Sager Electronics, www.sager.com, a leading North American distributor of IP&E electronic components, today announced they were the recipient of Keystone Electronics’ platinum level sales award. Keystone Electronics announced the award at the 2014 Electronics Distribution Show (EDS) held May 5-8 in Las Vegas, Nevada. “We applaud the Sager Electronics team for achieving our sales benchmarks…
In spite of the electronics industry’s ongoing efforts, there may be no “best way” to fight counterfeit components. One of the hurdles in this effort is the issue of anonymity as it pertains to reporting the inadvertent acquisition a counterfeit. There mere admission that a counterfeit got through a company’s firewall casts doubt on that…
The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA), representing U.S. leadership in semiconductor manufacturing and design, today announced that global semiconductor industry leaders reached an agreement at the 18th annual meeting of the World Semiconductor Council (WSC) last week on a series of policy proposals to strengthen the industry through international cooperation. The WSC is a worldwide body…
Growing Ottawa based Supply Chain Analytics & Services company – Lytica Inc., announced Monday, the release of their new free BENCHMARK REPORT designed for companies that use electronic components within their products. “By uploading their costed BOM (Bill of Material) and AVL (approved vendor list) into Lytica’s secure website, a customer will receive a free…
The Electronics Distribution Show (EDS) held earlier this month not only highlights the tight partnerships between electronic component manufacturers and distributors, it also gives component suppliers the chance to showcase some of their newest product introductions. This year many of the new products fell into the category of interconnect, passive and electromechanical (IP&E) components from…
Raleigh, N.C. – Stackpole Electronics has expanded the RPC series of pulse withstanding chip resistors with new devices that now offer tolerances as tight as 0.5%. The RPC series, using thick-film technology, is known for its outstanding pulse handling for both repetitive and single high power pulses, said the company. The tighter tolerances make the…
Fountain Inn, S.C. ‒ AVX Corp. has extended the capacitance range and voltage ratings for its X7R MLCCs, providing several new high volumetric efficiency options. Available in sizes from 01005 to 2225, the X7R MLCCs exhibit high K and low equivalent series resistance (ESR) and are now available with capacitance values from 100 pF to…
Poway, Calif. — Visual Communications Company, LLC (VCC) has developed a relampable neon front panel indicator light that is designed for harsh environments. The 513x-038 Series of midget flange base relampable indicators meet MIL-L-3661 specifications and is available rated to NEMA 4 protection. The 513x-038 Series indicators can accept any T-1 3/4 midget flange base…
Elgin, Ill. – HARTING has unveiled the har-flexicon series of discrete wire-to-board connectors and terminal blocks that are said to deliver greater printed-circuit-board (PCB) performance and density with robust connectivity. These miniature har-flexicon SMT (surface-mount termination) components for pluggable single conductor wiring of I/O signals are available in two main pitch categories ‒ traditional 3.5- to 5.08-mm…
Raleigh, N.C. – Using foil on ceramic carrier technology, the CSRF series of surface-mount current sense resistors from Stackpole Electronics provides very low resistance values in small case sizes while maintaining good temperature coefficient of resistance (TCR). The 0402 size is available in the popular 10 milliohm value, while the 0603 size is available in…