h materials. Under the agreement, Solvay will supply Noveon with rare earth oxides starting in 2026. The partnership is a significant step toward establishing a sustainable supply chain for rare-earth permanent magnets. Solvay will supply Neodymium-Praseodymium (NdPr), Dysprosium (Dy), and Terbium (Tb) oxides to Noveon. These oxides will be extracted, among other sources, from end-of-life (EOL) materials and advance Noveon’s production of finis...

News  Updated at: 2025/11/14

capacity of up to 5,000 tons per year, using feedstock from Mt Weld in Australia and ionic clay deposits in Malaysia. Construction, pending regulatory approval, will proceed in phases, with first samarium (Sm) production expected in April 2026, followed by gadolinium (Gd), dysprosium (Dy), terbium (Tb), yttrium (Y), and lutetium (Lu) within two years. Lynas is in talks with offtake partners and will prioritize high-value markets. The project will...

News  Updated at: 2025/10/30

st hardware and software solutions for connected and intelligent transportation systems at IAA Mobility 2025 in Munich, Germany. Highlights include the ADAS product family for assisted driving and parking up to SAE Level 2; multi-purpose camera; SX600 and SX601 radar sensors; MEMS inertial sensors; TB293 and TB193 ultrasonic sensor chips; SMP290 for Bluetooth-based tire pressure sensors; act-by-wire systems, brake-by-wire solutions; centralized h...

News  Updated at: 2025/09/03

al Flash Storage (UFS) Ver. 4.1 embedded memory devices designed for automotive applications. These new devices are powered by Kioxia’s generation 8 BiCS FLASH 3D flash memory and in-house designed controller technology. Available in capacities of 128 gigabytes (GB), 256GB, 512GB, and 1 terabyte (TB), the new UFS 4.1 devices are designed to fit the needs of infotainment, ADAS, telematics, domain controllers, and vehicle computers. They meet AEC...

News  Updated at: 2025/08/05

Software-Defined Vehicle (SDV) verification and validation. It represents the latest innovation in capturing high-speed automotive Ethernet. In addition, it supports the logging of traditional interfaces, including CAN FD, LIN, and FlexRay. Equipped with two NVMe M.2 SSDs, each one offering up to 4TB of industrial-grade storage, the PM-350 ensures high recording rates while minimizing power consumption. The PM-350 also introduces a new hot-swap ...

News  Updated at: 2025/03/31

Toshiba provides gate driver IC samples for BLDC motor applications in automotive systems On November 28, Toshiba Electronics Europe GmbH announced that it is providing the engineering samples for its TB9084FTG, a MOSFET gate driver IC for three-phase brushless DC (BLDC) motors. The device supports the shift to quieter BLDC motors in automotive applications like sliding doors, power tailgates, adjustable seats, electric pumps, and fans. The gate ...

News  Updated at: 2024/11/28

Toshiba partners with MIKROE, Serbia to develop automotive gate driver board for brushless motors On November 7, Toshiba Electronics Europe GmbH (“Toshiba”) partnered with MIKROE, a development tools company, to integrate its TB9083FTG gate-driver IC into the Brushless 30 Click, a compact add-on board for precise control of brushless DC (BLDC) motors in automotive applications. Toshiba's TB9083FTG includes 9 gate drivers, 6 for controlling ...

News  Updated at: 2024/11/08

TB Kawashima accepts investment from AUNDE and changes name to AUNDE Boshoku On November 1, TB Kawashima Co., Ltd. (TB Kawashima, Aichi-gun, Shiga Prefecture), a consolidated subsidiary of Toyota Boshoku Corporation, accepted investment from AUNDE Achter & Ebels GmbH (AUNDE). TB Kawashima became an equity method company of Toyota Boshoku, and changed its name to "AUNDE Boshoku Co., Ltd.” AUNDE Boshoku held a launch ceremony on the same day and ...

News  Updated at: 2024/11/06

Toshiba Europe launches samples of TB9103FTG gate driver IC On October 2, Toshiba Electronics Europe GmbH (Toshiba) announced that it has started to provide engineering samples of TB9103FTG, a MOSFET gate driver IC for automotive brushed DC motors. The TB9103FTG is designed for brushed DC motor applications that do not require speed control, enabling a more compact system design. It features a built-in charge pump to boost voltage for external M...

News  Updated at: 2024/10/04

tive applications. It satisfies the automotive semiconductor quality standard AEC-Q1003 Grade 2, ensuring stable performance in a wide temperature range of -40°C to 105°C. Samsung Electronics plans to begin mass production of the 256GB AM9C1 by the end of 2024. The company is also developing the 2TB model to address the growing demand in the market. It will start mass production of this model early next year. (From a press release on September ...

News  Updated at: 2024/10/01

Toshiba D&S develops new gate driver with streamlined functions for automotive motors Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation (Toshiba D&S) announced that it had developed TB9103FTG, a gate driver for automotive brushed DC motors, and would start delivering samples. The company succeeded in downsizing the product by streamlining its functions, assuming the use for latch motors in powered back doors and sliding doors. As more moving parts...

News  Updated at: 2024/09/20

detection, facial recognition, lane departure warnings, and tailgating warnings. The Pro7 also has an infrared sensor to ensure reliable performance in low-light conditions. The Pro7 has a dedicated video and neural processing unit capable of 2.5 TOPS and a storage capacity ranging from 128 GB to 1 TB. Another benefit of the Pro7 is its ease of installation through either OBD, J-BUS, or a standard three-wire connection. Events recorded by the Pro...

News  Updated at: 2024/09/05

EU clears acquisition of TB Kawashima by Toyota Boshoku and Aunde Group On August 1, the European Commission approved, under the EU Merger Regulation, the acquisition of joint control of TB Kawashima Co., Ltd. (‘TBKA') by Toyota Boshoku Corporation (‘TB'), both of Japan and by the Aunde Group SE of Germany. TBKA was previously solely controlled by TB. The transaction relates primarily to the manufacturing and supplying of parts and accessorie...

News  Updated at: 2024/08/02

Toyota Boshoku accepts investment from AUNDE to TB Kawashima Toyota Boshoku Corporation (Toyota Boshoku) announced that it has decided to accept a capital investment from AUNDE Achter & Ebels GmbH (AUNDE) to Toyota Boshoku’s consolidated subsidiary, TB Kawashima Co., Ltd. (TB Kawashima). This will strengthen TB Kawashima’s automotive seat fabric business. As a result of the investment, Toyota Boshoku’s proportion of voting rights in TB Kawa...

News  Updated at: 2024/04/05

river IC that implements a gate driver and a CPU core together with a comprehensive set of features and capabilities for driving three-phase brushless DC (BLDC). The highly integrated device enables space and system cost savings in automotive pump, fan, and body control applications.  The SmartMCD TB9M003FG uses Toshiba's advanced mixed-signal process technology, combining an Arm Cortex-M0 CPU with a vector engine co-processor and pre-drivers to...

News  Updated at: 2024/04/04

THACO BUS plant starts mass production of full monocoque chassis for new MOBIHOME sleeper buses Announced on October 25, 2023, THACO BUS factory in Vietnam, in September, begun the mass production of the full monocoque chassis for the new MOBIHOME sleeper bus line, namely new Bluesky TB120S and EVERGREEN 81S/87S seater buses, which are researched and developed by THACO AUTO’s R&D Center. This will enable the plant to improve product quality, wh...

News  Updated at: 2023/10/27

performance digital cockpit computing platform system, which enables a longer product lifecycle without any hardware upgrades, allowing OEMs to ensure their infotainment systems can be continually improved via over-the-air updates. With up to 32GB of RAM, 8GB of video RAM, a solid-state drive with 1TB of storage, and the Unreal Engine 3D graphics engine developed by leading game company Epic, Makalu sets a new benchmark for infotainment, deliveri...

News  Updated at: 2023/09/04

gh-speed navigation, memory parking, and urban navigation. The centralized computing platform will incorporate an AI processing unit with over 1000 TOPS of computing power, three domain controllers in the front cabin and on the left and right sides, alongside a vehicle-grade shared storage of over 1TB.The new Hozon Skateboard Chassis platform adopts the next-generation EEI central electric architecture. It accelerates from 0 to 100km/h in just 3....

News  Updated at: 2023/08/28

Toshiba Europe and MikroElektronika, Serbia partner on automotive motor control development On July 25, Toshiba Electronics Europe GmbH collaborated with MikroElektronika (MIKROE) to integrate its TB9053 DC-motor driver IC into the DC Motor 26 Click Board to accelerate the development of automotive applications. The TB9053 is easily designed into automotive subsystems such as throttle valves, engine valves, powered mirrors, grille shutters, and...

News  Updated at: 2023/07/27

Delta, Taiwan to acquire TB&C Group, Germany On June 15, Delta Electronics, Inc. announced the signing of a definitive agreement to purchase 100% shareholdings of HY&T Investments Holding B.V. and its subsidiaries, including TB&C Group, a leading provider of automotive high-voltage hybrid components for EUR 142 million. The deal was done by its subsidiary Delta International Holding Limited B.V. TB&C has excellent R&D and sales teams as well as m...

News  Updated at: 2023/06/16