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Fujitsu Seeks Partner For Mobile Phones

by Yvette Raikes

Fujitsu has said again that it is considering several possibilities for its mobile phone operation. The company made the business a separate unit in February 2016 and has sought a partner since then to …

Coretronic Acquires British Image Processing Company, Calibre

by Isaac Oburu

Coretronic Corporation (Coretronic), Taiwan has completed the acquisition of Calibre, a privately held British image processing technology manufacturer based in Bradford, Yorkshire, UK. Coretronic manufactures the largest number of DLP® projectors in the world, …

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Faurecia Takes On Chinese Automotive Firm

by Yvette Raikes

Automotive firm Faurecia, which specialises in vehicle interiors, has bought shares in growing Chinese company Jiangxi Coagent Electronics, which produces digital displays for interiors and specialises in infotainment systems. Faurecia has invested RMB1.45 billion …

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Lumileds Leaves the Philips Nest

by Bob Raikes

Lumileds is now officially independent from Royal Philips, 80.1% of the company having been bought by Apollo Global Management, a private equity firm. (Philips To Sell Lumileds to Private Equity) The firm plans to …

ZetaDisplay Buys Finland’s Seasam Oy

by Alan Spencer

ZetaDisplay from Sweden has bought the Finnish digital signage provider, Seasam Oy for $5 million. ZetaDisplays’ goal is to actively participate in the ongoing consolidation of the signage industry in Europe. The acquisition of …

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Legrand buys Milestone AV

by Bob Raikes

Legrand of France said its US business has agreed to acquire Milestone AV Technologies, a maker of branded AV products including flat panel mounting solutions, projector mounts, projection screens, PTZ cameras, equipment racks and …

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Imagination Technologies Up for Sale

by Bob Raikes

Imagination Technologies, which is in dispute with its biggest client, Apple, has put itself up for sale. (Imagination Hit by Apple Decision). The company said that it had received several expressions of interest in …

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Preferred Bidder Chosen for Toshiba Memory

by Alan Spencer

Toshiba has announced that its board of directors has agreed to select the consortium of Innovation Network Corporation of Japan, Bain Capital Private Equity and the Development Bank of Japan as the preferred bidder …

Freedeo and Volfoni to join forces in a new worldwide strategic alliance

by Bob Raikes

Freedeo and Volfoni are pleased to announce today that they have agreed to form a new worldwide strategic alliance. The principal focus of this alliance will be on technology, with a strong collaboration in …

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ZetaDisplay To Acquire Seasam

by Bob Raikes

Nordic digital signage company, ZetaDisplay, has bought Finnish specialist Seasam for $5 million in cash and financed by news loans and new common shares in ZetaDisplay. Seasam has over 1100 sites in Finland and …

JDI to Defer JOLED Acquisition

by Bob Raikes

JDI said this week that it would delay its investment in JOLED until 2018 after originally planning to buy a large stake this year. The date of the acquisition will be decided by the …

Foxconn Adds Apple and Amazon to Toshiba Bid

by Bob Raikes

Terry Gou of Foxconn has told the Nikkei that Apple and Amazon are participating in the bid that Foxconn is making to try to acquire the Toshiba semiconductor business as the Japanese company tries …