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Arrow Electronics Chairman and Chief Executive Officer William E. Mitchell will deliver the keynote address at EDS 2008, the premier event for meeting and networking with supply chain partners in the electronics distribution industry.

Philip F.W. Harting has taken up his appointment as board member Connectivity & Networks at HARTING KGaA, Espelkamp, Germany, effective from the 1st March 2008.

Molex, a global electronic components company, has announced that Joe W. Laymon has been re-appointed to its board of directors.

International Rectifier Corporation (NYSE:IRF) today announced the election, effective March 1, 2008, of Oleg Khaykin as President and Chief Executive Officer, succeeding Donald Dancer, who has served as acting Chief Executive Officer since August 30, 2007.

Xilinx, Inc. (NASDAQ: XLNX) today announced it has appointed Frank Tornaghi, 53, vice president of worldwide sales and Kathleen Borneman, 49, vice president of worldwide human resources, effective immediately. Tornaghi succeeds Patrick Little, 45, who has been named vice president and general manager of the high-volume group (HVG).

Omron Electronics Components Business - Europe has strengthened the sensor field applications engineering team in Munich by making two new appointments.

Responding to explosive growth in all three of its major optoelectronic market sectors, CAO Group has promoted Dr. Gary Maag to General Manager of its Optoelectronics Division, with over-all responsibility for the division’s three business units: components, solid state signage, and solid state lighting.

TTI, Inc., the world’s leading passive and connector specialist has announced the appointment of Jean Quecke to the new position of Vice President Sales for Europe. In this new capacity Quecke will be responsible for all of TTI’s European sales activities and will lead and support a team of Regional VPs and Directors as well as taking responsibility for the development of new Pan-European/Global accounts throughout the region.

Cherry UK is pleased to extend its congratulations to Herga, the independent UK based manufacturer of switching and sensing solutions, which is celebrating its 60th year of operating in a very sensitive market.

Xilinx, Inc. (NASDAQ: XLNX) today announced that Moshe Gavrielov, 53, has been appointed president and chief executive officer (CEO), succeeding Willem P. Roelandts, 63, who remains chairman of the board. Gavrielov becomes only the third Xilinx CEO in its 24-year history, and brings nearly 30 years of executive management and engineering experience with semiconductor and software companies to Xilinx. Gavrielov’s appointment is effective immediately.

TTI, Inc., the world’s leading passive, and connector specialist has announced the appointment of Marc Winfield to the new position of Regional Vice President Sales – Northern Region, currently covering the Nordic & Baltic Countries, Benelux, UK, Republic of Ireland, and also South Africa.

The Board of Directors of CoActive Technologies today announced that it has named Paul H. Jona as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

Murata Power Solutions, formerly known as C&D Technologies Power Electronics Division, has decided to combine its product development and marketing teams under a single management line. This has resulted in the appointment of John Wanes as the Business Lead for AC/DC Products designed at its Toronto location and build-to-print services supported by the business unit.

TTI, Inc., the world’s leading passive and connector specialist has announced the European appointments of Andrew Kerr as Director Supplier Marketing Passives and John Sandy as Director Supplier Marketing Connectors, Relay and Switches, in a strategic evolution of the organisation.

Murata Power Solutions has appointed Ed LeGault to the position of Sales & Marketing Manager with worldwide responsibility for its Hybrid Business Unit. Based in Mansfield, Massachusetts, USA, the business unit offers an industry-leading range of high-performance hybrid data acquisition products for applications such as medical imaging, radar, sonar, communications and instrumentation.

Industry Veteran, Dr. Michael A. Briere, Appointed as Chief Technology Officer.

SynQor, a leading provider of high efficiency DC/DC and AC/DC converters, strengthens its senior management team with the addition of electronics industry veteran Todd Hendrix as the new head of marketing and sales. Mr. Hendrix will focus on the further expansion of SynQor's telecom business while accelerating growth into new markets areas.

Claire Jeffreys has joined National Electronics Week as Event Director, to deliver the NEW vision for an industry event representing true value for the professional electronics community.

Lorlin Electronics announces the appointment of a new sales engineer. Dan Jackson has joined the company to provide additional sales and customer support as Lorlin enjoys increased sales worldwide.

Anglia has announced the appointment of Graham Bridger as its new Divisional Marketing Manager for its passive, electromechanical and connector (PEMCO) components.