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.
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.
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.
Coverage of the Snowden leaks may have become a bit routine since information began pouring into the public eye this spring, but the latest set of facts revealed by the Washington Post should make everyone sit up and take notice. The NSA has physically compromised the data cables that connect the various data centers ofRead More
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
November 4, 2013 C&M Corporation, a vertically integrated manufacturer of bulk cable, coil cords, and cable assemblies, has announced the receipt of Rockwell Automation’s Supplier of the Year Award for 2012. This prestigious award was presented during a supplier conference held in Milwaukee. It was the second time in three years that C&M has receivedRead More
November 4, 2013 Cable engineering company Northwire Inc. (NWI) expedited custom technical cable and cable assemblies to resupply RELM Wireless Corporation’s firefighting customers at the frontline of raging wildland fires. Rapid mobilization efforts to battle recent fires assaulting the West quickly depleted supplies of RELM’s KNG Mobile radio technology. Since communications play an integral roleRead More
November 4, 2013 The 21st Wiring Harness Manufacturers Association (WHMA) Annual Wire Harness Conference will be held February 12-14, 2014, in Orlando, Fla. The Walt Disney World Swan Hotel will serve as conference headquarters. “Every WHMA Conference is filled with good information and networking opportunities,” said WHMA Executive Director Jim Manke. “But this year’s agendaRead More
Hyundai Unveils Fan-Designed Zombie Survival Machine At New York Comic Con When Anson Kuo set out to build the ultimate Zombie Survival Machine, he first looked to his driveway for inspiration. After recently purchasing an all-new 2013 Hyundai Santa Fe Sport, Kuo decided to design his “zombie-mobile” based on his own new car. Kuo’s customizedRead More
TE Named a Thomson Reuters 2013 Top 100 Global Innovator TE Connectivity has been named a Thomson Reuters 2013 Top 100 Global Innovator for the third consecutive year. The program, an initiative of the IP Solutions business of Thomson Reuters, honors the 100 corporations and institutions around the world that are at the heart ofRead More
In the spirit of Halloween, scientists released a trio of stellar ghosts caught in infrared light by NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope. All three spooky structures, called planetary nebulas, are material ejected from dying stars. As death beckoned, the stars’ wispy bits and pieces were blown into outer space. “Some might call the images haunting,” saidRead More
Chip-Level Optical Interconnect Market Could Generate $520 Million by 2019 Research and Markets has released “Revenue Opportunities for Optical Interconnects: Market and Technology Forecast – 2013 to 2020 Vol II: On-Chip and Chip-to-Chip.” According to the report, the addressable market for chip-level optical interconnects could eventually run into billions of units and revenues in thisRead More
