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Solid State Supplies, Enfora Ink UK Pact

Solid State Supplies has signed a franchise agreement to distribute Enfora's full range of connectivity platforms in the UK 

2009 "Worst for 20 Years", says DMASS

2009 will turn out to be one of the worst years in European semiconductor distribution of the last 20 years, according to DMASS (Distributors' and Manufacturers' Association of Semiconductor Specialists).

Avnet Embedded, Cinterion Go Forth In France

Avnet Embedded has expanded its distribution agreement with Cinterion Wireless Modules, the supplier of wireless machine-to-machine (M2M) communication modules into France.

Update: Latest: Arrow Buys Wire and Cable Company

Arrow Electronics has sought to increase its passive components armoury with the acquisition of A. E. Petsche, a supplier of wire and cable.

Lattice Puts Down Roots With Redtree

Lattice Semiconductor has appointed Redtree Solutions as a rep in France, Benelux and the UK and Ireland.

NXP Network Armed With Low-Cost Cortex MCU

Distributors in Europe will be gearing up to support NXP's low-cost, ARM Cortex-based LPC1100 32-bit microcontroller.

Environmental Conference Tackles the Big Issues

The annual and indispensable event for those wishing to know where they stand and where they need to stand on environmental issues starts tomorrow at the Sheraton Skyline at Heathrow Airport.

Electrocomponents Fuels Industry Optimism

The distribution sector's climb off the recessionary sick bed was given a further lift today by Electrocomponents, parent company of RS Components.

EBV, AixSolve Partner to Publish Modulation White Paper

EBV Elektronik and AixSolve, a design company in the field of multimedia content distribution, have published a white paper introducing manufacturers and operators of cable head stations to a cost-efficient solution for high speed modulation procedures.

IDEA Sees Growth, Advises Caution

The glimmerings of a recovery in the European electronic components DTAM can be found in the third quarter bookings and billings trend just released by IDEA (International Distribution of Electronics Association) with the book-to-bill ratio improving to 1.08:1.

Farnell Alert to Security Drive

The burgeoning market for security and identification products is the latest market sector to fall under Farnell's scrutiny.

Avnet Embedded One-Two Combination a Knock Out for Kontron

Two divisions of Avnet Embedded  competed for first and second place at Kontron's annual Sales Partner of the Year awards.