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Future Signs Global Deal with Wolfson

Future Electronics has today signed a franchise agreement with Wolfson Microelectronics, the audio and mixed-signal semiconductor supplier that makes Future its primary global distributor.

EBV Launches EBVchips to Design, Sell Semiconductors

EBV Elektronik is offering via EBVchips a brand-new additional service in which it collaborates with customers to design its own semiconductors. EBVchips are produced by EBV’s manufacturers and distributed exclusively by EBV.

Omron Cements Rutronik Relationship

Alex Grout, European distribution manager for Omron has been a busy man in this New Year. Yesterday he was lauding RS Components with a special award and now he has headed the expansion of his company's franchise agreement with Rutronik.

Omron Tips it's Hat to RS Components

RS Components has been presented with a special Distributor Award by Omron Electronic Components Europe.

Mouser, Epcos Take Their Partnership to Europe and Asia

Mouser Electronics and Epcos have extended their distribution agreement into Europe and Asia. It means the distributor can now distribute the Japanese component maker's products worldwide.

Steatite Web Site Only Has Eyes for IEI

Steatite has launched a new web site dedicated to the complete range of panel PCs, small form-factor computer boards, single board computers and other industrial peripherals that it offers from IEI.

RS Lights Way Forward

RS Components has launched 26 new solid-state lighting products from Way Forward Technologies. 

Arrow, IPS Sew Seeds for Energy Harvest

Infinite Power Solutions (IPS), a supplier of solid-state, thin-film energy storage and energy-harvesting power management products has signed a global distribution agreement with Arrow Electronics.

Hirose Counts on Avnet Abacus

Avnet Abacus has won the Hirose Distributor of the Year Award for 2008/9 in the UK, for the fourth year in succession.

Alpha Micro Bolsters M2M Presence

Alpha Micro Components has secured a trade distribution agreement with LM Technologies to handle the launch of the company’s Bluetooth embedded module technology to the manufacturing channel.

Silica, Avnet Memec and Maxim in Irish Jig

More on the European front where Avnet Electronics Marketing EMEA has extended its pan-European franchise agreement with Maxim Integrated Products.

MSC, Cree Go Nap in Europe

Happy New Year to all those connected with the distribution channel.  Apologies, we're back a little later than anticipated due to some exceptionally rough weather here in rural west Sussex which caused a 36-hour power failure. If anybody out there wants to get into distributing wood-burning stoves, domestic electric generators and 4x4s they will be on a winner down here!! A few stories to catch up on so let's head first to Stutensee, the Bavarian HQ of MSC Vertriebs GmbH where they indulged in some post Christmas shopping and found a LED line they liked.