In 2018, a mixed bag of higher prices, shortages, and new imaging applications is driving up total optoelectronics, sensors and discrete semiconductors (O-S-D) sales by 11 percent and expected to set a ninth consecutive record-high level of combined revenues. With tight supplies of widely used power transistors and diodes driving up prices and new optical-imaging applications moving…
DetailsIPC — Association Connecting Electronics Industries announced today the September 2018 findings from its North American Printed Circuit Board (PCB) Statistical Program. Year-over-year growth continued for industry sales and orders. The book-to-bill ratio for September retreated slightly to 1.04. Total North American PCB shipments in September 2018 were up 9.6 percent compared to the same…
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As heated debates on everything from minimum wage to tariffs to state-sponsored cyber attacks continue in public and political spheres, midterm elections in the U.S. fast approach. Combined with rapidly emerging technology paradigms, labor issues, and the rising frequency and intensity of natural disasters, these factors create myriad challenges for procurement teams, manufacturers, and suppliers.…
DetailsTHine Electronics, Inc. (Tokyo Stock Exchange/JASDAQ: 6769), a semiconductor company focusing on high speed serial interfaces and image signal processing, and California Eastern Laboratories, Inc. (“CEL”) the strategic sales and technical support partner of THine for Americas, today announced the availability of THine ICs through CEL’s distribution partners. CEL’s distribution partners include all the major…
DetailsECIA is pleased to present the 2018 Distinguished Service Awards to seven members who have made significant contributions to the association by sharing their time and energy; and its North Star Award. The 2018 honorees embody the spirit of giving back and have gone above and beyond their day jobs in the service of the association and the industry. They make it a point to get involved in association committees…
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As more organizations conduct business online, electronic component manufacturers are expanding their purchasing, pricing, availability and delivery options on their websites. Although most of these services are also provided by distributors, component maker TE Connectivity has found a large population of global users that want to deal directly with TE. TE Connectivity launched its TE…
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Few businesses can be considered non-profit organizations. At its most basic, the electronics business is about being paid. Companies that don’t get paid don’t stay around too long and late payments can hinder an organization’s business operations. The accounts receivable (AR) process revolves around the invoice – pulling it together internally, sending it out to…
DetailsPolyPhaser, an Infinite Electronics brand, and an industry leader in the development and production of patented RF protection solutions has just launched a completely updated website with online purchasing capabilities and same-day shipping for many of its most popular surge protection solutions. PolyPhaser’s new ecommerce website allows customers to place and track orders, access expanded…
DetailsNew Yorker Electronics, global distributor of electronic components, recently announced that it has signed a new franchise distributor agreement with Rectron Semiconductor. Rectron is a manufacturer of power rectifiers, bridge rectifiers, switching diodes, Zener diodes, ESD diodes, signal transistors, transient voltage suppressors, Schottky, high voltage diodes and recovery diodes. Established in 1976, Rectron manufactures state-of-the-art…
DetailsHARTING, is now stocking HARTING’s MICA (Modular Industry Computing Architecture) Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) starter kits. The IIoT is widely viewed as one of the primary trends affecting industrial businesses today and in the future. HARTING’s MICA starter kits were developed to assist manufacturers looking to implement IIoT identification, predictive maintenance management and permanent…
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