Industry News

Acte Components Ltd has announced it has entered into a new distribution agreement with German sensor specialist ETR. This agreement will allow Acte to sell and market ETR's gas and ozone sensors throughout the UK and the Republic of Ireland.

Pulse, a Technitrol Company (NYSE: TNL), a worldwide leader in electronic component and subassembly design and manufacturing, announces that as of July 1, 2008, its Sonion Division will operate under the Pulse name.

STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM), one of the world’s leading semiconductor manufacturers, has announced the publication of the Company’s 2007 Corporate Responsibility Report.

TT electronics integrated manufacturing services today announced that Chris Wixcey, continuous improvement manager, has become its second Six Sigma Black Belt at its Rogerstone, South Wales site. Wixcey is also a qualified Lean Practitioner.

TTI Inc., a world leading passive and connector specialist, has extended its franchise agreement with Molex to include the Brad® product line of industrial automation and automotive connector lines from Molex Automation & Electrical Products Division (former Woodhead).

Tektronix, Inc., a leading worldwide provider of test, measurement and monitoring instrumentation, announced that it has won a Palmarès Technologique award for its MSO4000 Mixed Signal Oscilloscope (MSO4000) from Mesures magazine in France. The MSO4000 received the innovation award in the test and measurement category which was presented at a ceremony in Paris on June 19th, 2008.

In an award ceremony at Arrow’s recent customer seminar in Oslo, hi-fi amplifier specialist Electrocompaniet become the third recipient of the annual Vebjørn Tandberg Prize. The award recognises qualities such as innovation, entrepreneurship and a dynamic approach to the global market.

Tektronix, Inc. a leading, worldwide provider of test, measurement and monitoring instrumentation, announced that the Video Electronics Standards Association (VESA) has approved the Tektronix solution for testing DisplayPort interconnect cables as documented in a Methods of Implementation (MOI) -- the first MOI in the industry for DisplayPort 1.1 cable testing.

Premier Farnell plc (LSE:pfl), a leading multi-channel, high service distributor supporting millions of engineers and purchasing professionals globally, today announced the selection of the expert judging panel for the international design competition, ‘Live EDGE’ – Electronic Design for the Global Environment.

Camden Electronics, one of the UK's leading suppliers of PCB terminal blocks, has launched a new operating company in China to provide a local presence for customers manufacturing in the Far East.

Chomerics Division Europe has appointed Julien Millerioux to the position of Technical Sales Manager for Eastern Europe.

CISSOID, a leader in high temperature semiconductor solutions and the pioneer of Silicon-on-Insulator (SOI) products, confirmed today the appointment of Thomas Krebs as Sales Director. With 20 years experience in the semiconductor arena, Thomas Krebs brings Cissoid the leadership the company needs to build up its sales organization and to extend its sales channels. Thomas has know-how and experience in direct sales as well as distribution.

Texas Instruments (TI) [NYSE:TXN] today announced that Polycom®, Inc. has selected TI’s field-proven digital signal processing (DSP) technology to power its new SoundPoint IP 670 desktop phone.

Murata Power Solutions has become an associate member of the Climate Savers Computing Initiative, a non-profit organization established by environmentally aware consumers, corporations, and environmental protection organisations.

TT electronics integrated manufacturing services today announced that its Suzhou, China site has been qualified to ISO 13485:2003 for the manufacture of printed circuit board assemblies, cable assemblies and integrated box build for medical devices. It is the second TT electronics site to achieve this demanding standard, the other being its Ohio, USA site.

RUWEL GmbH, one of Germany's biggest producer of printed circuit boards for the world's electronics industry, has announced that it has taken over 80% of the shares in Naavinya CAD Soft Ltd. (NCS), Bangalore, India. A buyer's option on the remaining 20% has also been agreed.

3M, the diversified technology company, today announced the expansion of its Touch Systems sales team in Europe with the appointment of Fernando Fandiño Oliver. As Sales Manager – Spain and Portugal, Fernando will be responsible for day-to-day account management of existing and prospective customers in the gaming, banking and finance, and industrial markets.

Infineon Technologies AG announced that pan-European semiconductor distribution specialist EBV Elektronik, an Avnet Company (NYSE:AVT), has received two awards for being ‘Distributor of the Year 2007’:

Over one hundred Electronic Engineering researchers from academia and industry will convene in Galway next week for the 16th IET Irish Signals and Systems Conference (ISSC 2008). The conference, which takes place from 18-19 June, will focus on the latest developments in the fields of Digital Signal Processing, Control, and Communications.

In response to continued rapid growth throughout its European operations, franchised assembling distributor PEI-Genesis has announced that it is moving to a 65,000 ft2 building in Eastleigh, which will serve as its new European headquarters and state-of-the-art connector assembly facility.