OSLO – Thin Film Electronics plans to attach a sensor component to a smart, thin-film circuit to create a low-power and inexpensive sensor by the end of next year.

The company is working in partnership with Xerox on the current technology, which allows thin, disposable tracking tags to be developed for pennies, the company says.
 
By next year, it hopes to add transistors to the circuits, permitting inventory tracking or data sharing from a sensor to a network. The company says the plan is to attach a sensor component to the smart, thin-film circuit to create the sensors.

The company also aims to have a chip that can broadcast information by 2013.

WALLINGFORD, CT – Amphenol Corp. reported third-quarter 2011 net income of $136.1 million, down a slight 2% compared to the same period in 2010.

Net sales for the quarter were $1.03 billion, up 8.6% year-over-year.

Net income for the first nine months of 2011 was $413.8 million, up 11.8% year-over-year.

Sales for the nine months ended Sept. 30 were nearly $3 billion, up 14.9% compared to the year-ago period.

Last month, the company incurred damage at its Sidney, NY, manufacturing facility as a result of severe flooding. In the third quarter, Amphenol recorded a charge of $13 million for property-related damage, as well as cleanup and repair efforts, net of expected insurance recoveries.

“The third-quarter results established new records of performance for Amphenol with sales of $1.033 billion. Sales growth of 9% over last year was driven primarily by strength in our mobile devices and automotive markets,” said Amphenol president and CEO R. Adam Norwitt.

The firm expects fourth-quarter revenues in the range of $920 million to $940 million. For 2011, Amphenol predicts revenues in the range of $3.912 billion to $3.932 billion.

Amphenol produces electronic and fiber optic connectors, cable and interconnect systems.

ROGERS, CT – Rogers has signed an exclusive agreement to manufacture laminates using Hitachi Chemical's prepregs and distribute them worldwide.

AYUTTHAYA, THAILAND -- Advanced Printed Circuit Board has suspended operations at its printed circuit board fabrication plant here due to flooding.