Densitron Display Solutions is now offering the Seiko Instruments range of industrial grade TFT displays in the UK, Ireland and Italy.
Continue reading Densitron sells Seiko TFTs for industrial applications.
RS Components has signed a global franchise agreement with EPCOS.
Continue reading RS signs EPCOS franchise.
Schroff has been appointed as the UK technical representative for McLean Cooling Technology, the Minnesota-based manufacturer of products designed for cooling electronic systems.
Continue reading Schroff becomes rep for McLean air conditioners.
The component distribution market is emerging from the dark days of the 2008/2009 downturn with important lessons learnt.
Tighter control of inventory in the supply chain is a must and do not underestimate the importance of the internet in the recovery.
Continue reading Online business key to recovery of distribution.
RS Components has extended its business relationship with ABB to create a global franchise for its product lines spanning electrical, interconnect, power and control products.
In what is another example of how broadline distributors are working with suppliers on joint product marketing, RS will also help ABB in product introductions.
Continue reading RS to work with ABB on product launches.
APRO, the Taiwan-based supplier of industrial-grade NAND flash storage devices, has teamed with ProSaleTech and Phoenix Systems Engineering & Technologies (PST) to expand its presence in the European market.
Continue reading Flash supplier tackles 'idiosyncrasies' of European market.
Powerstax has responded to recent sales growth in its power supply business by making three executive appointments.
Continue reading Power firm adds to head office team.
Web-based design tools are now providing ready access to embedded system development and NXP's design initiative with ARM has launched a web-enabled development tool for the firm's LPC ARM processor family of microcontrollers.
Continue reading NXP and ARM love web-based tools.
There is so much hype around the Android operating system that it is all too easy under-play the importance of the Symbian OS in the mobile market.
Continue reading Android won't topple Symbian OS for three years.
A ray of optimism shines out of a rather downbeat comment on the year ahead for Britain's manufacturers from the EEF, the manufacturers' organisation.
Based on an estimate that the UK economy as a whole will grow at less than 1% this year, the growth prediction for the manufacturing sector is a little higher at 1.2%.
Continue reading Lord Mandelson recognises importance of manufacturers.
If you want to buy a British-designed netbook go along to Marks & Spencer.
Continue reading M&S sells British netbook.
If you are looking for an investment bet for 2010, may be it is worth looking at the semiconductor industry.
Continue reading It's time to pile into chips.
Two bits of positive news for manufacturers.
UK exports in November rose to their highest level for more than a year, according to the Office for National Statistics.
Then came the news that the UK economy is finally emerging from recession, some months after Germany and France.
Continue reading Exports up and manufacturers are happiest.
Avnet Abacus has won the 2009 distributor of the year award from connector supplier Hirose in the UK.
Continue reading Avnet Abacus connects with Hirose.
With sales of iPhones booming and with the launch of new smartphones like Google's Nexus One, 2010 looks like the year when wi-fi usage goes ballistic.
The result is rising demand for wi-fi chipsets.
According to market watcher ABI Research, sales of chipsets for wi-fi, Bluetooth, and GPS connectivity in handsets are likely to grow by grow 16% in 2009, exceeding $1.9bn, and with a CAGR of 11% between 2009 and 2014.
This is helping to kick-start a recovery in the mobile phone semiconductor market.
Continue reading Wi-fi market set to go ballistic in 2010.
Struggling car manufacturers have had a strong finish to one of their worst years in a decade with new car registrations up almost 39% in December.
This will be providing some much-needed relief in the automotive supply chain.
Continue reading Scrappage scheme boosts car sales, but only two months left.
Marvell is claiming to have created the world's first quadcore processor using the ARM instruction set.
I think NXP is another company working on a quadcore ARM chip.
Continue reading Is this the first quadcore ARM processor?.
Acal Technology has been recognised by defence and aerospace systems company Cobham as its leading defence communications supplier of the year.
A big element of the award was the distributor's support for its Actel FPGA lines.
Continue reading Acal praised for level of support for Actel FPGAs.
Will the World Cup delay the digital TV switchover? Apparently it can in Italy.
Continue reading Will the World Cup delay the digital TV switchover?.
News that November was the highest billings month of the year for the UK and Ireland-based component distributors gives the industry at the start of the New Year.
Continue reading November billings up-tick brings some relief.
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