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Anglia, Northern Connectors Win Harting Honours

Connector supplier Harting has been handing out its 2011 distribution baubles and the winners (drum roll) are . . .

Avnet Abacus Sales Success Wins Kingbright Award

Avnet Abacus has received an award from Kingbright, the Taiwanese maker of LEDs and related lighting products for outstanding Sales Growth in 2010/2011.

RS Service Wins FCI Award

RS Components has received the award for ‘Outstanding Performance in High Service Level Distribution within Europe’ from FCI.

MCU Initiative Pays Off For Silica

Early this year Silica launched Core ‘n More, an initative to bring a focus to its microcontroller business. Looks like it is working.

Murata Accolade For Anglia

Anglia Components has been named Distributor of the Year for Murata. It has captured the number 1 position in the UK and Ireland network for the second year in succession.

Renesas Recognised For Earthquake Response

Renesas Electronics Europe has been awarded a special accolade by all its European distributors at its recent European Distribution Meeting (EDSM) in Berlin. Thomas Krieg, Managing Director Marketing at Rutronik, presented the award to Renesas on behalf of all of its European distribution partners. Krieg said the award was a token of the distributors’ appreciation of Renesas’ careful management of product supplies and its rapid recovery following the earthquake in Japan in March 2011. Seen herfe at the presentation are left to right Achim Mescher, Sales Director of Distribution Europe, Renesas Electronics Europe GmbH, Markus Krieg, Managing Director Marketing, Rutronik Elektronische Bauelemente GmbH, and Tetsuro Kitano, Senior Vice President, Renesas Electronics Corporation.

RS Takes LeCroy Distributor Crown

RS Components has received the 2011 ‘Distributor of the Year’ award from LeCroy.

Rutronik Repeats Panasonic Battery Success

Panasonic has presented Rutronik with the award for most innovative project work for the second consecutive year.

Microchip Marks Future Sales Achievements

Microchip has given Future Electronics its 2010/11 award for outstanding sales excellence in a presentation at October’s ‘University of Microchip’ training event.

Future Repeats Enics Success

Enics, the contract electronics manufacturer has awarded its Distributor of the Year award to Future Electronics for the second year running.

eCommerce Plaudits Beckon For RS

RS Components has been named as a finalist in three categories of the eCommerce Awards for Excellence 2011.

Italian Triumph For Hitachi Displays

Hitachi Display Products Group (DPG) has been voted best LCD supplier and manufacturer by Assodel, the Italian association of electronic component suppliers and distributors.