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  • Connectors for Lighting Product Roundup  

    This week’s Product Roundup highlights connectors for lighting from leading connector manufacturers and suppliers. Connectors for lighting Lumberg’s RAST 2.5 connectors for direct mating with insulation displacement technology (IDT) are available with or without keying rib and closed sides for individual conductors. Daisy chain is possible. They are widely utilized in modern LED lighting, automotiveRead More

  • November 2026 New Connectivity Products 

    New-to-market connectivity products, including interconnects, wire, cable, and cable assemblies, sensors, antennas, materials, accessories, tools, and development kits. November 2026 New Connectivity Products  November 2026 New Connectivity Products > Interconnects, etc. Samtec Inc. announced a new connector portfolio designed for the SGeT oHFM.c standard and based on Samtec’s proven AcceleRate® HD and AcceleRate® HP high-density, high-performance product families. oHFM™, or Open Harmonized FPGA Module, is the world’sRead More

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Inside Connection: Phoenix Contact USA

Phoenix Contact offers one of the broadest ranges of PCB terminal blocks in the world, in addition to a comprehensive line of products and solutions for many aspects of electronic, electrical, instrumentation, and automation engineering.

Molex Finalizes Purchase of FCT Electronics Group

Molex Finalizes Purchase of FCT Electronics Group Molex wrapped up the purchase of FCT Electronics Group, the German custom mixed-layout connectors and cable assemblies specialist. The deal, agreed to in August for an undisclosed price, boosts Molex presence in the medical electronics, industrial, telecommunications, and aerospace sectors globally. For its part, Munich-based FCT Electronics GroupRead More

PRECI-DIP Honors Outstanding Distributors

PRECI-DIP Honors Outstanding Distributor LCL Electronics, an authorized distributor supplying high-quality equipment and components for the electronics industry in the United States and worldwide since 1992, has received PRECI-DIP’s 2012 American No.1 Distributor Award for sales achievement. LCL is Preci-Dip’s number-five distributor worldwide. PRECI-DIP also honored Le Champ (S.E.A.) Pte Ltd, a distributor to the electronicsRead More

Avnet Memec Brings Internet of Things to European Market

Avnet Memec Brings Internet of Things to European Market Avnet Memec has been named as a distributor for Telecom Design, M2M communications specialists, in France, Benelux, and Iberia. The distribution agreement enables Avnet Memec to drive forward the Internet of Things strategy to a broader European market, which it recently launched in France. Telecom DesignRead More

Registration Open for Strategies in Light Europe

Registration Open for Strategies in Light Europe Strategies in Light Europe will enter its fourth year of providing a comprehensive conference and exhibition for the rapidly growing LED lighting industry. It offers a platform for the best networking opportunities and a forum for sharing ideas on the latest technologies. The Strategies in Light Europe exhibitRead More

Veteran Tech Journalist Mike Smyth Retires

Veteran Tech Journalist Mike Smyth Retires Smyth was one of those who saw through the mobile mania, telling anyone who would listen that two-way radio, especially high-frequency, would remain essential for all public safety and critical communications operations. He was vindicated. His magazine, Radio Comms, which some people also thought would be decimated by theRead More

Heilind Now Stocks TE’s ITB Card-Edge Connector

Heilind Now Stocks TE’s ITB Card-Edge Connector Heilind Electronics now stocks TE Connectivity’s inverted thru-board (ITB) card-edge connector, which provides a direct power connection between driver boards and the underside of LED array boards. This surface-mounted connector was developed for LED lighting applications and other devices to provide a cableless, space-saving power connection between aRead More

Analysis of the World’s Top 100 Electronic Connector Manufacturers
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