News from WTC

El Segundo, Calif., Apr. 1, 2008—Amid $100-per-barrel oil, rising instability in petroleum-producing regions and mounting concerns over the environmental impact of fossil fuels, renewable energy—particularly solar—has emerged as a critical technology of the 21st century. “Technology companies...

March 26th 2008, Munich Germany After a few false starts, MEMS-based oscillators are finally beginning to leave the shelves in series. Already last year, close to 3 million MEMS oscillators shipped to end customers, says Munich-based technology analysts WTC - Wicht...

22nd November 2007. Munich, Germany.  WTC has just updated its technical and market analysis for RF MEMS switches. Although the market was less than $5 million last year, the Munich-based market analysis and consulting company says RF MEMS devices will quickly grow to $210 million in...

23rd October, 2007 Munich, Germany.  "Nano Solutions 2007" (Frankfurt) will play host to a WTC workshop on the new roadmap for Carbon Nanotubes called ARCORC.  For this study, WTC conducted interviews with key players worldwide. The results of this comprehensive survey...

4th October 2007 Munich, Germany. Markets for thin-film technology used in solar cell modules will grow from 90 MW to 460 MW over the next 5 years. This corresponds to a penetration rate of 10% today, growing to 18% in 2011. Thin-film...

16th July 2007  The European Union (EU) has approved the support of a study aimed at evolving technology roadmaps for RF MEMS (radio frequency based micro-electro-mechanical-systems).This project was...

24th July 2007 Munich, Germany. The difficulty in securing a feedstock supply to produce conventional wafer-based solar cells has encouraged a frenzy of industry projects related to thin-film solar cells. WTC has counted some 130 companies developing and in some cases...

9th May 2007 Munich, Germany.  SENSOR+TEST Exhibition 2007 will play host to a NEXUS workshop for both visitors and exhibit participants on „Finding Partners for EU-Projects in MST/ MEMS".  In collaboration with WTC, the workshop provides practical information...

16th Apri, 2007   Munich, Germany. WTC has updated its MEMS market data with a global bottom-up survey of the top 30 MEMS companies. WTC identified and interviewed over 60 major organizations during February and March 2007 regarding their current MEMS revenues, products,...