Manufacturing

Battery specialist Varta has tailor-made a lithium-ion cell for hearing aid manufacturer Eargo, for its its smallest and most advanced hearing aid to date, the Eargo 5. The cell (shiny cylinder in photo right) has been shaped to fit the contours of the hearing aid and, charged for four hours, the button cell will deliver 16 hours of continuous use. ...

Williams Advanced Engineering (WAE) and battery start-up Nyobolt have signed a deal to create high power density batteries for automotive power trains. “Niobium-powered lithium-ion battery technology from Nyobolt delivers a step change in power density, cycle life and fast charging capability,” according to Williams. “The technology has ideal attributes for high performance vehicles, such as motorsport. They are also relevant for ...

Based in Norfolk, Die Devices is a unique small component distributor and fabless semiconductor company. All of its products have one thing in common: they are 100% tested bare die, sold in small and medium quantities. “We specialise in supplying die,” company owner and sales director Ben White told Electronics Weekly. “We are a niche supplier to aerospace, defence, medical ...

St Neots test equipment maker Pico Technology is celebrating its 30th birthday. The company designs and makes oscilloscopes, data loggers, RF equipment and automotive diagnostics products in Cambridgeshire, and has offices in the USA, China, Japan and Germany. In 1991, according to the company: Intel introduced the $258 486SX microprocessor – to be found on PCs running MS-DOS 5.0 and ...

The Queen and the Princess Royal have visited Glasgow satellite maker Spire Global, as part of a week of engagements across Scotland. Spire designs and manufactures all of its satellites in-house at Glasgow’s Skypark, where it has been since 2015. “It was an honour to welcome Her Majesty and Her Royal Highness,” said Spire co-founder and v-p engineering Joel Spark. ...

Made Smarter Adoption programme in the North West has added five more manufactures of electronics to its tally of funded companies, making its total “161 businesses with £3.9m of matched funding for 201 projects, leveraging £10.5m of private sector investment”, according to the programme. “This technology adoption is forecast to create 990 jobs, upskill 1,845 existing roles and deliver an ...

Printed Motor Works of Hampshire is making a replacement servo motor for a weather balloon tracker made by South African company InterMet, after the original became unobtainable. “The discontinued motor had a very low profile which enabled it to fit within the base plate of the antenna’s turntable mount,” according to PMW. “It also had a rear shaft for an ...

Portable fume and particulate extraction equipment maker BOFA is aiming at high volume laser marking and engraving processes with an intelligent extractor operating system. Called iQ2, it will be seen in the company’s AD Oracle iQ2 extraction system. To guide filter replacement, it provides visual overview of whole system status in real-time on a multi-language colour touchscreen showing pressure flows and individual ...

Electronics manufacturer Pimoroni has doubled its production, research and development and warehousing space by relocation within Sheffield. The company, founded in 2012, supplies 2,500 educational, industrial and hobbyist products through over 100 distributors worldwide. It has £6m turnover and 40 staff, and has brought all its operations under one roof with a 10-year lease in a 26,000ft2 HQ on Parkway ...

Swedish EMS company Note has bought Buckinghamshire EMS company iPro. “iPRO manufactures electronics-based products with customers mostly found within greentech, but also in medtech and industrial sectors,” according to Note. “The company will strengthen Note’s growing position in the greentech customer segment. iPro’s business model is similar to Note’s and is based on long-term customer collaborations, quality and delivery performance. ...