The IP&E distribution market may be consolidating, but customers will be able to get a wider array of products and services from fewer distributors if history bears out. Sager Electronics, which itself was acquired by TTI Inc. almost two years ago, closed its acquisition of PowerGate LLC on June 30. PowerGate is a specialist in…
Future Electronics, a global leading distributor of electronic components, recently announced immediate availability of STMicroelectronics’ SIC MOSFETs SCTx0N120 Series. Silicon Carbide is the most mature wide-bandgap semiconductor material currently available in the market. STMicroelectronics is among the first manufacturers to have introduced high-voltage silicon carbide (SiC) Power MOSFETs, and the first one achieving the industry’s…
2014 saw its share of consolidation activity among passive, power, and electromechanical component suppliers, with larger companies seeking to expand their product portfolios to offer a broader line of parts and enable them to be more of a “one-stop” supplier to the customers. Perhaps the loudest noise was made by TE Connectivity, known more as…
When the industry thinks of data breaches it raises the specter of a savvy hacker lurking very far, and yet very close, intermingling with a larger organization of internet criminals, breaking into our technology and gathering most private information: credit card and bank account details, social security numbers, and personal health and income data. The…
Acopian Power Supplies, a leader in the design, manufacturing and distribution of standard, modified-standard and custom power supplies announced that its Narrow Profile power supply series is now certified to UL Safety Standards UL 60950 (Information Technology Equipment) and UL 508 (Industrial Control Equipment), as well as conforms to all of the legal requirements to…
Geneva, Ill. – Richardson RFPD, Inc. announced today that it will distribute products from Innovative Power Products, Inc., a designer and manufacturer of a variety of broadband, high power couplers, combiners, RF power resistors and terminations operating up to 12 GHz, with power levels up to 2.5 kW for RF and microwave applications. Richardson RFPD will…
Montreal – Watts Unlimited Inc. (Watts), one of Canada’s largest designers of industrial-scale critical power infrastructure, has announced that it has signed an agreement with GE’s Critical Power business to be the master distributor for DC power system products across Canada. Under the terms of the deal Watts will appoint sub-distributors across the country and be responsible for…
Digi International® , (NASDAQ: DGII), announced today that Michael C. Goergen has been appointed as Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of the company effective April 20, 2015. Goergen, most recently served as Senior Vice President of Finance for the Transport – Logistics division of Trimble Navigation Limited from April 2013 to March…
Integrated Device Technology, Inc. (IDT®) (NASDAQ: IDTI) today announced it has named David Chen as vice president of sales for China, Taiwan, India, and Southeast Asia, effective March 16. Chen will be based in IDT’s Shanghai office. Chen brings more than 25 years of experience in the semiconductor industry, most at Intersil, where he worked…