November 2011 Archives

Amplicon has created a business division which will provide engineering services.

Acal has had a good six months.

Sales revenues were up 5% on the same period last year.

RS Components has received the 2011 Distributor of the Year award from test instrument firm LeCroy.

The two companies have only been working together for less than two years.

Avnet Abacus has signed a pan-European franchise agreement with Murata covering its ranges of passive components.

Analog Devices has appointed Gernot Faigel as its new channel director for the EMEA region.

The semiconductor market continues to feel the effects of the economic slowdown. New figures from IHS iSuppli suggest that sales of power management ICs will grow more slowly than expected.

A sharp slowdown in spending due to continuing global economic uncertainty will cause revenue growth in the consumer electronics market to fall short of growth expectations by more than 75% this year, according to analyst IHS iSuppli.

The European heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) industry is undergoing unprecedented change, says analyst Frost & Sullivan.

EDA Solutions, the sales representative in Europe for Tanner EDA and Incentia Design Systems, has appointed Steve Attfield as sales manager for Northern Europe, covering the UK, Benelux and the Nordic countries.

Element14 has launched a new website dedicated to recently released technologies and products.

Mouser Electronics has signed a global distribution agreement with Bergquist, the manufacturer of thermal management materials.

Demand is beginning to fall as the semiconductor industry entered 3Q11 with moderately high levels of inventory, according to Gartner.

RS Components has signed a global trading agreement with SMC, the world leading experts in pneumatics.

RS Components has received this year's Global Catalogue Distribution Award from connector supplier, Molex in recognition of its sales performance.

The European chip market is still on course for a growth year. But the wind is changing.

Satellite set-top box (STB) market may be about to see a turn around from a few years of slow to negative growth.

Digi-Key has added Clare semiconductor products to its online catalogue.

Component distributors in the UK are seeing a sharp decline in new bookings.

Billings are slowing to, according to the latest figures from the Electronic Components Supply Network (ECSN).

Power Integrations will act as a sales representative for SemiSouth Laboratories' range of silicon carbide (SiC) diodes and JFETs everywhere but not in Europe.

Solid State plc has acquired the assets of Blazepoint, a supplier of rugged computer systems and handheld devices to both the commercial and military markets.

Future Electronics is targeting professional audio companies in a new programme of technical support and logistics.

Business activity for London firms fell in the last quarter, according to the London Chamber of Commerce and Industry's latest Quarterly Economic Survey.

According to the survey, sales and orders fell significantly for London's firms in Q3, particularly in export markets.