It seems everything must be smart and connected these days — people, phones, cars, buildings, electrical grids, and even our homes. Entire smart niches are being carved out, and everyone up and down the electronics supply chain seems to want a piece of the business. Chip suppliers like NXP, Intel, and Dialog Semiconductor, along with…
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Do you know {complink 2387|High Tech Computer Corp. (HTC)}? The name may not ring a bell for many consumers, but chances are that someone in your office or even in your family is making or receiving a phone call on a device from the Taiwanese company right now. HTC is also one of the prime…
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The storage systems giant {complink 1781|EMC Corp.} announced today that a number of its products would be made available only through its channel partners. The channel program, which is designed to expand market opportunities for both EMC and its distributors, gives customers easier access to products and enables faster, easier training for the EMC partner…
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Corporate governance is a pretty dry subject in the best of times, but it just may become a bit more interesting, particularly if we have gotten it wrong and it turns out to be the source of the current worldwide economic crisis. The Occupy Wall Street protests clearly show the people's frustration with high unemployment…
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CHICAGO — Newark/element14, a leading multi-channel, high-service electronics distributor in the Americas and a business of Premier Farnell, announced today that it is stocking Honeywell’s new ultra-small HumidIcon™ digital humidity/temperature sensors, designed for use in HVAC-refrigeration and medical applications, where accuracy, size and low total cost are critical factors. The new series offers engineers what…
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PHOENIX — Avnet Electronics Marketing Americas, a business region of Avnet, Inc. (NYSE: AVT), has just wrapped another groundbreaking virtual Power Forum. In case you missed any technical presentations from the industry’s leading power experts, they are now available for on-demand download from Avnet’s virtual Power Forum website. Held on September 21, 2011, Avnet’s second…
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ANGLETON, Texas — Benchmark Electronics, Inc. (NYSE: BHE), a leading integrated contract manufacturing provider, announced today that its subsidiary, Benchmark Electronics (Thailand) Public Company Limited, has temporarily suspended operations as a result of flooding in the surrounding areas of the Hi-Tech Industrial Estate in Ayudhaya, Thailand. The industrial park is without power and officials have…
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ALISO VIEJO, Calif. — Microsemi Corporation (NASDAQ:MSCC), a leading provider of semiconductor solutions differentiated by power, security, reliability and performance, and Zarlink Semiconductor Inc. (TSX:ZL) today announced that 0916753 B.C. ULC, an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Microsemi, has accepted the tender of and will acquire today 123,438,737 Zarlink shares, representing approximately 96 percent of Zarlink's…
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SUGAR LAND, Texas — Suntron Corporation, a leading manufacturer of electronics manufacturing services and embedded computing solutions announced today that it will close its Sugar Land, Texas facility once customer production is transferred to other locations in 2012. “This action completes the re-positioning we began in late 2009,” said President and CEO Ed Wheeler. “Consolidating…
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MANSFIELD, Texas — Mouser Electronics, Inc., regarded as a top design engineering resource and global distributor for semiconductors and electronic components, today announced the signing of a global distribution agreement with CADEKA Microcircuits LLC. CADEKA is a company that specializes in amplifiers and analog technologies. The new agreement between Mouser and CADEKA is effective immediately…
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