Solar Industry Report

The Sun shines brightly on the Solar industry….. It is within reach… If you covered an area of 335 square kilometres in the Great Saharan Desert (covering only 1.2% of its landmass) with solar panels, you could produce 100% of the world’s electricity needs1. Practically possible? Currently not, but it does show that with a little planning, ingenuity, and financing …

Autonomous Driving Report – November 2022

The revolution of the automobile industry is undoubtedly one of the hottest topics in the past few years The ongoing electrification of automobiles is not only changing the power source from gasoline to battery but reshaping the industry from mechanics focused to semiconductor focused. Today, innovation is pivoted around adding intelligence to an automobile’s operations, developing and investing in the …

RCL announces the sale of Nowi B.V to Nexperia

RCL is pleased to announce the sale of Nowi B.V., a world-class provider of Energy Harvesting and Power Management solutions, to Nexperia.   Nexperia Invests in Sustainable Alternatives to Batteries by Buying Nowi B.V.*  Nexperia announced that it has agreed to acquire Nowi B.V., a technology firm that is pioneering new Energy Harvesting and Power Management Integrated Circuits (PMICs). Nexperia, …

Electro Optics Interview with Mike Powell

Renevo’s managing partner Mike Powell was interviewed by Electro Optics. Read the full article here: https://www.electrooptics.com/analysis-opinion/most-investment-bankers-i-d-come-across-didn-t-understand-fundamental-technology

2022 RCL Automotive LiDAR Report (English & Chinese)

LiDAR systems no longer resemble clunky cylinders attached to the roof of a vehicle. The state-of-art automotive LiDAR now looks very different. Automotive LiDAR today accounts for just a small part of all LiDAR applications. However, automotive LiDAR will soon become the dominant application. Multiple factors are triggering a rapidly growing industry curve: • Automakers demand for L2 partially autonomous …

Chinese Investments in Europe – The End is Not Near

Chinese investment in the EU and UK has decreased steadily since its peak in 2016. To start with, the decrease was due to the Chinese authorities wanting tighter control over the money flow. They were concerned that many Chinese companies were buying speculative assets in Europe, such as football clubs, real estate and bankrupt industrial companies, sometimes using such transactions …

RCL announces the sale of Pod Group to Giesecke+Devrient

RCL is pleased to announce the sale of Pod Group, the world’s first IoT Enterprise Network Operator (ENO), to Giesecke+Devrient (G+D), a global security technology group headquartered in Munich. Combination of Enterprise Focused IoT Connectivity and Secure eSIM Technology Set to Accelerate IoT Adoption Cambridge/Munich, July 7th 2021 – Pod Group, the world’s first IoT Enterprise Network Operator (ENO), has today …

Acquisition of Inflowmatix Ltd by SUEZ SA

RCL is pleased to announce the sale of Inflomatix Ltd., a leading provider of high-frequency pressure data and associated edge analytics to support near real-time operational and asset management decisions for water utilities worldwide, to SUEZ SA. SUEZ accelerates the deployment of digital solutions to improve networks performance worldwide by acquiring Inflowmatix SUEZ SA announces the acquisition of Inflowmatix Ltd. …

Lasers Report

The photonics industry is maturing and growing, even in the face of the global COVID-19 pandemic. There have been multiple megamergers between the top players, along with significant investments and constant innovation across the globe. The Laser portion of the photonics market is more than playing its part, with multiple laser companies reporting increased revenue and profitability over the COVID …

ficonTEC Press Release

Press release, Corporate News Investment agreement to support cooperation between ficonTEC Service and RoboTechnik Intelligent Technology Achim, Germany [December 2020] – ficonTEC Service GmbH, a leading global supplier of highly automated production machine systems for photonic device assembly and test, has entered into and implemented a structured investment agreement with RoboTechnik Intelligent Technology. Struck with a strong ‘think global, act …