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ABB to acquire Thomas & Betts for $3.9 billion (Jan 30, 2012)

The move doubles ABB’s addressable low-voltage products market to approximately $24 billion in North America.

Harwin appoints France sales director (Jan 30, 2012)

Harwin has appointed Daniel Guillot as the company's sales director for France.

Apple eyeing magnetic data, headphone connector for iPhone, iPad as replacement for 30-pin (Jan 27, 2012)

Company's focus on magnetic data and power cable for portable devices is revealed in a newly discovered patent application.

Molex announces DesignCon 2012 line-up (Jan 20, 2012)

Technical papers and product demonstrations will highlight a broad range of Molex expertise and products including I/O, backplane, mezzanine and power applications.

FCI intros online 3D CAD models for connector products (Jan 18, 2012)

FCI has worked with TraceParts, a digital engineering 3D content provider, to offer the new service.

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Nokia design chief wants a connector-free smartphone

The Guardian (UK) recently sat down with Nokia design chief Marko Ahtisaari for an interview where the executive reveals that new versions of the company's Lumia phones, introduced to showcase Windows Phone in November 2011, will remove the flip-up...

U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in Colorado (Feb. 4) (February 4, 2012)
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 4 -- The following federal patents were awarded to ...

U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in Indiana (Feb. 4) (February 4, 2012)
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 4 -- The following federal patents were awarded to ...

U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in Georgia (Feb. 4) (February 4, 2012)
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 4 -- The following federal patents were awarded to ...

U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in California (Feb. 4) (February 4, 2012)
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 4 -- The following federal patents were awarded to ...

Southwire Assigned Patent (February 4, 2012)
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 4 -- Southwire, Carrollton, Ga., has been assigned a ...

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State of Military Interconnect, 2011 With more than 35 years of industry experience, Robert Stanton is a long-standing member of the standards committees for military connector specifications 32139, nanominiature, and 83513, Micro-D. Prior to his role as director of technology for Omnetics, Mr. Stanton was a design engineer and microelectronics expert with Tektronix. In this podcast, ICW senior editor Matt Vincent asks Bob for his views on the state of military interconnect so far in 2011. Play Now or Download
How do military connectors meet unique user requirements? A recent poll of engineers from around the world who work with military connectors yielded some surprising results. Listen to this podcast to find out what’s challenging these engineers as they work with a diverse set of military applications. Play Now or Download

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