Toyota Motor Corporation announced that it has developed a world's first stamping-type plating technology that uses a polymer membrane (solid electrolyte membrane), through which metal ions can pass, to apply plating, like a stamp, only to areas requiring plating.

The chances and expectations for future technologies are high, one of them is quantum sensor technology. Prof. Oliver Ambacher, head of the Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Solid State Physics IAF in Freiburg, talked about the current status and the chances of potential applications of quantum sensor technology and the role it plays in quantum computing.

In order to become increasingly climate-neutral, Bosch is expanding its own power generation at its locations and is becoming a long-term purchaser of renewable electricity from newly constructed wind and solar parks.

Lithium-ion batteries contain fluorine-rich salts that decompose in humid air to toxic, highly corrosive hydrogen fluoride. The hazardous nature of this substance makes recycling more difficult and more expensive. To solve this problem, a new research project entitled "Fluoribat" is being initiated.

Analog Devices announced the industry’s first Wireless Battery Management System (wBMS), which enables automotive manufacturers increased flexibility to scale their electric vehicle fleets into volume production across a wide range of vehicle classes.

Researchers at TU Graz have found a way to convert the aromatic substance vanillin into a redox-active electrolyte material for liquid batteries. The technology is an important step towards ecologically sustainable energy storage.

In Nature Communications, TU Graz researchers present a particularly safe and sustainable variant of a supercapacitor. Similar to batteries, supercapacitors are suitable for the repeated storage of electrical energy.

NXP Semiconductors N.V. announced the grand opening of its 150 mm (6-inch) RF Gallium Nitride (GaN) fab in Chandler, Arizona. The new internal factory combines NXP’s expertise and its high-volume manufacturing know-how, resulting in streamlined innovation that supports the expansion of 5G base stations and advanced communication infrastructure in the industrial, aerospace and defense markets.

​​​​​​​As of October 1, 2020, Wolfram Harnack is the new Managing Director of ROHM Semiconductor Europe GmbH. He reports directly to the President of the company Toshimitsu Suzuki. The newly created position underlines the strategic importance of Europe for the company.

More and more people around the world are paying contactless because it's easy, fast and hygienic. Especially in the wake of the Corona pandemic, the acceptance and spread of the technology has accelerated significantly. In addition to ATM or credit cards, so-called wearables are also in high demand.