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Mouser Takes Tektronix Test

Test and measurement distribution tends to get a bit lost among the regular diet of component stories, and it is a decent sized business which has attracted the catalogue giants and a group of test and measurement specialists.

Wot, No Starbucks!

It seems appropriate that on the day Europe's largest shopping centre opened in West London, UK distributor ACAL Technology announced its own one stop shop to support customers.

 

 

Heads Down, Helmets On

Avnet, pretty much followed Arrow in the glum face stakes when it presented its first quarter results last week.

McAneny Joins Future

Long time Arrow executive and industry veteran Chris McAneny has joined Future Electronics as Business Development Director for Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA).

Coming To A Desktop Near You

The methods used by distributors to offer engineers access to the latest technology they are touting continue to proliferate. The latest company off the blocks is Nu Horizons Electronics.

Perky Pertonics Lead Off News Round-Up

Time I think for a round-up at the news corral.It's good to get an update from one or two of the smaller, independent distributors. 

 

 

Winter Of Discontent?

Arrow Electronics sent a chill through the market announcing its third quarter results and a warning that the fourth quarter is looking a tough call.

Say Yes For RCA

Only readers of a certain vintage will recognise the headline which comes from a series of advertisements published in UK electronics magazines over 30 years ago.

Tougher Stances on REACH and RoHS

I've received two announcements concerning the EU REACH and RoHS regulations which need to be taken very seriously.

Power Tools

National Semiconductor's distributors might be getting a few overtime dockets from their field application engineers following the semiconductor company's upgrade of its WEBENCH Power Designer tools. The enhancements was announced yesterday along with new products in the Simple Switcher controller and regulator ranges.  

Web Site Gets Overhaul

In the midst of its ECOmise IT environmental campaign, EBV Elektronik has found time to completely redesign and relaunch it's web site.

The new site looks very snazzy and it arrives on a computer screen near you packed with new features as well. The company undertook a ton of research, so the new site reflects what the engineering and purchasing community said they wanted from a web site.

There is less text on the home page and the company has used images from its successful marketing campaigns to highlight product ranges. A Hot Product (which I assume will change pretty frequently) appears below these images, alongside a link to EBV's BAT certificate venture. The site now comes in six languages including Russian.

Engineers will like the handy product matrix which in one click produces an Excel-like spreadsheet which matches products to suppliers and is very easy to use. The product database information has been expanded with links, downloads of application notes and datasheets.

There are links to all EBV's suppliers and there will be regular updates of information from the company's management team.

 

 

 

Putting On A Performance

Relationship marketing? Forget it. The face to face, with a little entertainment, lunch or dinner, occasionaly thrown in approach, is about to be usurped by performance marketing.