The World Industrial Market For Connectors report provides both overall quantitative data as detailed background information, trends and dynamics, on selected market segments such as wind and solar energy, Industrial Ethernet, Robotics, Semiconductor Production Equipment and others. (http://www.bharatbook.com/Market-Research-Reports/The-World-Industrial-Market-For-Connectors.html)
As the world’s fourth largest connector market, behind Automotive, Computer & Peripherals and Telecom/Datacom, the industrial market is large enough to attract global connector manufacturers and at the same time, it’s so diverse that it offers plenty of opportunities for niche layers and specialized connector manufacturers. This makes the Industrial Market for Connectors …

Connector Imperatives to Support Next Generation Electronic Equipment
We just released a new eight-chapter research report analyzing Connector Imperatives to Support Next Generation Electronic Equipment. This new report identifies emerging electrical, mechanical and economic attributes of connectors anticipated by the electronic system design community as well as provide examples of new products connector suppliers have released or are developing in order to address these emerging needs. The report is focused on three industry segments that are experiencing the most rapid and dramatic changes, and represent some of the most fertile markets …

COLUMBUS, Ohio–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Smart Grid relies on data communication. Utilities employ Exacter technology as a means to prepare their systems for Smart Grid initiatives and improve the overall reliability of the distribution overhead network.
“Failing and poorly installed equipment can literally stop data transmission in Power Line Carrier (PLC) and Broadband over Power Line (BPL) systems which are the backbone of Smart Grid deployments,” states John Lauletta, CEO of Exacter, Inc. “Utilities are telling us that they want to prepare for Smart Grid. They want to harden their systems, and Exacter technology …

Premier Danny Williams has backed away from a proposal to build large power lines through Gros Morne National Park to transmit energy from the Lower Churchill hydroelectric project in Labrador.
The provincial government has faced criticism for considering the construction of 40-metre-high power lines through the UNESCO World Heritage Site in western Newfoundland.
In July, Williams said it would be up to the federal government to chip in on the estimated $100-million cost of building power lines that would avoid Gros Morne.
But last week, Williams said his government will not proceed with …

PCB Solutions Inc., a Contract Electronics Manufacturer, has been selected for the 2009 Best of Layton Award in the Circuit Board Repair category.
Each year, The Best of Layton Award Program recognizes outstanding local businesses that we believe have achieved exceptional marketing success in their local community and business category. These are local companies that enhance the positive image of small business through service to their customers and community.
Various sources of information were gathered and analyzed to choose the winners in each category. The Best of Layton Award Program focused on …

Sept. 8 (Bloomberg) — Japanese corporate bankruptcies fell for the first time in three months in August as companies found it easier to borrow and government spending fueled demand.
Business failures declined 1 percent from a year earlier to 1,241 cases, Tokyo Shoko Research Ltd. said in Tokyo today.
Efforts by the Bank of Japan and the government to encourage lending helped businesses stay afloat in the wake of the country’s deepest postwar recession. Companies have also benefited from more than $2 trillion in worldwide government stimulus that encouraged consumers to buy …

About 24,000 10-Speed SRAM Bicycle Chains with PowerLock connector links have been ordered recalled because the products may crack, allowing the chain to separate from the bicycle and possibly causing injuries to the rider.
SRAM LLC of Chicago announced the recall today in conjunction with the Consumer Product Safety Commission. The PowerLock connector links are brittle and can crack, possibly causing the chain to break and for the rider to lose control of the bicycle, the CPSC said.
So far, there has been one incident reported in the United States of a …

With more people wanting to be energy self sufficient and goverments providing financial incentives to make this ideal more affordable, we are looking at a future where domestic energy generation is rolled out to the masses.
In the UK, National Grid operate the high level grid infrastructure (generally any substations, power lines or cables rated at above 132kV) and distribution network organisations operate the local grid infrastructure of 132kV and below in the different regions.
With this anticipated increase in households generating their own green electricity, so will come increasing demands to …

Sep. 6–A coalition of the state’s municipally owned utilities is working on a plan that could bring savings to customers through the purchase of a share of the gigantic transmission lines that cross through Connecticut.
The Connecticut Municipal Electric Energy Cooperative is working with its six member utilities — including Norwich Public Utilities, Groton Utilities, Jewett City Public Utilities and Bozrah Light and Power, owned by Groton Utilities — to create a new entity called the Connecticut Transmission Municipal Electric Energy Cooperative.
So far, five entities have approved forming the new company, …

WESTMINSTER, Colo. (AP) – The board of the Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association has approved investing $142 million to improve and expand electrical transmission lines.
The budget includes $2.6 million for development of new technologies, as Tri-State works to improve management of greenhouse-gas emissions.
The overall investment marks the first phase of a 10-year, $1.9 billion capital improvement plan for the association, which serves 44 cooperatives and public power districts in Colorado, New Mexico and Wyoming.
Tri-State has already launched several transmission projects, including a venture with Xcel Energy to construct power lines …