February 2012 Archives

The uninterruptible power supply (UPS) market saw year-over-year growth slow to 5% in Q4 2011 following three consecutive quarters of double digit growth.

Powerstax has added Kent-based Wavelength Electronics as sales representative in the UK.

In-car navigation systems and multi-functional in-console monitors will increase flat panel dispaly shipments for the automotive segment by nearly 50% to 62 million units in 2015, according to NPD DisplaySearch.

Acal BFi has received the 2011 Distributor Gold Performance Award for Europe and the rest of EMEA from Honeywell Sensing and Control.

Mouser Electronics has signed Amphenol TCS and will offer its ranges of high speed, high density connection systems which are used in communications.

DMTL has signed a franchise with aluminium electrolytic capacitor specialist supplier Suncon.

The distributor will add the Suncon to its capacitor lines which include AVX and Holystone.

Ismosys has been appointed by Taiwanese buffer memory and system-on-chip firm Etron Technology as its pan-European representative/stockist.

Reports of counterfeit parts in global components markets have soared dramatically in the last two years, according market analyst IHS.

PEI-Genesis is now UL-certified and holding inventory for Emerson Network Power in Europe and the US.

Arrow Electronics has developed an energy-harvesting evaluation kit together with Italian technology consultant company @m2el.

It harevsts enegry from solar and temperature differences and uses it to transmit and receive data.

The solar energy inverter market achieved a new record in 2011 with shipments exceeding 26GW for the first time, according to figures from IMS Research.

A new report from Strategy Analytics on automotive electronics trends looks at in car networks and predicts that Ethernet will see both the fastest growth and the largest volume by 2020.

RS Components is stocking a range of ARM Cortex-M4 processor-based 32-bit Kinetis microcontrollers from Freescale Semiconductor.

Future Electronics has launched a division in the UK and Eire offering medium-sized and developing electronics manufacturers services generally only available to larger companies.

LeCroy has signed another online distribution deal to drive sales of its low and mid-range test instruments. This time it is Digi-Key.

London-based distributor Transonics is offering free programming of all devices purchased.

So it seems LTE mobile technology the 4G battle and take most of the wireless infrastructure capital spend next year.