DistiBlog - the EPN Distribution Blog

The Joys of Sport

If you're a sports fan, you've been there. Team losing, and worse, playing badly so they do not look like rectifying the situation.

Vive Las Vegas!!

I'm not sure how many Europeans will be ready to blow their travel budget travelling to a distribution event in the US, especially when the venue is Las Vegas - that'll impress the boss, who might tell you to win your fare home!!

Cables Hook Up Aerco and Habia

 

Andy Gale (right) cable product manager at Aerco looks suitably cheerful as he is congratulated by Habia UK sales manager Mark Pawson on the two companies' UK distribution agreement.

Habia Cable has been around a few years, having been founded in Stockholm in 1941. The company manufactures a wide range of high-performance cables and cables serving the RF communications, military, nuclear, aerospace and rail industries.

"Aerco will offer next day delivery from our extensive stock portfolio and provide customers with a high level of technical expertise and support on high performance wire and cable."

The Habia products will include a range of super flexible power cables for armoured vehicles and land systems that includes flame retardant, low smoke and zero halogen versions. 

The Place to be for USB

If USB is a topic of major interest to you, then it will be worth hastening down to the Bristol Trade Counter on March 25.

Point of Contact

International assembling distributor PEI-Genesis has signed a worldwide franchise agreement with Polamco, the UK-based manufacturer of connector backshells and accessories.

Distributor Market Decline Sharpens in Europe

The gloom enveloping the European components market was endorsed by new figures from the International Distribution of Electronics Association (IDEA).

Battery Line Energises Abacus

More proof if it were needed, that you can't keep a good disti down, and that Avnet have made a shrewd acquisition.

Farnell, Mouser Well Connected

Connectivity in its various forms is the focus for both Farnell and Mouser Electronics.

Red Corvette a Princely Prize for German Engineer

Stefan Gies, a hardware developer with Atecom, a provider of solutions for the transmission of broadcast content over broadband networks, is feeling pretty good today.

Downturn Diverts Arrow's Course

Arrow Electronics is the latest distributor to feel the consequences of the current global economic turmoil.

Europe Takes a Bath

DMASS, which represents semiconductor distributors and suppliers has just it's report for 2008 - and it ain't pretty.

IQD Beefs Up UK Network

IQD, the UK-based manufacturer of frequency control components has strengthened its already formidable distributor network in the UK.