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Premier League Results

The Premier Farnell juggernaut shows little sign of slowing down. The half year results released yesterday show sales and profits continuing to grow by five per cent and four per cent respectively.

Mouser On The Prowl In Europe

European engineers have another source for their sample and prototyping components. Mouser Electronics has opened an office in Maisach-Gemlinen close to Munich, and it will roll out in other major European markets early next year.

Aussies on a Winner - Again

I hesitate to stereotype usually but as this involves Britain's good old mates and sporting rivals from Australia I'll venture it will be G'Day Sport all around at Digi-Key following its global distribution pact with the Sydney-based design solutions company Altium.

Heading for a Paris Rendezvous

There are precious few occasions when the distribution folk gather with the supplier folk and the customer folk to discuss issues in an open forum, aside from the very obvious networking opportunities  which present themselves at such events.

Abacus Opens a New Window

Microsoft's decision to withdraw Windows XP Professional from the royalty channel earlier this year has prompted a response from  Abacus Embedded. The UK-based distributor has established a Professional hotline to support embedded developers affected by Microsoft's decision.

Doing The Knowledge*

If its true that you can never have too much training, distributors are working hard to fulfill that function. There is some serious work being done here to ensure engineers are kept up to date on new products and their applications.

Way Out East

Interesting chat yesterday with Phil Gee, Vice President for European sales at Nu Horizons. It's two years since the company started its European push with the acquisition of UK-based DT Electronics.

Diagnosing Medical Applications

Following on from Digi-Key's mammoth catalogue launch (see Don't Drop This On Your Foot) engineers are getting another, if neater slug of information, this time from Farnell.

Innovatin' All Over The World

Greg Frazier has just been named executive vice president, Business Innovation at Avnet. Now I'm always a touch suspicious of such high falutin' titles. Too often they don't seem to mean much, and the title holder always has a tough task on their hands.

It's Not All Bad News

Malcolm Penn, the guvnor of Future Horizons, a UK-based market research company has often been one of the more optimistic soothsayers poring over the runes (yes runes, not ruins) of the semiconductor market.