Canatu (Vantaa, Finland) and automotive supplier Webasto have been named the winners of Plug & Play Global Global Innovation Award at the Startup Autobahn EXPO2023 held on 22 June in Stuttgart, Germany. The Global Innovation Award recognises their joint pilot project on integrating a Canatu film heater into the Webasto Roof Sensor Module (RSM), to ensure reliable LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) and camera sensor performance in harsh weather conditions.
Identiv, Inc. (Fremont, California), a global digital security and identification leader in the Internet of Things (IoT), has recently completed its initial multi-million unit order of IoT Pixels tags for ambient IoT software as a service (SaaS) company Wiliot (Caesarea, Israel). Identiv has since begun production of a follow-on order from Wiliot that was announced on its most recent earnings call in May 2023.
3D-Micromac AG (Chemnitz, Germany), an industry leader in laser micromachining and roll-to-roll laser systems for the semiconductor, photovoltaic, glass and display markets, has announced new developments with its laser micromachining solutions used in manufacturing power devices, magnetic sensors, and microLEDs, as well as in semiconductor advanced packaging. These innovations were highlighted at SEMICON West, 11-13 July 2023, in San Francisco.
