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IPC — Association Connecting Electronics Industries® announced today the July findings from its monthly North American Printed Circuit Board (PCB) Statistical Program. Sales and order growth both continued trending upward. Sales and Orders Improving Total North American PCB shipments decreased 1.5 percent in July 2013 from July 2012, and bookings increased 10.2 percent year over year. … Read more
Now available at Rapid is a new range of integrated circuits from Maxim Integrated – one of the world’s leading manufacturers of seamless technology solutions. Maxim’s power, interface and analog signal components translate environmental data such as temperature, pressure and sound into signals for electronic processing. The products include sensors, transceivers, temperature sensors, real time … Read more
The market for all kinds of packaging is changing, thanks to increased on-line purchasing of electronics products, both at component level and in the consumer arena Online electronics acquisition is big business and competition is fierce, with household names and niche retailers all fighting for top position in the marketplace. Recent figures show that six … Read more
Global electronic components distributor Digi-Key Corporation, the industry leader in electronic component selection, availability and delivery, today announced the addition of GainSpan, a leading supplier in the low-power 802.11 Wi-Fi market. GainSpan is a leading semiconductor solutions company in low-power Wi-Fi and Wi-Fi connectivity for the Internet of Things. Their easy-to-use system-on-chip (SoC) modules and … Read more
E-mech partner, CamdenBoss, offers buyers even more choice with the launch of two new enclosure series, each designed to offer aesthetically pleasing protection Purchasers looking for wall mount cabinets should check out the new CamRack-QX range of cabinets, available in five models, each with a selection of five standard corner colours. Red, blue, orange, white … Read more
Printed circuit boards have long been moving to surface mount production, which is why Hitaltech offers connectors and terminal blocks designed for surface mount through-hole assembly More often than not, electronics components are mounted and soldered onto a printed circuit board (PCB) using automated systems, with assembly technologies moving from traditional through hole to surface … Read more
Bringing manufacturing back to the UK is a key trend, and one that can save time and money, explains director of marketing at Elite Electronic Systems, Jonathan Balfour Re-shoring is an important trend at work in the electronics supply chain today. Many companies are seeking to bring manufacturing back home and in fact, Elite has … Read more
Delmatic has provided a lighting controls system for the new MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology (LMB), one of the most prestigious multidisciplinary laboratory and research centres in the world that has been designed to provide first class facilities to some of the world’s leading scientists. The new, purpose-built building of 30,000 sq.m is reminiscent of … Read more
