Combatting counterfeits
PEI-Genesis’ senior VP and European MD, Jonathan Parry, explains why mission-critical industries need to fight the fake. A perfect storm best describes the events of the last five-years that led to a global component shortage. Combine the US/China trade war, Brexit, rising copper prices, growing adoption of electric vehicles, record…
Focussed on purchasing performance
Electronics Sourcing asked Vanilla Electronics’ senior buyer, Sarah Davies, what day-to-day challenges she faces as a purchasing professional. What are your main responsibilities? Managing the procurement team and overseeing all orders and kitting projects procured through the department. I work with suppliers to achieve the best procurement strategy for Vanilla,…
Strategies to extend product lifecycles
Rochester Electronics’ technical sales manager EMEA, Ken Greenwood, investigates how companies can take control of component obsolescence. The semiconductor industry is evolving regarding manufacturing technology and consolidations. This typically means old components reach end-of-life sooner; and more applications and industry segments are being affected by obsolescence. Systems in markets such…
Positronic Becomes Part of Amphenol Corporation
Positronic, a global manufacturer of high reliability electronic connector products based in Springfield, Missouri, USA, announced today, the company has been acquired by Amphenol Corporation. This acquisition brings together industry-leading knowledge and experience in the market and provides customers with a broad range of products and technical design support for…
M12 Push-Pull with Inner Locking from Yamaichi Electronics now IEC standard
The push-pull version of the M12 connector with inner locking from Yamaichi Electronics is the very first M12 push-pull design, which has been defined as an international standard (IEC 61076-2-012). Therefore, M12 push-pull design-ins are possible now for M12 push-pull systems, without using proprietary solutions. From the beginning, Yamaichi Electronics…
Managing semiconductor component obsolescence
Rochester Electronics discusses why it is vital to purchase components from AS6496 compliant authorized sources. As technology evolves and new semiconductor products increase in demand, the manufacturing volume increases. Naturally, older products are phased out. This is the obsolescence phase of the semiconductor lifecycle. When an original component manufacturer chooses to…
