Dow Chemical's acquisition of Rohm and Haas in April has left it labouring under heavy debts.

ECONOMIST: Reliance bids for LyondellBasell

Additionally, Dow is in the process of addressing the heavy debt load taken on to fund the April 2009 purchase of Rohm and Haas.

FORBES: Yields Trigger Chemical Stock Reaction

Like Murata's prototype, the Rohm flavor uses square electrodes instead of the coils that you'll find in traditional wireless power solutions, like Qi.

ENGADGET: Rohm Wireless Power Transmission system hands-on (video)

In another takeover story, Dow Chemical informed Rohm and Haas it does not intend to complete its acquisition of the company by Tuesday's scheduled closing date.

FORBES: Magazine Article

If Mr Eller and Ms Edstrom think that almost everything that happens at Microsoft is a serendipitous accident, Wendy Goldman Rohm is of the opposite persuasion.

ECONOMIST: Microsoft

Freund, 49, a truck driver and jewelry store owner, says he never gave the Rohm and Haas plant a second thought until Joanne Branham came back to town.

CNN: What killed Frank Branham?

Most semiconductor makers have been savaged by falling prices, but Rohm, the world's largest maker of specialist microchips, has maintained margins by adding extra functions to its devices.

ECONOMIST: Japan��s growth companies

Wireless power demos abound at CEATEC, and Rohm Semiconductor had their own variant on hand with a complete mix of direct-draw gadgets, along with the omnipresent charging iPhone 4 (or was it a 4S?).

ENGADGET: Rohm Wireless Power Transmission system hands-on (video)

Rohm's Wireless Power Transmission system also allows you to charge or power devices by placing them anywhere on the pad, rather than directly over charging positions, and it supports much greater transmission, with one prototype outputting up to 100 watts.

ENGADGET: Rohm Wireless Power Transmission system hands-on (video)