Farnell claims it is first European distributor to offer the complete Molex EXTreme Power series, which includes the EXTreme LPHPower, MicroPower and ZPower ranges.
Acal BFi has signed a distribution agreement with thermistor manufacturer, Shibaura.
This is an extension to an existing agreement which adds the Nordic territories and extends the franchise agreement throughout Europe.
Digi-Key's announcement that it is to end production of its print catalogue will surprise the market and change the future of component distribution at a stroke.
World's leading online and catalogue distributors are taking different approaches to the market as they bid to win business from traditional broadline distributors.
George Osborne's Budget may have received the thumbs up from the City, but does it show that he believes the technology and manufacturing industries are important for future growth?
Tom Wills-Sandford, deputy director general of IT and technology association, Intellect points his finger on the real concern.
While he felt there were a number of positive announcements for the technology sector, he was surprised by one omission.
Farnell's element14 website is inviting 30 hackerspace teams to conceptualise and build a project to help advance technology in education, as part of Great Hackerspace Challenge.
Hackerspaces are community-operated physical locations where people with common technology-related interests meet to share resources and knowledge.
According to element14, there are more than 500 around the world.
Bluegiga Technologies has named Stevenage-based 2001 Electronic Components as its top performing distributor.
Bluegiga supplies Bluetooth wireless modules and servers for industrial applications.
"Their technical skills, customer focus and close cooperation with our team provide our UK customers the required local support and assistance in achieving the highest possible customer satisfaction," said Anna Nykanen, product support director at Bluegiga.
Pictured: Gordon Serpis, general manager of 2K1 (centre) with Anna Nykanen, product support director and Mikko Savolainen from Bluegiga.
MSC and Atmel are running a series of microcontroller design workshops later in the year.
There will be two-day workshops for first-time-user in SAM9G45 Linux and one-day workshops for SAM Cortex-user in June and July.
In September the picoPower AVR und AVR32 workshops will focus on the low power and 8-bit and 32-bit MCUs of Atmel.
The workshop fee includes an evaluation kit, detailed training material, template and catering.
The dates and venues will be published in April on the MSC Vertriebs website.
Digi-Key passed the $1.5bn sales mark for the first time in 2010.
This was a 64% increase on the previous year, and was at a rate almost double that of the industry as a whole.
TTI has been named European distributor of the year by specialist ceramic capacitor and filter manufacturer Syfer Technology.
Farnell is offering test engineers the opportunity to question Bryan Thompson from Agilent Technologies about the test supplier's InfiniiVision 3000 and 2000 X-Series oscilloscopes.
Mouser has made a link with the design community through a partnership with EDA reseller EMA Design Automation.
Avnet Memec has extended technical design support in Scandinavia with the appointment of a technical account manager for Denmark.
RS Components has announced the second release of it DesignSpark PCB design software package.
A feature of version 2.0 of the software includes 3D visualisation of PCB layouts and increased library management functionality.
Embedded video firm Advanced Micro Peripherals is targeting the market in Italy with the appointment of Milan-based Sistemi Avanzati Elettronici srl (SISAV) as its local distributor.
Avnet Electronics Marketing is addressing the issues for design of ARM processor-based systems in a series of technical seminars co-sponsored by ARM which come to the UK in the summer.
