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Holy Stone Buys Hitachi AIC Tantalum and Niobium Capacitor Division

December 30, 2009 By Dennis Leave a Comment

Bill Tang, the CEO of Holy Stone Enterprise Co. LTD has confirmed that Holy Stone through the establishment of a new corporation is assuming the assets and operations of Hitachi Chemical Electronics Co., LTD (Hitachi AIC) Tantalum and Niobium Capacitor division. Holy Stone Enterprise Co. LTD (Holy Stone) is a Taiwan based Electronic Component distributor and manufacturer of Ceramic Capacitors and other ceramic based products. Holy Stone is a public corporation listed on the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSEC stock code 3026). Hitachi Chemical and Holy Stone have had a long time cooperative relationship and the transition is expected to proceed smoothly with the transfer culminating in Q2, 2010. The addition of Tantalum and Niobium capacitors to their existing Ceramic Capacitor product offering expands Holy Stone’s offering of high technology, application specific capacitor solutions.

Additional Resources: (1) Tantalum Capacitors: World Markets, Technologies & Opportunities: 2010-2015 ISBN # 1-893211-11-8 (© April 2010) (2) Niobium-Oxide Capacitors: World Markets, Technologies & Opportunities: 2005-2010 ISBN # 1-893211-49-5 (2005)

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Panasonic Confirms The Company Is Phasing Out Anode Foil Operations in Knoxville, Tennessee USA

December 11, 2009 By Dennis Leave a Comment

A spokesperson for Panasonic Electronic Devices has confirmed that the production of capacitor anode foil at the Knoxville facility in Tennessee USA will cease production by mid-2010. The original press release issued by the company in the June quarter stated only that the aluminum electrolytic capacitor operations in Knoxville TN USA would be consolidated into existing plants in Asia, and that the future of the foil operations was uncertain. Panasonic informed PCI Magazine in December 2009 that the decision had been made to stop producing all anode foil in Tennessee, and that final orders would be shipped in mid 2010.

Additional Resources: (1) Aluminum Capacitors: World Markets, Technologies & Opportunities: 2010-2015 ISBN # 0-929717-47-3 (8/2010) (2) CAPACITOR FOIL: Global Market Outlook: 2008- 2013 ISBN # 0-929717-85-6 (2008)

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Vishay and Mag.Layers Announce License Agreement for High-Current, Low-Profile Composite Inductors

November 11, 2009 By Dennis Leave a Comment

Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. (NYSE: VSH) announced today that Mag.Layers Scientific-Technics Co., Ltd., has entered into a worldwide, non-exclusive license agreement with Vishay for the right to manufacture, use, sell, and distribute composite inductors under certain of Vishay’s patents.

Vishay vigorously enforces its intellectual property rights. Non-exclusive licenses for IHLP® technology and related technologies are available under the same patents licensed to Mag.Layers and several other inductor manufacturers. Persons interested in licensing this technology should contact Tim Shafer, senior director, product marketing, Inductors Division at +1 605-668-4121.

Mag.Layers is a manufacturer of electronic components including power inductors, RF inductors/filters, antennas, and EMI suppression components.

Additional Resources: (1) Discrete Inductors: World Markets, Technologies & Opportunities: 2009-2014 (ISBN# 1-893211-47-9)

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EPCOS Feida Joint Venture Extends AC Film Capacitor Product Range

September 30, 2009 By Dennis Leave a Comment

EPCOS has extended its range of film capacitors for AC applications with the portfolio of its Chinese joint venture EPCOS Feida. These products are used primarily as motor start or motor run capacitors, particularly in the single-phase asynchronous motors of household appliances, air-conditioning systems, compressors, pumps, and other drives.

The extended portfolio covers film capacitors for voltages between 250 V and 630 V AC with capacitance values of between 1 and 120 µF. They are maintenance-free, RoHS-compatible and withstand ambient temperatures of up to 85 °C. Plastic or aluminum cans with various mounting and contact options are available as packages. In addition to standard versions, the EPCOS range includes types to EN 60335-1 and P2 versions to EN 60252-1. The capacitors are available with UL810, VDE, CQC, and TÜV approval.

Additional Resources for This Story: (1) Paper & Plastic FILM Capacitors: World Markets, Technologies & Opportunities: 2008-2013 ISBN # 0-929717-87-2 (2008).

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Murata Invests In New Capacitor Technologies

July 30, 2009 By Dennis Leave a Comment

On June 22, 2009 Murata Mfg. Co., Ltd. Of Kyoto, Japan announced that it had reached an agreement with Showa Denko K. K. (SDK) with regard to Murata’s purchase of SDK’s functional polymer capacitor business located in Oyama Japan. According to a statement about the acquisition from Murata-”We have been expanding product lineups for monolithic capacitors, and simultaneously putting together business strategies for capacitor product domains outside of ceramic type models. Consequently, we have come to a decision to purchase the “{SDK Capacitor} Business” (which manufactures) low ESR, high capacitance chip-type functional polymer capacitors (see Figure 1 above). This follows the 2008 establishment of a partnership agreement with Cap-XX, of Brookvale, NSW Australia, a manufacturer of chip type double layer carbon “supercapacitors”. The adoption of leading edge electrochemical capacitor technology through the acquisition of the solid polymer capacitor business of SDK and the partnership agreement with Cap-XX gives Murata access to new market opportunities in increasingly higher capacitance ranges not currently attainable by ceramic capacitor technology.

Additional Resources For This Story: (1) Conductive Polymer Capacitors: World Markets: Technologies & Opportunities: 2010-2015 ISBN # 1-893-211-88-6 (2010).

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ABB Acquires Capacitor Company in SAF

July 30, 2009 By Dennis 1 Comment

ABB announced on June 23, 2009 that it agreed to acquire Westingcorp (Pty) Ltd. of South Africa, to expand its portfolio of power capacitors Westingcorp, based in Centurion, Gauteng province (Gauteng is the only landlocked province of South Africa without a foreign border), manufactures high-voltage direct current (DC) power capacitors AC (alternating current) and DC surge capacitors. Applications include shunt and series capacitor banks, harmonic filters, motor unit capacitors, bulk power factor correction schemes, distribution voltage improvement schemes, furnace capacitors and SVC (static VAR compensators). for local and international markets. Westingcorp employs 30 people The portfolio will strengthen ABB’s power capacitors business and provide a local base from which to serve customers in the electric utility, mining and industrial sectors across South Africa.

Additional Resources For This Story: (1) Paper & Plastic FILM Capacitors: World Markets, Technologies & Opportunities: 2008-2013 ISBN # 0-929717-87-2 (2008).

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TDK Corporation: EPCOS Merger Scheduled For Completion By October 2009

June 30, 2009 By Dennis Leave a Comment

Total company sales decreased from 866 billion yen to 727 billion yen between FY 2008 and FY 2009 (a 16% decline). The 2010 FY outlook is for a 2.6% growth rate to 746 billion yen. In FY 2010 the company will merge the components business of EPCOS with the Components business of TDK to form TDK EP, the largest passive component manufacturer in the world (this is scheduled for completion by October 2009).

The company currently breaks their business into these categories- Electronic Materials Group (20% of total revenues- or 145 billion yen in FY 2009 Sales); Electronic Devices; (23% of revenues and 166 billion yen in sales); Recording devices (34% of sales, and 247 billion ); Other Devices at 14.5% of revenues and 106 billion yen in sales) and EPCOS at 68 billion Yen and 9% of revenues.

Ceramic Capacitor sales will total 95 billion yen in 2009 down from 144 billion yen in 2008 – a 34% year-over-year decline. The outlook for 2010 is continued decline in value of 20% to 76 billion yen.

Additional Resources For This Story: (1) Competitive Analysis of The World’s Top Passive Component Manufacturers: 2007 ISBN # 0-929717-97-X (2007).

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EPCOS Buys Becromal; Begins Foil Production in Iceland

May 30, 2009 By Dennis Leave a Comment

ITALY – EPCOS AG of Germany acquired the remaining 51% interest, which it did not already own, in Becromal SpA, a Milan-based manufacturer of Medium and High Voltage Formed Foils, Low Voltage Formed Foils, Motor Start Foils, Cathode Foils, and Tab Foils for electrolytic capacitors. Terms were not disclosed. Becromal reported FY 2006 revenues of $131 Million USD, the last time data was available for the company. Becromal Iceland, a high tech company, is building a new production factory in Iceland in partnership with Strokkur Energy ehf, an Icelandic investment group. The new factory is located in Akureyri (Krossanes), the capital of northern Iceland which offers an ice-free harbor and competitive, environmentally friendly energy- maintaining one of the lowest prices for electricity per kilowatt hour in the world.

The new plant has been designed to produce the fifth generation of high voltage foils, necessary to allow the increasingly sophisticated applications arising in the market. The new generation foils reduce energy power consumption of electrical and electronic equipments as required by Kyoto protocol and improve the efficiency of new energy generators such as solar cell and windmills. The initial production will begin at the end of autumn 2008 and it will be further on expanded to reach a monthly high voltage foil production of one million of m2 by the end of year 2009.

Additional Resources: (1) Aluminum Capacitors: World Markets, Technologies & Opportunities: 2010-2015 ISBN # 0-929717-47-3 (8/2010) (2) CAPACITOR FOIL: Global Market Outlook: 2008- 2013 ISBN # 0-929717-85-6 (2008)

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Bourns Acquires Fultec’s TBU Circuit Protection Technology

November 30, 2008 By Dennis Leave a Comment

RIVERSIDE, CA—Bourns, Inc. is pleased to announce its purchase of the Transient Blocking Unit of Fultec Semiconductor, Inc. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Fultec Semiconductor’s Transient Blocking Unit (TBU), headquartered in Mountain View, California, designs and manufactures surge protection components and modules primarily for communications applications. According to Dr. Erik Meijer, Vice President of Circuit Protection for Bourns, this acquisition provides Bourns with a unique offering that complements its extensive existing portfolio of protection products and protection technologies and further strengthens Bourns’ position as a leading supplier of circuit protection components and solutions. Dr. Meijer noted that Bourns has over 30 years of market experience built on a combination of innovative internally developed products and product line acquisitions, such as Joslyn Electronics’ communication protection products business, Power Innovations’ thyristor surge protector business, and Texas Instruments’ solid state Telecom protection business. “Bourns is committed to supplying the best and most reliable electronic solutions to satisfy the diverse needs of our customers. New component technology introductions in the circuit protection arena are rare and we are very excited to add the Transient Blocking Unit to our broad range of protection technologies,” said Dr. Meijer. James Witham, President and CEO of Fultec Semiconductor, Inc. said, “This combination is the ideal solution for Fultec and our customers who will now benefit from not only superior circuit protection but also having access to Bourns’ extensive global sales and technical support network. Our team is excited about joining Bourns and the new opportunities for the TBU business.”

Readers Who Viewed This Article Also Went Here: (1) Circuit Protection Components: World Market Outlook: 2009-2014 ISBN # 1-893211-84-3 (2009) (2) Circuit Protection Components: World Markets, Technologies & Opportunites: 2008-2013 ISBN # 1-893211-22-3 (2008)

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TDK Announces Result of Offer for EPCOS

November 30, 2008 By Dennis Leave a Comment

TOKYO and DÜSSELDORF—TDK Corporation and its wholly owned subsidiary TDK Germany GmbH have announced the result of the voluntary offer for EPCOS AG. During the acceptance period, which ended on October 7, 2008, the offer was accepted for 35.96% of the shares in EPCOS. Together with the 47.95% of the shares TDK has directly or indirectly purchased outside the offer, the company now has a total shareholding of 83.91% in EPCOS. Takehiro Kamigama, President and COO of TDK, commented, “We are very satisfied with the success of the offer. With nearly 84% of the shares secured, TDK and EPCOS will be able to create a leading electronics components company with a strong presence across customer sectors and regions.”

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