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- Electronic components market review: how COVID-19 is impacting electronics manufacturing supply chains (01/09/2020)
  
  Over the last six months – during the unprecedented spread of COVID-19, the subsequent global lockdown and all the challenges that followed – the world has had to quickly adapt to a ‘new normal’.
- Renewable energy: protecting the electronic equipment involved (01/09/2020)
  
  Renewable energy – that is energy collected or harnessed from the earth’s infinite, non-exhaustible or naturally replenished renewable resources on human timescales, rather than our traditional reliance upon the finite fossil fuel resources – is projected to account for more than half of global electricity production by 2035.
- Industry first in-vehicle multi-device wireless charging solution from NXP (27/08/2020)
  
  Using a single MWCT controller, NXP's industry first solution charges two mobile devices simultaneously at up to 2x15 Watts and supports all Qi-enabled phones, including latest models of iPhone, Samsung, Huawei & Xiaomi. Optional NFC enables convenience features, such as BLE/Wi-Fi pairing, smart car access & in-car purchases.
- Electrolube introduces key products for battery thermal management (11/08/2020)
  
  Implementing effective thermal management solutions significantly contributes to improving battery performance, safety, reliability and, ultimately, increasing the lifetime of the battery – particularly given increasing trends towards high-capacity battery packs & fast charging.
- Innovate UK funding to accelerate development of electric aircraft awarded to TT Electronics (06/08/2020)
  
  UK Aerospace Research & Technology (UKART) Programme, which represents £3.9bn joint government & industry investment, awards funding to TT & other members of the AEPEC (Aerospace Electric Propulsion Equipment, Controls & machines) project, to foster the nation’s competitive position in civil aerospace.
- ecsn/afdec mid-year update for UK & Ireland electronic components market forecast revised down (04/08/2020)
  
  ecsn's updated mid-year 2020 forecast released today now points to a 'modest decline' in 2020 revenues for authorised distributors of electronics components in the UK & Ireland, after being revised downwards in response to current economic uncertainty as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
- EPDT August 2020 issue (inc. Manufacturing & Medical features) now available online (03/08/2020)
  
  This month’s issue, now available in print or digital editions, contains features on Manufacturing technologies & Medical applications, as well as editorial on diversity in engineering and, for STEM Matters, a review of the latest report on ‘Educational Pathways into Engineering’.
- What’s in your healthcare monitor?... (01/08/2020)
  
  Consumers are increasingly interested in monitoring their own health, due to both increased health awareness and the ability to use monitoring to prevent or treat various diseases.
- Improving patient adherence to address the changing healthcare landscape (01/08/2020)
  
  Over the course of the last decade, the global healthcare sector has undergone a major transformation. As Alexander Vervuurt, Healthcare Business Innovation Specialist at manufacturer of electronic components, modules & devices, Murata explains, to reduce acute pressure on stretched hospital resources & enable cost reductions, greater emphasis is now being placed on administering treatments to patients in their own homes.

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