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Mouser, Aconno Sign Global Distribution Agreement

News WireBy News Desk October 3, 2017 Leave a comment

Mouser Electronics, Inc., the authorized global distributor with the newest semiconductors and electronic components, announces a global distribution agreement with aconno, developers of technology that helps reduce the barriers between software, hardware, and connected things. Through the new distribution agreement, Mouser is stocking aconno’s Internet of Things (IoT) solutions, including the ACN52832 Bluetooth® Smart module, ACD52832 development board, and ACNPROG programmer. The heart…

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Industrial Automation Drives Standard Logic Devices Market

News WireBy News Desk October 3, 2017 Leave a comment

Key companies in the global standard logic devices market include Analog Devices, Arrow Electronics, Diodes Incorporated, and Texas Instruments. These are some of the companies that have been able to establish a firm presence across the globe on the back of steady product development as well as merger and acquisition activity. Other key players in this industry…

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WitsView: TV Panel Shipments Grew 8% in August

UncategorizedBy News Desk October 3, 2017 Leave a comment

WitsView, a division of TrendForce, reports that global LCD TV panel shipments for August totaled 23.02 million units, showing an increase of 8.2% from July and a year-on-year drop of 2.5%. WitsView also says that the August shipments represent the highest monthly volume in the TV panel market for this year so far. This turnaround from the…

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Global Semiconductor Sales Rise 24% in August

News WireBy News Desk October 3, 2017 Leave a comment

The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA), representing U.S. leadership in semiconductor manufacturing, design, and research, today announced worldwide sales of semiconductors reached $35.0 billion for the month of August 2017, an increase of 23.9 percent compared to the August 2016 total of $28.2 billion and 4.0 percent more than the July 2017 total of $33.6 billion. All major regional markets posted both year-to-year and month-to-month increases…

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Methode Acquires Pacific Insight

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Methode Electronics, Inc. (NYSE: MEI) (“Methode”), a global developer of custom engineered and application-specific products and solutions, announced that it has completed the acquisition of Pacific Insight Electronics Corp. (“Pacific Insight”), a global lighting, electronics and full-service solutions provider to the transportation industry, in a cash transaction. Methode funded the total consideration of approximately US$114 million with available cash…

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IPC: North American PCB Book-to-Bill Ratio Up in August

News WireBy News Desk October 3, 2017 Leave a comment

IPC — Association Connecting Electronics Industries® announced today the August 2017 findings from its monthly North American Printed Circuit Board (PCB) Statistical Program. Strong year-on-year growth in orders drove the book-to-bill ratio up to 1.15 in August. Total North American PCB shipments in August 2017 were down 0.6 percent compared to the same month last year.…

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“Registered” ELD Vendors Creates Potential Global Supply Chain Nightmare

EBN OnlineBy October 3, 2017 4 Comments

On December 18, new electronic logging device (ELD) regulations go into effect for commercial vehicle fleets across the U.S. The mandatehas caused major waves in the transportation industry. But it has the potential to rock supply chains and manufacturers around the globe — and not just because of anticipated transportation disruptions and increases in costs.…

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IIC & MESA Sign MoU to Advance IIoT for Manufacturing

EBN OnlineBy October 3, 2017 Leave a comment

Hoping to maximize interoperability, portability, security, and privacy for the industrial internet, the Industrial Internet Consortium (IIC) and the Manufacturing Enterprise Solutions Association (MESA) International signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to advance their shared interests. Under the agreement, the IIC, a leading organization accelerating the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), and MESA, a not-for-profit…

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U.S. Factory Activity Surges in Sept.

News AnalysisBy Barbara Jorgensen October 2, 2017 Leave a comment

U.S. factory activity in September surged to its highest level in 13 years amid strong growth in new orders and healthy levels of production. The Institute for Supply Management’s leading index, the PMI, increased by 2 percentage points from August to reach 60.8 percent. Any number above 50 indicates industry expansion. Even as manufacturers continue…

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Sager Acquires Power Sources Unlimited

IP&E, News WireBy News Desk October 2, 2017 Leave a comment

Sager Electronics, a leading North American distributor of Interconnect, Power and Electromechanical components and provider of value-add solutions, today announced that it has acquired the distribution and supply business of Power Sources Unlimited, Inc., (PSUI) a specialty distributor of power conversion products headquartered in Wrentham, Massachusetts. Frank Flynn, President of Sager Electronics, stated, “PSUI is…

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