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Asia/Pacific Woes Fail To Halt Premier Farnell Progress

First quarter sales and profits up at Premier Farnell. The share price down. Why?

Gooding Replaces Gershon In Premier Farnell Chair

Premier Farnell is appointing a new chairman.

Webinar Workshops Get To Grips With Latest PCB Design

Premier Farnell is to host 24 separate live webinar workshops to present the latest developments of CadSoft’s EAGLE PCB design software. 

Johanson and Johanson Sign Premier Farnell Global Deal

The high service distributors (catalogue to us older types) continue to snap up global franchises, a clear sign they do an excellent job delivering to design engineers.

Premier Farnell Makes Print Pledge

Right now Digi-Key walks alone. Premier Farnell, RS Components and Mouser Electronics have all pledged commitment to the print catalogue.

Record Q4 Spurs Premier Farnell; Momentum Continues Into 2011

Premier Farnell has ridden the momentum of the electronics market to sparkling 2010 end year results.

Design Tool Goes Global With Premier Farnell

Premier Farnell has signed a global agreement with Accelerated Designs to distribute its Ultra Librarian tool through its businesses in the Americas (Newark), Asia-Pacific (element14) and Europe (Farnell). 

Medical Market Gets Premier Farnell Diagnosis

Premier Farnell has added a series of medical-related applications to its portfolio of vertical market development application notes.

Farnell First With Wurth USB Connectors

Farnell has reached an exclusive agreement with Würth Elektronik, the Electronic Interconnect & Electromechanical Solutions provider, to stock its SuperSpeed USB 3.0 connectors.

Terasic Goes Global With Premier Farnell

Premier Farnell has signed a global franchise agreement with Terasic Technologies, a supplier of FPGA development platforms.

Premier Farnell Establishes Web Strategy Team

Premier Farnell is creating a ‘Web Advisory Board’ (WAB) to help define and shape its online strategy for the future.

Farnell Unit Extends Government Contract

onecall, Farnell’s dedicated distribution service to the UK higher education sector and research councils has been awarded a one year extension to its current framework agreement as a preferred supplier of electronic components and associated products.