● With this acquisition TDK has made another decisive step forward to further grow its sensor business. ● ASICs perform processes essential to sensor products by reading the values detected by sensors and conducting signal processing. TOKYO-Tuesday, March 28th 2017 [ ME NewsWire ] (BUSINESS WIRE)-- TDK Corporation (“TDK”, TOKYO:6762) announced today that TDK’s wholly-owned subsidiary TDK-Micronas GmbH (“TDK-Micronas”), a leading supplier of Hall-effect sensors based in Freiburg, Germany, and ICsense NV have signed an agreement of acquisition of shares, to which TDK-Micronas will make ICsense NV a wholly-owned subsidiary. Through the acquisition TDK will further boost its sensor and actuator business. TDK is expanding its sensor business by completing a lineup of various sensors, in addition to its own pressure, temperature, current and magnetic sensors. Recently, TDK acquired TDK-Micronas, a leading supplier with the world’s broadest range of Hall-effect sensors and embedded motor ... Read more »

MENLO PARK, Calif.-Thursday, March 30th 2017 [ ME NewsWire ] (BUSINESS WIRE)-- IncellDx, Inc. announces the release of their CE marked OncoTect iO® Lung Kit today, March 30, 2017, entering the immunotherapeutic diagnostic market in Europe and countries that accept the CE- mark and declaration of conformity to the European In Vitro Diagnostic Directive 98/79 EC for registration of in vitro diagnostic devices. The OncoTect iO® Lung Kit is a flow cytometry based assay that quantifies Programmed Death Ligand 1 (PD-L1) on both tumor cells and immune cell subtypes in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) samples (fresh tissue or fine needle aspirates). This assay signals the launch of a new family of multi-parametric molecular products for immune-oncology applications. The OncoTect iO® Lung assay can also be used in clinical research, pharmaceutical discovery, and trials for other malignancies expressing PD-L1, including bladder, head & neck, and prostate cancers. The multi-parametric capabil ... Read more »

SINGAPORE -Thursday, March 30th 2017 [ ME NewsWire ] (BUSINESS WIRE)-- Takeda Pharmaceuticals Company Limited (“Takeda”), announced today that Ricardo Marek has been appointed as the President of the Emerging Markets Business Unit (EM BU), based in Singapore, effective April 1, 2017. In his new role he will lead all business operations across five geographic Areas that comprise EM BU – Asia Pacific (excluding Japan), China, Latin America, Middle East & Africa and Russia-CIS. Marek will also serve as a Corporate Officer and member of Takeda’s Executive Team, and report to Christophe Weber, President and Chief Executive Officer of Takeda. After joining Takeda in 2011, Ricardo became President of Takeda Brazil in 2013. He then took-on additional, concurrent responsibilities, as Area Head of Latin America (LatAm) in 2014. Ricardo will be relocating from his home in São Paulo, Brazil, to Singapore and succeeds Giles Platford who has moved to Zurich as President of Europe and Canada, also ... Read more »

SAN JOSE, Calif. & DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -Thursday, March 30th 2017 [ ME NewsWire ] (BUSINESS WIRE)-- Today Silver Spring Networks, Inc. (NYSE: SSNI) announced that its subsidiary, Silver Spring Networks International Limited, has entered into an agreement with the Dubai Electricity & Water Authority (DEWA) to establish a communication platform based on Silver Spring’s IPv6 multi-application Radio Frequency (RF) Mesh Canopy, which will allow DEWA to provide smart grid applications such as smart electricity, water meter and distribution automation. The new communication platform will cover the whole of Dubai, including Hatta, and will serve all the communication requirements for any smart grid applications. Today’s announcement details the award described during Silver Spring Networks’ fourth quarter and full year 2016 earnings conference call on February 21, 2017. The agreement includes the design, supply, installation, testing and commissioning of RF mesh canopy for smart grid ... Read more »