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Top news stories in September

Procurement Pro takes a look at the top news stories from September 2025 – featuring this month is allegations that China was urging its tech companies not to purchase chips from NVIDIA in spite of the US granting it a licence to sell its H20 chip; the impact of tariffs on SME investment plans; and

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Mouser will distribute Quantic Evans’ hybrid capacitors

Mouser Electronics has announced a global distribution agreement with Quantic Evans, a company providing high-energy density capacitors for demanding mission-critical applications. Quantic Evans’ hybrid capacitors, known as EVANSCAPS, serve diverse markets, including aerospace, energy, and communications, where high-reliability, size, weight, and power (SWaP) are crucial. “Partnering with Mouser significantly expands global access to our high-reliability

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Brewer Science Expands US Operations

Brewer Science, announces the opening of a new office and lab in Chandler, Arizona: the Brewer Science Arizona Innovation Centre. This expansion strengthens the company’s proximity to key customers, partners, and research collaborators. “We are excited to welcome Brewer Science’s expansion to our business community,” said Chandler Mayor Kevin Hartke. “It is global leaders in

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Sofics now part of GlobalFoundries ecosystem

Sofics recently announced its official inclusion in the GlobalFoundries (GF) GlobalSolutions Ecosystem, expanding its reach across GF’s wide range of technology platforms. Sofics has validated and productised ESD and I/O solutions on multiple GF process technologies, which includes 22FDX SOI, 130nm SOI, 130nm/65nm/55nm CMOS, and 9HP SiGe. These silicon-proven solutions are now used in commercial

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Luminovo receives Electronics Supply Chain Platform award

Luminovo announces that it has won a 2025 Mexico Technology Award for its electronics supply chain platform. The award was presented during a ceremony at SMTA Guadalajara 2025, recognising breakthrough solutions driving innovation and efficiency across the electronics manufacturing industry. Luminovo’s platform is reshaping the future of electronics manufacturing by eliminating bottlenecks, automating core workflows,

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Teledyne e2v and Viking Technology distribution agreement

Teledyne e2v Semiconductors, a Teledyne Technologies Inc. company, and Viking Technology, a division of Sanmina Corporation, announce a strategic distribution agreement. This collaboration brings together two industry leaders to deliver advanced memory and storage solutions to customers across the EMEA (Europe, the Middle East & Africa) and APAC (Asia-Pacific) regions, with a focus on aerospace

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Omnea raises $50m to go towards vision of AI-powered management

Omnea, an AI-native procurement intake and orchestration platform, has successfully raised $50 million in Series B funding to accelerate its shift to a new era of AI-powered supplier relationship management. This announcement comes after another year of growth for Omnea. The company has grown its revenue 5x and more than tripled headcount in the past

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Avnet becomes franchised distributor for AirBorn

Avnet announced it has become a franchised distributor for AirBorn, a Molex company, widening its portfolio of rugged, mission-critical connectors and electronic components for aerospace, defence, space exploration, commercial aviation and other high-reliability markets. The agreement makes Avnet an authorised source for AirBorn products, which are designed for demanding environments and trusted in some of

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China allegedly urging tech companies not to buy NVIDIA chips

After an unprecedented decision was made last month from the US government to grant NVIDIA and AMD licenses to sell their chips into China – which detailed that both NVIDIA and AMD would have to pay 15% of the revenues they generated to the US – another spanner has potentially been thrown in the works

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Grinn seals partnership with MediaTek

Grinn, a full-cycle technology company specialising in the design and development of advanced IoT and embedded solutions, has announced the launch of a strategic partnership with MediaTek which will help it to extend the implementation of advanced AI and IoT technologies based on its off-the-shelf embedded computing systems. The first fruit of the partnership is

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