America II Electronics, Inc., one of the world’s largest distributors of semiconductors and electronic components, today announced that the company will be an official partner of the Tampa Bay Lightning. “America II was founded right here in the Tampa Bay area over 25 years ago, and we have an ongoing commitment to support our local…
On his first anniversary as president of Chicago-based Newark element14, EPS spoke with Tom Hudak to discuss how far he has progressed on his first-year goals. When we spoke last year, Hudak was putting plans in place to make Newark element14 a great company to do business with, invest in, and work for, the three pillars…
Distributors for decades have been taking on services that their suppliers and customers no longer can – or want to – manage themselves. In element14’s case, those services have evolved into printed circuit board design and prototyping, which at one time would have put the distributor in competition with customers that provide the same services.…
Santa Rosa, Calif. —SCHURTER, a progressive innovator and manufacturer of Circuit Protection, Connectors, Switches, and EMC Products to the electronic and electrical industries worldwide, is pleased to announce its newly translated Chinese website. This new website expands SCHURTER’s presence in the Asia market, providing local customers with a more convenient way to search and select…
Coilcraft announced today that it has joined forces with FIRST® (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology), a not-for-profit organization founded by inventor Dean Kamen to inspire young people’s interest and participation in science and technology, as a Bronze Supplier of the FIRST® Robotics Competition (FRC®). FIRST Robotics Competition is an annual competition that…
Mouser Electronics, Inc. is now stocking the MSP430i202x Mixed Signal Microcontroller Family from Texas Instruments (TI). This low power 16MHz 16‑bit RISC microcontroller has up to four 24‑bit sigma‑delta analog‑to‑digital converters (ADCs) with differential programmable gain amplifier (PGA) Inputs. Additional features include a hardware multiplier, 75nA shutdown mode, and a temperature sensor. The Texas Instruments…
Chicago, Ill. – The new Raspberry Pi 2 Model B is available to buy today from element14, priced at $35. Unveiled at a launch event at The Shard, London by element14 and Raspberry Pi Trading, the Raspberry Pi 2 Model B is six times faster than the previous model and now boasts 1GB of RAM…
Greenwood Village, Colo. — Molycorp, Inc. (NYSE: MCP) (“Molycorp” or the “Company”) today reported that rare earth production in the fourth quarter of 2014 at its Mountain Pass, California facility increased year-on-year and nearly doubled that of the preceding quarter. Mountain Pass completed Q4 of 2014 with 1,328 metric tons (mt) of rare earth oxide…
Liberty, S.C. – Cornell Dubilier Marketing, Inc. announced today that one of its subsidiaries has acquired the assets of Illinois Capacitor and its affiliates. The company sees this acquisition as a strategic move to grow its board-level power capacitor business and to service customers in Asia through the sales, warehouse and logistics center that Illinois…
The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA), representing U.S. leadership in semiconductor manufacturing and design, today announced that the global semiconductor industry posted record sales totaling $335.8 billion in 2014, an increase of 9.9 percent from the 2013 total of $305.6 billion. Global sales for the month of December 2014 reached $29.1 billion, marking the strongest December…