Magnetics/Assemblies

World Magnetics and Variohm work round the clock to fulfil demand for ventilator pressure switches

World Magnetics and its European partner, Variohm Eurosensor, lately have been working around the clock to fulfill a cascade of orders from ventilator manufacturers ramping up their production in response to the Covid-19 pandemic.  World has for many years […]

Electromagnetics

Dual Angle Sensor (XMR and Hall) Demo Board for Magnetic On-Axis Serial Absolute Multiturn Encoder

The new development board PVL3M provides an XMR sensor (AMR angle sensor AA746C from Sensitec) in combination with the multiturn Hall sensor iC-PVL from iC-Haus for on-axis absolute angle measurement and revolution counting. Evaluation of […]

News

Two Big Magnetic IC Portfolios Come Under One Roof as Infineon Technologies Acquires Cypress Semiconductor

Two semiconductor companies with extensive portfolios in magnetics technology are now under one roof with the acquisition of Cypress Semiconductor, based in San Jose, CA, by Infineon Technologies, headquartered in Munich. The 9 billion Euro […]

Materials/Manufacturing

Cleveland-Cliffs Acquires AK Steel and Pursues Change to U.S. Trade Policies on Laminations, Transformer Cores & Electrical Steel

Having closed on his company’s $3 billion acquisition of AK Steel, Cleveland-Cliffs CEO Lourenco Goncalves is wasting no time seeking change to U.S. trade policies that he says unfairly hurt the steel maker’s business as a […]

Magnetics/Assemblies

From HEV to eVTOL, Toyota Takes Its EV Technology to the Skies with Investment in Joby Aviation

Toyota, long a pioneer in electric vehicle technology, is exploring a new flight path for mobility through a collaboration with Joby Aviation, an aerospace company that is developing and commercializing all-electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft to enable […]