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Tirna Electronics has announced the availability of a more flexible version of its analogue filter module.

TEMPE, AZ (MARKET WIRE) With an already extensive line of thermal imaging cameras and devices, AC Tool Supply announced Tuesday they will bring on the new FLIR i60 and FLIR b60 line of FLIR infrared thermal imaging cameras in the 4th quarter of 2008.

MALVERN, PA (MARKET WIRE) Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. (NYSE: VSH) today expanded its family of TrenchFET(R) Gen III power MOSFETs with the release of a new 20-V n-channel device offering the industry's lowest on-resistance and on-resistance times gate charge for a device with this voltage rating in the PowerPAK(R) SO-8 package type.

SAN JOSE, CA (MARKET WIRE) Micrel Inc., (NASDAQ: MCRL), an industry leader in analog, high bandwidth communications, and Ethernet IC solutions, and Zilog, Inc. (NASDAQ: ZILG), a leading supplier of embedded solutions for consumer and industrial applications, today announced that they are working together on a technology partnership. The collaboration involves developing subsystem level module products targeted at motion sensor, TV remote and RF point-to-point cable replacement markets. Micrel is expected to provide the RF chips with Zilog supplying the microcontrollers and system software.

GOLDEN, CO (MARKET WIRE) AWhere, Inc. (AWI), the provider of geo-analytic solutions for business insight, today announced that MINDBODY, an innovator of on-line business management solutions for the health and wellness industry, has engaged AWhere to increase the effectiveness of their marketing investments and the marketing done by their customers.

OTTAWA (MARKET WIRE) Plaintree systems Inc. (CNQ: NPT) (OTCBB: PTEEF), today announced that its Triodetic's division entered into a contract worth more than USD $2.8 million for the engineering and manufacture of architectural details to complete the exterior design of a main building at the University of Texas Hospital Campus in Houston Texas. The bulk of the work on the project is expected in the 3rd Quarter of fiscal 2009.

HILLSBORO, OR (MARKET WIRE) Lattice Semiconductor Corporation (NASDAQ: LSCC) today announced that its industry-leading LatticeSCM(TM) FPGA family-based SPI4.2 MACO(TM) ("Masked Array for Cost Optimization") cores have been enhanced by adding sophisticated link layer buffer management options. Compared to competitive FPGAs, the LatticeSCM FPGA family has offered the industry's most feature-rich SPI4.2-based cores and bridge reference designs at the lowest cost, power and printed circuit board footprint. These new features enhance this solution portfolio by allowing designers the option to use a parameterizable buffer

SANTA CLARA, CA (MARKET WIRE) Symyx Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: SMMX) today announced that Symyx Draw 3.1, the chemical drawing application that replaces industry-leading ISIS/Draw, is now available for download at no charge for academic and non-commercial personal use (www.symyx.com/getdraw). Symyx Draw 3.1 enables scientists to draw and edit complex chemical structures and reactions with ease, facilitating the collaborative searching, viewing, registering, and archiving of scientific information. To support academic researchers, Symyx Draw 3.1 also offers exceptional publication-quality drawing capabilities for

VICTORIA, BC (MARKET WIRE) Carmanah Technologies Corporation (TSX: CMH) has received an order to supply solar-powered portable airfield lights for Bariven S.A. in Venezuela, a subsidiary of PDVSA. The order, valued at approximately $700,000, will provide the tools to equip Venezuela's Airport De Guiria with a stand-alone system of solar-powered LED (light emitting diode) aviation lights. Serving the Gulf of Paria, the Airport De Guiria offers convenient access for residents and visitors to this seaside community, while accommodating around-the-clock support and emergency response for local industrial enterprises

BEAVERTON, OR (MARKET WIRE) Merix Corporation (NASDAQ: MERX), a leading provider of advanced high-reliability printed circuit boards, today announced that an expansion and technology upgrade in their Huiyang, China (HY) factory is complete. Over the past two years, Merix has invested over $23 million in the HY expansion. The result is a 400 thousand square foot facility that has roughly three times the inner-layer manufacturing capacity when compared to a year ago.