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HCD, the UK contract electronics manufacturer and PCB design house has announced Peter Fuller as its Business Development Manager. Fuller, a veteran of 25 years in the UK PCB and CEM markets is tasked with helping to continue HCD’s sales efforts, which have seen the company grow despite the current recession.

To support continued growth CIL (Custom Interconnect Limited), the Andover-based electronics manufacturing service provider and LED design and engineering company, has appointed a new board of executive directors.

ZF Electronics has appointed Mark Mills as Distribution Manager for all its Cherry brand products with effect from January 1st 2010. Mills is based at ZF Electronics’ UK office in Luton, Bedfordshire and will be responsible for significantly increasing revenue in the next three years – more than doubling today’s currently healthy sales turnover. His additional responsibilities include strategic management of key accounts such as RS Components in Europe and the coordination of worldwide accounts.

Douglas Gray has been promoted to the position of European Sales Manager at Teknek, the global leader in yield improvement technology.

TTI, Inc., the global distributor of passive, interconnect, relay & switch and discrete components, has named Thilo Pelosato as its new Product & Supplier Marketing Director, Europe, Passives & Discretes. Pelosato has held various postions within TTI for a number of years, and replaces Andy Kerr who is joining TTI’s sister company, the catalogue distributor Mouser.

Leading UK contract electronics manufacturing company, Axiom Manufacturing Services, has appointed a new finance director to strengthen its senior management team.

TTI, Inc., the global distributor of passive, interconnect, relay & switch and discrete components, has announced that Andy Kerr, its Product & Supplier Marketing Director, Europe, Passives & Discretes, has been honoured by EPCOS for the best distribution launch of 2009.

Power Integrations (Nasdaq: POWI), the leader in high-voltage integrated circuits for energy-efficient power conversion, today announced that Balu Balakrishnan, the company’s president and CEO, is the recipient of a 2009 TechAmerica Innovator Award.

Electronics innovation specialist ML Electronics has recruited Nigel Harley, a senior sales professional from Texas Instruments, as Business Development Manager to strengthen its management team and take the company to the next level of growth.

Harwin, a leading manufacturer of connectors and interconnect solutions for high-reliability applications, has named Nabin Pande, Corporate Product Manager Connectors, at TTI in Europe as the recipient of its annual Chairman’s Award.

Tanner EDA, a world leader in PC-based analog and mixed-signal (A/MS) and MEMS circuit design tools, announced today that Greg Lebsack has joined the company as president. Previously, Greg was the CEO of ASP Global Services (Chatsworth, CA), a leading provider of software-as-a-service (SaaS) supply chain software. John Tanner, Tanner EDA founder, will continue in his role as CEO.

Omnetics Connector Corporation, a leading manufacturer of miniature high-rel connectors, has announced that Scott Unzen has joined the company’s Sales and Marketing department in a Market Development role. Reporting to Omnetics’ Asia Pacific Sales Manager, Joe Held, Scott will perform a variety of functions including market research, sales, CRM implementation, product recommendation and lead generation.

International Manufacturing Services, Inc. (IMS), a leading manufacturer and supplier of high quality thick film resistors, terminations, attenuators, thermal management products, planar dividers and planar filters to the electronics industry, announces the appointment of Joe Ruvolo of K&R Engineering as its Northern New Jersey sales representative.

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The Falcon PCB Group has announced that Adam Tree has joined the UK based group’s sales team. Adam, who will be based in the South of England, will focus on developing new business opportunities for all Falcon Group companies.

Tania Jeffery of TDK-Lambda UK, a leading power supply manufacturer, has won the coveted ‘Trainee of the Year’ award at this year’s North Devon Manufacturing Association (NDMA) Awards. The award was in recognition of the dedication and hard work Tania has put into improving her skills and education levels throughout 2008, overcoming some major shortfalls in her formal education.

Avnet Embedded, a product business group of Avnet Electronics Marketing EMEA, announced today that Martin Brooks, who joined Avnet with the recently acquired Abacus group, has been appointed vice president of Avnet Embedded.

Yuasa Battery Sales (UK) has announced the appointment of Tracy Branson as regional sales manager for its industrial division. She will primarily be responsible for the company’s standby power application sales activity in the South West and Midlands and has a broad experience of the company’s products and customers’ requirements.

Harwin Inc, manufacturer of high reliability connector systems, has named Doug Steele as Global VP of Catalogue Distribution. Steele, who was previously Harwin’s North America Distribution Director, will be tasked with developing a consistent worldwide product pricing and product introduction structure.

KEMET has announced the promotion of two key Europe-based employees. Marc Kotelon and Richard Curley both have significant knowledge and experience in the capacitance sector of the passive components market and have been with KEMET for a number of years.