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Rocket from Austria: Students reaching for the stars
In the Aerospace Team Graz (ASTG), students build rockets with which they take part in international competitions. AT&S contributes to the project with a printed circuit board package enabling electronic controls.
A new way to autonomous vehicles: Going to driving school with AI in London
According to predictions from the 2000s, self-driving cars should populate our roads today. But the revolution is a long time [...]
“Faces of AT&S” present multitude of exciting new career opportunities
The construction of the new R&D center in Leoben will create new research positions and hundreds of exciting jobs in different areas. With the "Faces of AT&S" job offensive, the people who make up AT&S address new talent as future colleagues.
Autonomous robots steer agriculture into the future
While we have to wait even longer for autonomous e-cars, agriculture is already heading towards the autonomous future. Sensor-loaded precision robots, powered by artificial intelligence, grow crops, pull weeds, control pests with minimal use of pesticides, and provide data to optimize agriculture.
How VR glasses help people with dementia to find their lost memories again
Virtual reality glasses are primarily associated with gaming and a younger crowd. Unexpected support for VR and the "Metaverse" is [...]
AT&S boosts revenue and earnings to record levels
AT&S significantly increased revenue and earnings in the financial year 2021/22 and continues its strong growth course as part of its strategy implementation.
Big tech leaders Apple, Google, and Microsoft, are heralding the end of annoying passwords
Users have been promised a password-free yet secure online world for a long time. Now it is within reach: The three leading technology giants, Apple, Google, and Microsoft, are joining the industry initiative FIDO and the World Wide Web Consortium and want to replace passwords with smartphone identification by the end of 2022.
A healthier life with wearables and health apps
lready taken enough steps today, got up regularly, trained? Ever since the Apple Watch and Fitbit, we've been familiar with those little "nudges" in favor of our health. However, wearables and apps have long been able to do much more. Their sensors collect millions of data from pulse to blood oxygen levels – not only for diagnosis but also for therapy.
Buckle up. We’re accelerating to Metaverse speed!
Ever since Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg predicted the coming of the “Metaverse” six months ago and renamed his company Meta, the buzzword has been on everybody’s lips. An inventory.
Inclusion at work at AT&S
Inclusion of people with disabilities has been a reality at AT&S for many years. There is a long-standing partnership with Cafe Beniva, which supports people with Down syndrome.
The alternative to batteries made of lithium, cobalt, and other problematic metals? Plastic.
Electricity generation from renewable sources like wind turbines and solar farms is only half of the fossil-free energy future. The other half consists of the necessary storage for “fidget current” and inevitable “dark doldrums.”
Many uses for wearables in sports, health, and daily life
Thanks to AT&S technology, wearables such as headsets, smart rings, or fitness trackers can incorporate the numerous electronic components compactly [...]
AT&S supplies nervous systems for high-tech drones
From weddings to beach vacations, drones are currently the most exciting tool in the equipment for many amateur filmmakers and photographers. Connection technology from AT&S ensures excellent communication between the multitude of components, from GPS and sensors to high-resolution cameras on board.
Malaysia: AT&S plant under construction holds first town hall meeting for employees
The construction of the new production facility in Kulim Hi-Tech Park, which will produce IC substrates from 2024, requires not only physical efforts. With 6000 employees, AT&S is building a complex, modern social structure.
AT&S receives the Styrian Innovation Prize for flexible mini circuit boards for the tiniest hearing aids
An innovation from AT&S that can make life easier for millions of people with hearing impairments brought the high-tech company the premiere win in the digitization category of the Styrian Innovation Prize.
War, pandemic and other disasters put pressure on supply chains
Unforeseen events, such as the war in Ukraine or a natural disaster, can cause shock waves in supply chains with unexpected consequences. So far, the current crisis in Ukraine has only had indirect effects on AT&S.
Intel builds two new semiconductor factories in Magdeburg, reducing European dependence on Asia
The world’s leading chip producer is building two new semiconductor factories in Magdeburg, Germany. The $17 billion investment is a welcome contribution to the EU’s digital strategy to achieve a higher level of “digital sovereignty.”
Amazon, Apple, and Google united in smart home communications standard “Matter”
The adaptation of Smart Home technology has faced two major hurdles: the (in)comprehensibility of the technology and the confusion of different systems.
Start of construction for the new AT&S research center in Leoben
The Austrian microelectronics manufacturer AT&S is investing a total of € 500 million in Leoben, providing career opportunities for 700 specialists in one of the most exciting industries in Europe.
Magnetic Inlays: Mini electromagnets for wireless charging
As part of an EU research project, AT&S is developing the next generation of miniaturized inductors that can be integrated into multi-layer printed circuit boards. This makes it possible to implement the smallest voltage converters or ultra-thin, wireless charging devices, which have several advantages compared to the technology currently available.
EU “digital decade” is taking shape
Perhaps it was precisely the pandemic that made the urgency of implementing the EU’s “digital sovereignty” clear. When she took office at the end of 2019, Ursula von der Leyen declared digitization a cornerstone of her policy, proclaimed a digital decade and presented the goals to be achieved in the form of a digital compass a year ago.
“Industry Attack”: AT&S novel alerts employees to the threat of cybercrime
With the cybercrime novel "Industry Attack," specially written for AT&S, the high-tech company raises awareness for IT security among its employees.
MIT Career Fair: AT&S is looking for the best minds
AT&S is represented for the first time at the European career fair of the US elite university Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Thousands of students and graduates from prestigious universities considering a career in European business or research meet there.
Smart Waste: Turning waste into valuable raw materials with sensors and scanners
Since the beginning of time, man has produced a product with outstanding reliability: waste. However, what has rotted for thousands of years has grown over our heads since industrialization and consumer society thanks to non-rotting waste.
Holographic telepresence brings us a big step closer to the “USS Enterprise”
"Beam me up, Scotty": Captain Kirk's command in the science fiction series Star Trek to his chief engineer to reach [...]
Innovative courses at AT&S enable top athletes to receive high-tech vocational training
The Styrian microelectronics manufacturer AT&S is expanding its range of apprenticeships as part of a broad-based apprenticeship offensive. In cooperation with the trade union and HR Bildungs- und Service GmbH, AT&S developed a concept that enables competitive athletes to complete a promising apprenticeship alongside their training workload.
#transformationtuesday: AT&S starts global innovation talks with employees
The Styrian microelectronics group is breaking new ground in internal communication: the new event series #transformationtuesday brings exciting lectures to the plant in Leoben every week. The events are broadcast live for all employees worldwide.
With artificial intelligence, autonomous drones take over the guardian role in critical infrastructure
Whether it is corrosion of electricity pylons, monitoring gas lines, or controlling port facilities: Autonomous drones and AI systems take on tasks that humans can only do with great effort and at risk of their lives.
Rocket from Austria: Students reaching for the stars
In the Aerospace Team Graz (ASTG), students build rockets with which they take part in international competitions. AT&S contributes to the project with a printed circuit board package enabling electronic controls.
A new way to autonomous vehicles: Going to driving school with AI in London
According to predictions from the 2000s, self-driving cars should populate our roads today. But the revolution is a long time [...]
“Faces of AT&S” present multitude of exciting new career opportunities
The construction of the new R&D center in Leoben will create new research positions and hundreds of exciting jobs in different areas. With the "Faces of AT&S" job offensive, the people who make up AT&S address new talent as future colleagues.
Autonomous robots steer agriculture into the future
While we have to wait even longer for autonomous e-cars, agriculture is already heading towards the autonomous future. Sensor-loaded precision robots, powered by artificial intelligence, grow crops, pull weeds, control pests with minimal use of pesticides, and provide data to optimize agriculture.
How VR glasses help people with dementia to find their lost memories again
Virtual reality glasses are primarily associated with gaming and a younger crowd. Unexpected support for VR and the "Metaverse" is [...]
AT&S boosts revenue and earnings to record levels
AT&S significantly increased revenue and earnings in the financial year 2021/22 and continues its strong growth course as part of its strategy implementation.
Big tech leaders Apple, Google, and Microsoft, are heralding the end of annoying passwords
Users have been promised a password-free yet secure online world for a long time. Now it is within reach: The three leading technology giants, Apple, Google, and Microsoft, are joining the industry initiative FIDO and the World Wide Web Consortium and want to replace passwords with smartphone identification by the end of 2022.
A healthier life with wearables and health apps
lready taken enough steps today, got up regularly, trained? Ever since the Apple Watch and Fitbit, we've been familiar with those little "nudges" in favor of our health. However, wearables and apps have long been able to do much more. Their sensors collect millions of data from pulse to blood oxygen levels – not only for diagnosis but also for therapy.
Buckle up. We’re accelerating to Metaverse speed!
Ever since Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg predicted the coming of the “Metaverse” six months ago and renamed his company Meta, the buzzword has been on everybody’s lips. An inventory.
Inclusion at work at AT&S
Inclusion of people with disabilities has been a reality at AT&S for many years. There is a long-standing partnership with Cafe Beniva, which supports people with Down syndrome.
The alternative to batteries made of lithium, cobalt, and other problematic metals? Plastic.
Electricity generation from renewable sources like wind turbines and solar farms is only half of the fossil-free energy future. The other half consists of the necessary storage for “fidget current” and inevitable “dark doldrums.”
Many uses for wearables in sports, health, and daily life
Thanks to AT&S technology, wearables such as headsets, smart rings, or fitness trackers can incorporate the numerous electronic components compactly [...]
AT&S supplies nervous systems for high-tech drones
From weddings to beach vacations, drones are currently the most exciting tool in the equipment for many amateur filmmakers and photographers. Connection technology from AT&S ensures excellent communication between the multitude of components, from GPS and sensors to high-resolution cameras on board.
Malaysia: AT&S plant under construction holds first town hall meeting for employees
The construction of the new production facility in Kulim Hi-Tech Park, which will produce IC substrates from 2024, requires not only physical efforts. With 6000 employees, AT&S is building a complex, modern social structure.
AT&S receives the Styrian Innovation Prize for flexible mini circuit boards for the tiniest hearing aids
An innovation from AT&S that can make life easier for millions of people with hearing impairments brought the high-tech company the premiere win in the digitization category of the Styrian Innovation Prize.
War, pandemic and other disasters put pressure on supply chains
Unforeseen events, such as the war in Ukraine or a natural disaster, can cause shock waves in supply chains with unexpected consequences. So far, the current crisis in Ukraine has only had indirect effects on AT&S.
Intel builds two new semiconductor factories in Magdeburg, reducing European dependence on Asia
The world’s leading chip producer is building two new semiconductor factories in Magdeburg, Germany. The $17 billion investment is a welcome contribution to the EU’s digital strategy to achieve a higher level of “digital sovereignty.”
Amazon, Apple, and Google united in smart home communications standard “Matter”
The adaptation of Smart Home technology has faced two major hurdles: the (in)comprehensibility of the technology and the confusion of different systems.
Start of construction for the new AT&S research center in Leoben
The Austrian microelectronics manufacturer AT&S is investing a total of € 500 million in Leoben, providing career opportunities for 700 specialists in one of the most exciting industries in Europe.
Magnetic Inlays: Mini electromagnets for wireless charging
As part of an EU research project, AT&S is developing the next generation of miniaturized inductors that can be integrated into multi-layer printed circuit boards. This makes it possible to implement the smallest voltage converters or ultra-thin, wireless charging devices, which have several advantages compared to the technology currently available.
EU “digital decade” is taking shape
Perhaps it was precisely the pandemic that made the urgency of implementing the EU’s “digital sovereignty” clear. When she took office at the end of 2019, Ursula von der Leyen declared digitization a cornerstone of her policy, proclaimed a digital decade and presented the goals to be achieved in the form of a digital compass a year ago.
“Industry Attack”: AT&S novel alerts employees to the threat of cybercrime
With the cybercrime novel "Industry Attack," specially written for AT&S, the high-tech company raises awareness for IT security among its employees.
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