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The Northamptonshire-based tech firm has developed a suite of material retrieval techniques to tackle the problem of throwaway electronics
These unique technologies help manufacturers and the wider electronics industry introduce circularity to their operations – while opening up new sources of income from the recovered assets. Emma Armstrong, sustainable electronics ambassador at In2tec Ltd, said: “It is wonderful to be recognised for our disruptive and effective technological solution.
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utting-edge In2Tec Ltd is proud to announce it is one of the winners of the 2024 SME News Midlands Enterprise Awards.
In2tec was recognised by the panel – which aims to showcase the achievements of forward- thinking businesses operating in the Midlands region – for its signature ReUSE and ReCYCL technologies which allow manufacturers to remove components from existing electronics at the end of their useful life and reuse them. For decades, the electronics industry has relied on cheaply produced green rigid plastic substrates for printed circuit board assemblies (PCBAs). This material is hazardous to burn, does not break
down in landfill, and producing them has a huge carbon footprint.
They also make recycling the valuable resources in PCBAs almost impossible and uneconomic, resulting in most ewaste being ‘buried or burned’. This is a staggering waste considering materials like gold, silver, and platinum are running out while being vital to developing technological solutions to the problems humanity faces.
In2tec has developed a pair of patented technologies – ReUSE, the manufacturing of unzippable electronics assemblies, and ReCYCL an ultra-low energy disassembly process – that allow full end-of-life disassembly, reuse, and recyclability.
The planet is producing one billion mobile phones and over 300 million laptops each year, draining the finite natural resources of the earth and causing catastrophic environmental damage. Our solution provides the answers to the epidemic of throwaway electronics while offering significant value for everybody from consumers through to manufacturers, recyclers, original OEM component manufacturers, and the people in developing countries mining the resources.”
Awards coordinator Melissa Bramall said:
“Working with our winners on SME News’ prestigious Midlands Enterprise Awards has been a marvellous opportunity to learn more, connect with award-winning individuals and teams, and recognise the best of the best in the Midlands. I wish all our winners a deeply successful future as they tirelessly dedicate themselves to their missions.”
SiliconAuto adopts Siemens’ PAVE360 to accelerate pre-silicon ADAS SoC development S
iemens Digital Industries Software announced that SiliconAuto has adopted
PAVE360 software to help reduce development time for its range of state-of-the-art semiconductors for the automotive industry and offer a software development environment prior to silicon hardware availability, accelerating its silicon development and enabling potential customers to shift left development processes. Established in 2023, SiliconAuto is a joint venture of Stellantis N.V. and Hon Hai Technology Group (‘Foxconn’) dedicated to designing and selling a family of state-of-the-art semiconductors to supply the automotive industry. SiliconAuto’s goal is to provide a virtual reference development environment for its forthcoming Advanced Driver-Assistance Systems (ADAS) System on a Chip (SoC) - prior to silicon hardware availability. To overcome this challenge, SiliconAuto adopted PAVE360 from Siemens, enabling the company to build an automotive standards-based multi-client, multi-fidelity, virtual development environment that mixes existing tooling and models with new virtual SoCs and real-world inputs to gain early insight, enable early software development and provide key metrics for decision criteria.
“SiliconAuto’s commitment to driving innovation in the automotive industry is
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exemplified by our collaboration with Siemens. By leveraging PAVE360, we are not just accelerating development but also paving the way for future-ready vehicles that meets the highest standards of safety and performance” said Shawn Tien, vice president of sales and marketing, SiliconAuto. “The pace of development for the advanced technologies required for next generation electric vehicles is accelerating - OEMs and suppliers need to be able to prove out, simulate and iterate
software capabilities long before hardware becomes available,” said David Fritz, vice president, Hybrid and Virtual Systems, Siemens Digital Industries Software. “SiliconAuto’s selection of PAVE360 for its environment of choice for pre-silicon software development shows that our standards-based approach is enabling leaders in the automotive industries to accelerate their development processes and deliver the functionality that the next generation of vehicles are demanding.”
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