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RS Provides World Stage for Arduino Platform

Prototyping may just have got a little easier to access as RS Components has signed up to become the exclusive global catalogue distributor for the Arduino platform.

Smith Steps Up at Nu Horizons

Jobs well done have propelled Kent Smith to the job as president of Nu Horizons' global distribution  division.

UK Market Set For Slow March To Growth

The final figures for the UK distribution market are in, and while they aren't pretty, it could have been worse.

Avnet Abacus Goes Pan-Euro With Hirose

Avnet Abacus today announced that it has been appointed as the first pan-European distribution partner for Hirose, the Japanese connector manufacturer.

Digi-Key Hosts 3D Catalogue

Move over Avatar! CUI has announced that their 3D catalogue is now available on Digi-Key’s website for the majority of their 1000+ stocked line items. 

Rochester Wins Numonyx Approval

Rochester Electronics, the authorised distributor of discontinued semiconductors, has been selected as a licensed manufacturer of discontinued semiconductor devices for Numonyx, a leading developer of memory products. 

Quadrant Inks VAP Deal With Binder

Connector distributor Quadrant has been signed up a a key distributor and value-added partner (VAP) by  Binder UK.

Fragile Confidence Belies Bookings, Billings Upsurge

The European component distribution market bucked the usual fourth quarter decline in bookings and billings to show sequential growth. Bookings leapt 16 per cent on the previous quarter, billings registered a four per cent upturn.

Delta Power Added to Rutronik Range

Rutronik has expanded it’s Delta Energy Systems product portfolio to include switched mode power supplies.

Power Products Partners PREMO in UK and Ireland

PREMO Group, the Spain-based manufacturer of inductive components, EMC filters, and planar transformers has appointed Power Products International  as their exclusive distributor for the UK and Ireland.

Densitron Signs Seiko To Display Deal

Densitron Display Solutions has signed to distribute the Seiko Instruments range of industrial grade TFT displays in the UK, Ireland and Italy.

RS Parades Vishay Passives

RS Components has added 4,000 passive components from Vishay to its passives product range taking to 10,000 the number of  Vishay passive components and semiconductors residing on the shelves at RS.