August 2013 – IMPACT Backplane System from TE Connectivity

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 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 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 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

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.

August 2013—Award recognizes suppliers who have provided outstanding service and partnership in exceeding customer requirements.

August 2013—RIMARCK is now the exclusive distributor for the Benelux territory, encompassing Belgium, Netherlands, and Luxembourg.

August 2013—Heilind stocks the new additions to the DF50 and DF50A series of Hirose’s line of board-to-wire connectors.

August 2013—Mew videos from LADD provide in-depth assembly instructions for key DEUTSCH connector series, including the DRB, DRC, DT, HD10, HD30, HDP20, Quick Connect, and STRIKE connector.

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

Deadline Looms for DesignCon Call for Papers The call for papers for DesignCon 2014, which will be held January 28-31, 2014, ends on August 5, 2013. At DesignCon, engineers talk to engineers about practical solutions to the challenging problems they share in design and verification. The paper presentations and tutorial programs emphasize education and peer-to-peerRead More