The Board of Premier Farnell plc (“Premier Farnell” or the “Company”) announces the appointment of Jos Opdeweegh as Chief Executive with effect from 11 April 2016. Jos was, until recently, Chief Executive of Neovia Logistics, where he led the carve out from Caterpillar, and for the last 16 years has worked in senior leadership positions…
Alpharetta, Ga. – Hoffmann + Krippner, Inc. is proud to announce that TES Frontdesign has engaged in a joint venture with Hoffmann + Krippner as their new majority owner. This enables HK to provide a wider array of sensing & input products and technologies to US and Canada based electronics developers and manufacturers. In addition, this…
Elgin, Ill. – HARTING Technology Group says that it sees the U.S. as the driving country in digitalization in Industry 4.0. “Digitalization will turn the world of today upside down. Processes, business models and entire sectors will either change or become obsolete,” Dr. Frank Brode, Senior Vice President of New Technologies said at a recent…
Electronics inventory levels have been falling over the last year as OEMS, contract manufacturers, component suppliers and distributors concerned about conflicting economic signals kept up a conservative management strategy that has kept stocks close to historically low heights. While industry executives generally say they remain optimistic about the outlook for their various enterprises, the inventory…