Vol 21 – Issue 42 – Page 12

Absen Appoints Regional Sales Director

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Absen Optoelectronics has appointed Christopher Backhaus as its regional sales director for the German-speaking region. Backhaus joins Absen from Barco LiveDots, where he served as sales director for the DACH region. Prior to working …

BOE Receives Grant Towards OLED Line

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BOE Display has been granted a CNY124 million ($20.2 million) subsidy towards its G8.5 OLED fab in Hefei by the local government. The subsidy will be recognised as deferred income. BOE’s facility is currently …

Acer Appoints BDL Group in MEA

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Acer has appointed BDL Group to distribute its consumer and commercial range of tablets, projectors, display panels and notebooks in the Middle East. The Dubai-based distributor will offer Acer products in Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar …

Digitimes Reports Notebook Market Growth in Q3

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Digitimes Research has released preliminary quarterly shipment numbers for the notebook market. According to its data, the global market for notebook computers (excluding 2-in-1 computers) showed an increase of 6.4% sequentially and 2.6% year …

Silicon Image Hires CSO/CTO

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Khurram Sheikh has joined Silicon Image as the company’s new chief strategy officer and chief technology officer. In this new role, Sheikh will be responsible for driving the company

Open-Source Platform Adds Microdisplay

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Tinyduino is an open-source wearables development platform, based on Arduino, which will soon be offering a 0.9″ OLED microdisplay to its developer community. The ‘Tinyscreen’ component will feature 16-bit colour, 96 x 64 resolution …

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LG Remains EISA Winner for Third Year

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LG’s 77″ EC980V (EC9800 outside Europe and an UltraHD OLED TV) has won an award from the European Imaging and Sound Association (EISA). It was named as the ‘Best Product 2014-2015’ in the high-end …

Iiyama Appoints NTT System in Poland

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In Poland, distributor NTT System is now offering monitors and touchscreens from Iiyama.

Montenegro Sets Aside Digital Switch Funds

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Funds have been secured for Montenegro’s digital switchover. The launch of the country’s digital platform is scheduled for 1st December, with ASO on 17th June 2015. Almost

BenQ Creates New Business Development Manager

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Andre Hoock has been named as business development manager at BenQ Germany. This is a new position created to help BenQ expand its presence in the digital signage and education sectors, with an emphasis …

IBM Pays Globalfoundries $1.5B to Take Chip Unit

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IBM has agreed to pay Globalfoundries $1.5 billion over the next three years to take over its loss-making semiconductor business. IBM announced earlier this year that it was looking for a buyer for the …

Acer Signs MTI in Ukraine

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Acer’s notebooks and tablets are now being distributed in Ukraine by MTI.