magnetics Group, a manufacturer of custom toroidal transformer solutions since 1982, has been acquired. The transaction took place in January. The new owner, Michael Ryan, now serves as president and CEO of the company, which continues as a vertically integrated manufacturer at its 45,000 sq ft facility in Shelton, Connecticut. […]

Electromagnetics

Würth Elektronik Receives the World’s First TDAP Stage 2 Certificate for its EMC Chokes

The Würth Elektronik lab at its Quality Design Center Asia in Shenzhen has been awarded the world’s first TDAP Stage 2 certificate for the product “choke for suppressing electromagnetic interference” by VDE Prüf- und Zertifizierungsinstitut GmbH. This entitles Würth Elektronik to conduct tests in its own lab at its Chinese site under the supervision of VDE experts. The test results are recognized by VDE and, if successful, can lead to VDE certification. […]