Cummins launches BESS to support India’s clean energy transition
July 09, 2025
This state-of-the-art energy storage solution is designed to support India’s clean energy transition and strengthen the reliability of the country’s power infrastructure.
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Singapore launches innovation hub for gallium nitride semiconductors
July 08, 2025
The centre brings advanced GaN manufacturing capabilities to Singapore, positioning local innovators to compete in high-growth global markets such as advanced 5G and 6G communication systems, radars and satellite communications.
BMW recalls over 70,000 EVs in US for power loss risk
July 07, 2025
According to the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration (NHTSA), the “electric drive motor software may shut down the high-voltage system, causing a loss of drive power."
Warp raises $10M to enhance AI-powered freight network with robotics
July 04, 2025
The new capital will fund the rapid expansion of Warp’s AI systems and the launch of its first fully robotic cross-dock, a flagship facility that automates the entire freight lifecycle from inbound receiving and dimensioning to smart sortation and outbound dispatch.
HAL wins bid to make small satellite launch vehicles
July 04, 2025
SSLV, the smallest rocket developed by Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), is capable of carrying up to 500 kg payload to low-Earth orbit and can be assembled quickly for commercially launching small and nano satellites.
Parker Hannifin acquires Curtis Instruments for $1 billion
July 03, 2025
Curtis designs and manufactures motor speed controllers, instrumentation, power conversion and input devices that complement Parker’s strength in electric vehicle motors, hydraulic and electrification technologies.
Axiom partners with India’s Skyroot to advance space exploration
July 03, 2025
This collaboration further reinforces the growing cooperation between Axiom Space and the Indian space sector. Axiom Mission 4 (Ax-4), which launched June 25, marks India’s return to human spaceflight and the nation’s first mission on board the International Space Station.
Moog enhances space actuation and avionics manufacturing capabilities
July 02, 2025
This customer-focused expansion at Moog headquarters in East Aurora addresses the growing need for innovative precision actuation and avionics systems to control and steer launchers, making a difference for critical national security missions and delivering satellites and human crews to space.
Claus Aasholm: “The semiconductor cycle is broken”
July 02, 2025
During Evertiq Expo Malmö 2025, Claus Aasholm, founder of Semiconductor Business Intelligence, offered a sobering reassessment of the global semiconductor market. In his keynote and follow-up interview, Aasholm argued that the industry’s historical four-year cycle has broken down – replaced by a fragmented, profit-driven upswing felt by only a select few.
Astroscale opens new headquarters and R&D lab in Toulouse
July 01, 2025
The new site will enable the company to scale its R&D, grow its supply chain, and deepen collaboration with Centre National D’Etudes Spatiales (CNES), the French Space Command, the European Space Agency and European defence stakeholders.
Rigaku expands production facilities for semiconductor market
June 30, 2025
With the current expansion in production capacity, Rigaku has doubled the floor space of its assembly and inspection areas. The recent completion of a production facility in Yamanashi Prefecture boosts production capacity for core components such as X-ray generators and detectors.
Production stops at Northvolt's battery plant – future remains uncertain
June 30, 2025
Production at Northvolt’s battery factory in Skellefteå i Northern Sweden comes to a complete stop today, and it remains unclear whether operations will ever resume.
Gurīn selects Saft’s BESS for 1 GWh project in Fukushima
June 30, 2025
The project will be capable of providing over 240 megawatts (MW) of power for four hours and construction is expected to begin in 2026.
Muon Space secures $90 million to expand satellite production
June 30, 2025
Muon has also acquired propulsion startup Starlight Engines, which further extends Muon’s vertically integrated Halo platform by bringing in-house propulsion capabilities into its end-to-end satellite technology stack.
Neuranics to establish facility backed by Glasgow’s $220M investment zone
June 27, 2025
Neuranics’ project, in partnership with Kelvin Nanotechnology and the James Watt Nanofabrication Centre, will create a new nanofabrication centre establishing world-leading manufacturing capability for magnetic sensor technology.
Sierra Space opens new solar array facility in Colorado
June 26, 2025
Sierra Space has inaugurated a new manufacturing facility in Colorado to ramp up production of its SMT solar power systems, including components for national defense applications.
Scanfil inks manufacturing agreement with Liquid Instruments
June 26, 2025
EMS provider Scanfil has signed a manufacturing outsourcing agreement with Liquid Instruments, expanding its customer portfolio in the medtech and life science segment.
Semiconductor foundry landscape to transform by 2030
June 25, 2025
Market intelligence and analyst firm Yole Group explores the status of the semiconductor foundry in its latest report – digging deep into the geopolitical, economic, and capacity realignments setting the stage for the foundry industry.
IBM, RIKEN unveil first IBM Quantum System Two outside of US
June 25, 2025
IBM Quantum System Two at RIKEN is powered by IBM Quantum Heron, the company’s best-performing quantum processor to-date. Its connection to Fugaku will enable RIKEN teams to use quantum-centric supercomputing approaches to push forward research on advanced algorithms.
Canada’s Photonic to open quantum R&D facility in UK
June 23, 2025
Photonic will establish the UK facility over the next three years, creating over 30 high-paying jobs and investing more than USD 33 million.
Vi partners with AST SpaceMobile to boost mobile connectivity in India
June 23, 2025
This partnership will bring together Vi’s national network with AST SpaceMobile’s space-based cellular technology, which connects directly to everyday smartphones without the need of any specialized software or device support or updates.
Saab wins $140M Giraffe 4A radar systems order from Sweden
June 23, 2025
Giraffe 4A will further strengthen Sweden’s ground-based air surveillance and offers a mobile modern sensor, enabling software-based updates.
TI to invest $60 billion is US manufacturing expansion
June 18, 2025
Texas Instruments plans to invest more than USD 60 billion in US-based semiconductor manufacturing, marking what the company describes as the largest investment in foundational chip production in US history. The investment spans seven fabs across three major sites in Texas and Utah and is expected to support more than 60,000 new jobs.
Sparc Foundry secures €17.2M public funding for photonic chip plant
June 18, 2025
Sparc Foundry, a Spanish startup focused on photonic semiconductors, has received a EUR 17.2 million capital injection from the Spanish Society for Technological Transformation (SETT). The funding has been approved by the Council of Ministers under the national PERTE Chip initiative and represents 43.9% of the company's capital expansion.
DRDO, IIT Delhi demonstrate free-space quantum secure communication over 1 km
June 18, 2025
Free-space Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) eliminates the need to lay optical fibers. The experiment attained a secure key rate of nearly 240 bits per second with a quantum bit error rate of less than 7%.
jabil to invest $500M in US AI and cloud manufacturing expansion
June 17, 2025
US-based EMS provider Jabil plans to invest approximately USD 500 million over the coming years to expand its manufacturing capabilities in the Southeast United States. The initiative is aimed at supporting the increasing demand for infrastructure powering cloud computing and artificial intelligence.
Taiwan adds China’s Huawei and SMIC to export control list
June 16, 2025
The two Chinese companies, who are already on a US trade blacklist, have been put on Taiwan’s “Strategic High-Tech Commodities Entity List” together with many of their international subsidiaries.
French space tech startup Look Up secures €50M in funding
June 16, 2025
The participation of European national funds and an institutional EU fund in Look Up’s capital reflects a shared ambition to give the company a European dimension amid an unprecedented geopolitical context.
Silex Microsystems returns to Swedish ownership
June 16, 2025
Pure-play MEMS foundry Silex Microsystems, is once again Swedish-owned. A consortium of Swedish investors, led by Bure Equity and Creades, has entered into an agreement to acquire a majority stake in the company from the current main owner, Chinese Sai Microelectronics.
Rigetti completes $350 million at-the-market equity offering
June 13, 2025
With this additional funding, Rigetti will have USD 575 million of cash, cash equivalents and available-for-sale investments with no debt, and is well positioned to support commercial scale-up of its superconducting gate-based quantum computers.
Micron commits $200B to US DRAM and AI memory manufacturing
June 12, 2025
Micron Technology will expand its US investment to approximately USD 150 billion in memory manufacturing and USD 50 billion in R&D, marking one of the largest semiconductor initiatives since the CHIPS Act.
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