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  • Micro, Mini, and Nano Product Roundup  

    This week’s Product Roundup highlights Micro, Mini, and Nano solutions from leading connector manufacturers and suppliers. Micro, Mini, and Nano Bi-Lobe connectors utilize Omnetics rugged and reliable Flex Pin contact system. Spaced on 25 mil (.64 mm) centerlines, they are capable of carrying one amp per contact. Extremely small and lightweight, they exceed the shockRead More

  • September 2026 Connector Industry News

    Upcoming industry events, as well as recent award, partnership, promotion, personnel, facility, distribution, standards, association, and certification news from across the connector industry. September 2026 Connector Industry News September 2026 Connector Industry News > Event News DigiKey’s annual Back to School Giveaway, which gives U.S. university students a chance to win a $1,000 DigiKey shoppingRead More

News Releases

Honda to Build New Test Course and Mega Solar System

Honda to Build New Test Course in Japan Honda Motor Co. announced plans to build a new test course and mega solar system on its property in the city of Sakura in Tochigi prefecture, Japan. In 2007, Honda initially announced its plan to build a large-scale test course featuring a high-speed circuit with a 4kmRead More

Remke Gets Customers “WIRED 4 SAVINGS”

Remke Gets Customers “WIRED 4 SAVINGS” With the WIRED 4 SAVINGS program from Remke Industries, customers get special pricing on the cord connectors and cable grips with mesh that best fit their needs. In the WIRED 4 SAVINGS program customers choose the cord connectors and cable grips with mesh for Remke to cross-reference and the salesRead More

Seven Big Japanese Electronics Makers Log Sales Growth

Seven Big Japanese Electronics Makers Log Sales Growth Seven of eight major electronics makers in Japan posted year-on-year increases in group sales in April-June thanks to robust overseas sales backed by a weaker yen, according to their earnings reports released last week. Hitachi alone suffered a sales drop in the first quarter of fiscal 2013.Read More

Premier Farnell Brings Clean and Renewable Lighting to Remote Tanzania

Premier Farnell Brings Clean and Renewable Lighting to Remote Tanzania Premier Farnell has embarked on an innovative initiative to provide solar-powered LED lighting to remote villages in Tanzania, Africa. Working in conjunction with the sustainability charity United Bank of Carbon (UBoC), the global electronics distributor has developed lighting kits, which provide an environmentally friendly, cost-savingRead More

Silicon Valley Think Tank Examines Future of the Car

Silicon Valley Think Tank Examines Future of the Car A think tank has been arranged for September in Silicon Valley to assess the future of the car and urban mobility overall. The organizers, Frost & Sullivan, say vehicle consumers face an increasingly congested, environmentally challenged, and technologically ubiquitous world that demands smarter solutions that willRead More

Components Direct Joins Avnet

August 2013—As a leading distributor of franchised excess and obsolete inventory, Components Direct is now a primary channel for Avnet’s excess, obsolete, and unsold factory stock.

Proterra Standardizes on Electrical Systems Design and Wire Harness Engineering Tools from Mentor Graphics

Proterra Standardizes on Electrical Systems Design and Wire Harness Engineering Tools from Mentor Graphics Mentor Graphics announced that the leading provider of zero-emission commercial transit solutions, Proterra, has standardized on the Mentor Graphics VeSys tools for its electrical systems design and manufacture of wire harnesses. Proterra will be using the VeSys tools to help designRead More

Analysis of the World’s Top 100 Electronic Connector Manufacturers
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