Electronics Sourcing 
Digi-Key has signed a global distribution agreement with worldwide provider of legacy memory products, Alliance Memory. Vice-president for global semiconductor products at Digi-Key, Mark Zack, said: “Alliance Memory’s versatile, pin-for-pin compatible legacy memory parts are an excellent solution because they help customers lower costs and eliminate redesigns. We are pleased to add their rich portfolio … Read more
Simtek are celebrating 10 years as a totally independent CEM this April. It was in fact April fool’s day 2004 when Lee Boulton and Richard Samuel took the plunge by orchestrating a management buyout from the Simrad group of companies. Way back in 2004, the company existed in what was in essence a tin shed … Read more
Specialist distributor, Charcroft Electronics, has acquired Bowtech Electronics. This extends Charcroft’s product linecard with frequency-control components, temperature sensors, antennae, elapsed time indicators, electrolytic tilt sensors and solenoids as well as DC and gear motors. Both Charcroft and Bowtech are CECC-approved and franchised distributors for Syfer Technology and Novacap, enabling a seamless transfer of orders for … Read more
UK contract electronics manufacturer, Axiom Manufacturing Services, continues to expand its customer base and product portfolio in the high reliability defence and aerospace market with continued investment in process capability. The latest addition to its technology roadmap, the Asymtek jet dispensing platform, is said to ensure process repeatability and control. Precision jet dispensing of epoxy … Read more
XMOS, the fast growing multicore microcontroller company from Bristol is backing the UKESF programme to help attract the best young talent to the electronics industry and reverse a 26% decline (since 2002) in British university applications for electronics degrees that threatens the £78-billion UK industry. The company will also be sponsoring UKESF undergraduate scholarships and … Read more
RS Components (RS), the trading brand of Electrocomponents plc, the world’s leading high service distributor of electronics and maintenance products, has signed an exclusive agreement with Red Pitaya, an important new contender in the test and measurement arena, to distribute the fledgling company’s first ground-breaking product: a single board, open instrumentation and control platform which … Read more
Avnet Abacus has lifted the award for UK Broadline Distributor of the Year 2013 from HARTING Ltd, the UK division of HARTING, the Germany-based manufacturer of electrical and electronic connectors. The HARTING Group develops, manufactures and distributes electrical and electronic connectors, network components, pre-assembled system cables, and backplane assemblies. These products are capable of withstanding the harshest … Read more
Fairview Microwave, Inc. a preeminent supplier of on-demand microwave and RF components, introduces a complete line of mini-DIN 4.1/9.5 adapters intended for use in applications requiring low passive intermodulation (low PIM) performance such as cell sites or indoor/outdoor distributed antenna systems (DAS). Mini-DIN adapters used in RF applications are similar in design to 7/16 DIN … Read more
