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Details: Written by Staff; Category: Design News; Published: 26 March 2009

SANTA CLARA, CA – Agilent Technologies Inc. named Ron Nersesian senior vice president and general manager of its Electronic Measurement Group (EMG). Prior to his appointment, he was vice president and general manager of EMG’s Wireless Business Group.

In his new role, he will oversee business operations of the Electronic Measurement and Semiconductor & Board Test segments.

Nersesian brings almost 30 years of experience in engineering, marketing and general management. Prior to joining Agilent, he worked for high-tech companies including Hewlett-Packard.

“Ron’s experience and strong record of performance make him ideally qualified to lead EMG, particularly as we navigate through difficult economic times,” said Bill Sullivan, president and CEO.

Details: Written by Staff; Category: Design News; Published: 26 March 2009

CHICAGO – Newark has launched a 500-page print catalog to provide engineers with the latest technologies and solutions in design development.

The catalog contains board-level components from leading suppliers. With over 32,000 products, including wire, interconnect and industrial control products, Newark also offers an interactive online version available at: www.newark.com/ecats.

“This new catalog meets the needs of design engineers seeking one source for new technologies and best-in-class products and suppliers,” comments Barry Litwin, senior vice president of marketing. “It represents a carefully edited subset of new and proven product solutions to help inspire new ideas for design.”

Details: Written by Staff; Category: Design News; Published: 25 March 2009

SOUTHPOINTE, PA –Corporate Responsibility Officer (CRO) has named ANSYS Inc. one of the “100 Best Corporate Citizens.”

Researched and compiled by IW Financial, the list recognizes the efforts of companies on the Russell 1000 index. The rankings are based on seven categories: financial, employee relations, governance, philanthropy, human rights, environment and climate change. ANSYS was one of only two engineering simulation companies to make the list.

“This award honors ANSYS for its excellence and integrity,” said Jim Cashman, president and CEO. “The company has made, and more importantly kept, a commitment to improve and enrich life in the locales where we live and work.”

Over the past nine years, companies making the list have outpaced the remainder of Russell 1000 companies by an average of 26%, according to the CRO.

Details: Written by Staff; Category: Design News; Published: 24 March 2009

AURORA, CO – Advanced Circuits has expanded its components parts library. With over 270,000 parts, many of which can cross-referenced to Digi-Key part numbers, the library is free to PCB Artist users. The expansion allows designers to search for a specific part and download it directly or have it emailed to them.

Available with PCB Artist 1.2.2, as well as previous versions of the layout software, the library is located online at: www.my4pcb.com/artistonlinelibrary.

HUNT VALLEY, MD – Reactive NanoTechnologies Inc. (RNT) has partnered with three representative companies to sell its NanoFoil products in Europe and Israel.

Poltronic Ltd. will oversee sales in Finland, Sweden and Norway. Barkoh Technologies will handle sales in Israel, and Micronsult will manage sales in Denmark and the Netherlands.

“Each of these companies has an in-depth knowledge of our products and the specific needs of their customer base,” said Michael O’Neill, global vice president of sales. “This will help RNT bring NanoFoil and NanoBond to various sectors of the local electronics assembly industries and extend our sales reach throughout the world.”

SEATTLE – Simberian Inc. introduces Simbeor 2008.01, an electromagnetic tool for the physical design of PCB and packaging interconnects operating at 6 Gb/s to 100 Gb/s and higher.

Features include: geometry selection for quick and precise automatic de-compositional electromagnetic analysis of PCB interconnects; a recursive convolution simulator for time-domain compliance analysis of interconnects; and interpolative frequency sweeps that accelerate electromagnetic analysis.

“Simbeor is the industry-first electromagnetic tool developed for the signal integrity and EMI engineers to enable the smooth transition into the microwave domain at low cost,” said Yuriy Shlepnev, president and founder of Simberian.