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2024 Hits Distributors with Sales Drop of -9.3%

2023/2024 Declines Follow Record Revenue Growth of 2021/2022 by Top 50 Americas Distributors. The results of 2024 sales growth continue a revenue growth pattern for the Top 50 Americas Authorized Electronic Component Distributors that began eight years ago. In 2017 and 2018 the industry enjoyed double digit growth. These two years of strong sales growth were followed by two years of declining sales. Then in 2021 and 2022 the industry experienced an unprecedented boom in sales growth. Once again, the surge in sales for two years has been followed by a two-year decline. The latest survey results of the Top…

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Making panel building a breeze

RS is offering a comprehensive collection of RS PRO brand control panel products for industrial operations ranging from food and…

Expanding inductor range

Würth Elektronik has introduced its new WE-PMFI moulded flat-wire inductors. Measuring 2.0 by 1.6 by 1.0 mm in its smallest…

Power resistor partnership

Arrow Electronics and Ohmite have established a distribution agreement that will expand the reach of Ohmite’s power resistor solutions to…

Buy and learn

DigiKey is now stocking Real Digital educational boards which are designed to help the next generation of engineers gain knowledge…

Buyers benefit from acquisition

In this article, Galco’s president and CEO, Allison Sabia, explains the customer benefits emerging from the company’s recent acquisition of…

SWOT a year

This time every year I finish reading Electronics Sourcing North America’s ECIA TOP 50 Americas Authorized Distributors Report and wonder two things to myself. Firstly,…

SWOT a year

This time every year I finish reading the ECIA TOP 50 Americas Authorized Distributors Report and wonder two things to myself. Firstly, how closely does…

Date code dilemma

Date codes are interesting. In my opinion every manufactured object should have a manufacturing date. Pinning parts in ‘time and space’ is useful on many…

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eVTOL is about to take-off

In this article, John Denslinger explores eVTOL aircraft and suggests it might be time to fasten our seatbelts as the technology is ready for take-off. In technology, acronyms tend to…

ICE jam

John Denslinger takes a detailed look at how the dynamics of electric vehicle uptake are shifting over time and how this is influencing manufacturers’ design and production strategies . Weather…

2025 Forecast: cautiously optimistic

John Denslinger’s view of 2025 mixes fluctuating GDP, economic uncertainty, technological pathways to organic growth and semiconductors on a roll. Do you remember forecasting this time last year? Inflation dominated nightly…

Dawn of surgical robotics

This month, John Denslinger investigates how AI is being deployed before, during and after surgical procedures to help improve efficiency, precision and patient outcomes. Of all the applications benefiting from…

Barcode turns 50 this year

In this article, John Denslinger waves goodbye to the barcode, replaced by QR codes and RFID tags, and ponders whether AI will enhance and refresh both for another 50 years….

Distributors Embrace their Annus Ordinarius

After several years of tumult, marked by extreme uncertainties and demand-supply fluctuations, distributors are eager to welcome a year of unremarkable growth. Distribution is ready for humdrum. In fact, the…

Distributors grapple with conflicting supply chain signals

Supply chain complexities have increased throughout the electronics industry, creating opportunities for distributors to help customers navigate the tortuous terrains facing them. After nearly two years of severely constrained supply…

AI throws memory makers a strong HBM lifeline

Memory semiconductor suppliers offering high bandwidth memory (HBM) chips for AI processors are seeing an unprecedented surge in sales, offsetting demand and inventory correction problems elsewhere. It is rare for…