Month: November 2013

Challenging the Counterfeit Connector Conundrum

November 2013 – First, it was handbags and watches. Now counterfeiters are targeting electronic components, including ICs, relays, circuit breakers, fuses, ground fault receptacles, and cable assemblies, as well as connectors. These fakes could cause serious problems in today’s high-stakes electronics devices.

Breaking the Counterfeit Connection

November 2013 – Ed Smith, president of Avnet Electronics Marketing Americas, believes that the electronics supply chain should prepare itself for a potential surge in counterfeit interconnect, passive, and electromechanical products. 

Avnet Embedded Enters into Agreement with Swissbit

November 2013 – Avnet will now offer Swissbit’s memory solutions to the industrial, embedded, communications and networking, military and aerospace, transportation, casino gaming, and medical equipment markets in the Americas.

To Web or Not to Web?

November 2013 – How important are websites in the B2B arena? We asked European connector customers if, how, and when they use the Internet for business purposes, and they shared their experiences for a snapshot of the connector industry online.

Molex IC Apps Deliver Industrial Communications Product Support at a Touch

Molex IC Apps Deliver Industrial Communications Product Support at a Touch Molex recently launched a mobile Industrial Communications (IC) application (app) that gives iPhone, iPad, and iPod device users ready access to Molex products and support for industrial automation projects. The Molex IC App will be showcased at the Molex booth at the Rockwell AutomationRead More

RF Industries Sells RadioMobile Unit to Division’s Management

US interconnect products and complex cable assemblies specialist RF Industries Ltd announced it sold its RadioMobile business, focused on customized mobile public safety communications systems, to the division’s management team. Under the terms of the deal, RadioMobile Inc. will take ownership of the business in exchange for a portion of its revenues over a three-yearRead More

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