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Silica Fires Starting Gun For Student Design Competition

Silica is today launching its design competition, Pedal4Innovation, open to all engineering students at UK universities.

Can We Keep the Trophy?

That is the question EBV Elektronik should be asking Osram Opto Semiconductors.

Mouser Victorious at Microchip Awards

   

Watch out! The top brass are on parade here as Mouser Electronics scoops the Outstanding Sales Achievement Award for 2008 from Microchip Technology. It has obviously been a pretty effective collaborative effort between the two companies, and the response from buyers was suitably upbeat. Mouser's sales of Microchip products rocketed by 84 per cent, and increased it's Microchip customer base by over 250 per cent compared with 2007.

Pictured left to right are Eric Hawthorne, corporate distribution communications specialist and Mitch Little, vice president, worldwide sales and distribution, both Microchip, Glenn Smith, president and chief executive officer and Mike Scott, vice president of active products, both Mouser and Malcolm Campbell, director of worldwide sales and distribution, Microchip.

Harting Pins Global Gong on RS Components

Connector maker Harting's 2008 Global Catalogue Distributor of the Year Award has been won by RS Components. 

Rutronik on Samsung Honours Board

Increased sales, improved market share, new customers. That trifecta will always put distributors in fine fettle in the supplier award stakes.

Web Works For Farnell

Farnell has put a lot of time and energy into its web site, and it is paying off in increased sales and the laurels which accompany such achievements.

Vishay Tells Time - "You're A Winner"

Avnet Time has picked up the Best Performance on Passives award for 2008 from Vishay Intertechnology.

AA Plot Successful Route For Kemet

Arrow and Avnet,or maybe Avnet and Arrow for balance, scooped the prizes at Kemet's 2008 Distribution Awards.

Award Presentations Attract a Crowd

Success has many fathers, failure is an orphan, a motif borne out by the pix below. First up are the Abacus and Hirose teams. The Japanese interconnect specialist has named Abacus as its top distributor for the third year running. Wendy Leigh, handing over the award, commented, "In the current economic climate it is even more important that the overall efforts of our distributors are recognised." Alan Sadler, Hirose franchise manager at Abacus receiving the award responded,"We are proud once again to receive recognition from one of the world's leading connector makers." 

Now here's a twist - it's the distributor handing over the award here. TTI has conferred Gold Status on Murata. The status is awarded to suppliers who achieve very high ratings on a number of criteria. 

Gongs All Round At Avnet

The National Electronic Distributors Association (NEDA) held its annual executive conference last week and honoured two Avnet executives.