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UK Market Continues 2010 Upturn

AFDEC is reporting increased demand and acvitiy from UK distribution customers.

Telit's French Push Boosted By Eurocomposant Deal

Telit Wireless Systems has strengthened its distribution network in France. It has signed an agreement with Eurocomposant, the French technology distributor.

Avnet Memec Shifts Customer Strategy in UK and Ireland

Avnet Memec is shifting its rules of engagement with customers. It has created a team of business development managers who will now focus on vertical markets in the UK and Ireland.

Engineers Offered Smart Fusion Heads-Up by Avnet Memec

Avnet Memec has lined up a series of free, hands-on SmartFusion engineering workshops in partnership with Actel in the UK. 

Farnell Makes Commodity Market Move

Farnell has been scrutinising customer buying habits and acted to add 9000 commodity products to its inventory.

Avnet Buys Bell Microproducts

Avnet has strengthened its position in the IT channel buying Bell Microproducts for $252m.

Farnell Offers Relief For SME Headaches

Farnell is planning a number of initiatives to strengthen its relationships with SME customers.

Digi-Key, Sanyo Ink Global Deal

Digi-Key has signed a global distribution with Sanyo Semeiconductor.

Sanyo products in stock at Digi-Key include discrete semiconductor products, integrated circuits, sensors and transducers.

“Sanyo understands the importance of this opportunity to work with Digi-Key as they focus on selling to engineers and electronic circuit designers,” said Kazuto Tanahashi,  president of Sanyo Semiconductor (USA). “With the agreement, we expect to reach a broader customer base, a key to increasing our presence and leadership in the semiconductor marketplace.”

“Sanyo is a leader in providing environment and energy related products,” said Digi-Key vice president of semiconductor product Dave Doherty. “We are confident this global partnership with Sanyo will benefit our customers around the globe.”

Sanyo specialises in integrating analogue and digital systems, and has made valuable contributions to several successful systems by developing original analog technology including analog IP, power-saving technology and other circuit technologies. The semiconductor maker offers a variety of products such as amorphous solar cells, resource-saving ultra-miniature transistors, unique hard-wired logic integrated chips and thick film integrated chips. With its proprietary technology, SANYO provides solutions for video, audio and other power applications, and allows their miniaturisation and reduced power consumption.

Digi-Key Strengthens Lighting Line

Digi-Key has turned up the heat in the lighting market by adding stock of NXP’s energy-efficient lighting solutions.

Power Line Goes Global With Nu Horizons

Nu Horizons has agreed a global distribution agreement with Semicoa a provider of small signal and power transistors for high-reliability military/aerospace and commercial markets.

Binder Boosts Lane Linecard

Lane Electronics has added Binder UK to its linecard.

Component Makers Remain Wary on Manufacturing Ramp Up

Component availability looks set to continue to be tight for the next few months.