IPC — Association Connecting Electronics Industries® announces the addition of Dave Hernandez, senior director of learning and professional development, to its staff at IPC headquarters in Bannockburn (Chicago), Illinois. Hernandez joins IPC with 18 years of experience in education. He specializes in educational technology, competency and certification modeling, and strategic planning. For the last eight years,Read More
Mouser Electronics, Inc., a new product introduction leader that empowers innovation, announced the promotion of Mark Burr-Lonnon to Senior Vice President of GlobalService and EMEA and APAC Business. Since moving to Mouser in 2008 from its parent company, TTI, Burr-Lonnon has led Mouser’s global management team, and is largely responsible for planning, directing, and coordinatingRead More
Fiftieth wedding anniversaries, hundredth birthdays, becoming a parent — reaching milestones deserves recognition and, for PEI-Genesis, one of the world’s fastest assemblers of precision connectors and cable assemblies, reaching an inventory of one million unique parts is worthy of acknowledgement. “It’s the perfect time to say ‘thanks a million’ to our customers, our partners, andRead More
Cinch Connectivity Solutions, a Bel group company and a global leader in delivering reliable connectivity solutions, celebrates 100 years of ingenuity this year. In 1917, Arthur Kimbell, a 27-year-old civil engineer with a vision to revolutionize the automotive industry with the push-button window fastener, founded the Automobile and Engineering Company, which later became Cinch. CinchRead More
Avnet, a leading global technology distributor, will share its IoT industry knowledge and expertise throughout Internet of Things World 2017, which will take place May 16 – 18 at the Santa Clara Convention Center. Executives representing Avnet’s leading team of IoT experts will share insights on how companies of all sizes can design, supply, build, andRead More
We’ve rounded up, summarized, and linked the latest interconnect industry news pertaining to: events, awards, partnerships, promotions, personnel, manufacturing, and distribution. Event News TE Connectivity plans to unveil several new high-efficiency products at LIGHTFAIR International 2017, which will take place in Philadelphia May 9 – 11. Releases will be grouped into four focus areas: outdoor,Read More
Bel now has a unified presence online for all of its brands including: Cinch Connectivity Solutions, Bel Power Solutions & Protection, Signal Transformer, Stewart Connector, Bel Magnetic Solutions, and TRP Connector Bel Fuse Inc., a leading global manufacturer of products that power, protect, and connect electronic circuits, is pleased to announce the launch of theirRead More
AUVSI XPONENTIAL 2017, the largest trade exhibition and conference for the unmanned systems and robotics industry, will take place in Dallas May 8 – 11, and is expected to welcome more than 7,000 industry leaders and professionals from more than 55 countries. Organized by the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI), the world’s largestRead More
IPC Releases PCB Industry Results for March 2017 IPC — Association Connecting Electronics Industries® announced the March 2017 findings from its monthly North American Printed Circuit Board (PCB) Statistical Program. Although sales and orders continued below last year’s levels, the PCB book-to-bill ratio continued upward, reaching 1.07. Total North American PCB shipments in March 2017 wereRead More
Ruggedized connectors deliver unparalleled performance in mission-critical military and aerospace applications CDM Electronics, a premier authorized distributor of electronic connectors and cables, now stocks the latest generation of Eaton’s Micro-Military Circular Connector Series, which feature shell diameters as small as 0.43” (11 mm). The feature-packed series consists of fast-mating M1 (dual-start) and M5 (triple-start) connectors optimized forRead More
Molex, Phoenix Contact, Murrelektronik, and binder are driving the standardization of a non-proprietary push-pull connection system M12 connection technology market leaders Molex, Phoenix Contact, Murrelektronik, and binder have announced a cooperation agreement to drive the standardization of M12 push-pull connectors. M12 push-pull interlocks make traditional screw connections a thing of the past, as they automaticallyRead More
So here we are in our ‘apocalyptic’, ‘disastrous’ post-Brexit world just waiting for our businesses to collapse and our markets to disintegrate…. Certainly, that’s what I thought was going to happen. As a staunch ‘inny’, I was convinced that the ‘outies’ had it wrong and the uncertainties surrounding ‘Brexit’ would cause a major economic collapseRead More
