Samsung Electronics and Apple held onto their positions as the top semiconductor buyers in 2015, which accounts for 17.7 percent of the market, according to Gartner, Inc. Together, both companies consumed $59.0 billion of semiconductors in 2015, an increase of $0.8 billion from 2014. Rounding out the top five were Lenovo, Dell and HP. “Samsung…
DetailsMouser Electronics, Inc. is now stocking the SHT31 Smart Gadget development kit from Sensirion. The Smart Gadget is a reference design circuit board and development kit that demonstrates the performance and ease-of-use of Sensirion’s SHT3x series humidity and temperature sensors. The Smart Gadget shows relative humidity and temperature values on the display, and can also…
DetailsDistribution reported component sales in North America for Q4 CY 2015 down 0.2% compared to Q3 CY 2015. Sales for interconnect product were down 0.5% quarter on quarter, electromechanical sales up 2.7%, passive sales were down 4.6%, and semiconductor sales were up 0.1%. Display sales were up 8.2%. Book to bill for the quarter was encouraging at 1.04. For the year, distribution reported component sales down 1.5% compared to…
DetailsLaFox, Ill.–Richardson Electronics, Ltd. (NASDAQ: RELL) announced today a new global distribution agreement with the Tecate Group, a global supplier of electronic components and assemblies. The agreement aligns with both companies’ pursuit of supplying and supporting solutions that satisfy even the most demanding applications. “I am excited about our partnership with Richardson Electronics and look…
DetailsAnaheim, Calif. – Bisco industries’ newest blog series, What is it? Wednesday, focuses on equipping buyers, sales people, and other non-technical professionals with foundational product knowledge. The overall goal of the blog series is to empower procurement teams to make the most informed and cost effective buying decisions possible. Each blog provides descriptions, use applications,…
DetailsPremier Farnell plc (“Premier Farnell”) today announces that, together with its wholly owned subsidiaries, Celdis Limited and Premier Farnell Corp., it has entered into a conditional agreement with respect to the sale of Akron Brass Holding Corp. (“Akron Brass”) to IDEX Corporation for cash consideration of US$224.2 million (the “Disposal”). Highlights Total consideration of US$224.2…
DetailsARCO, INC. and ADATA® Technology announce the signing of a global distribution alliance for ADATA’s Industrial Solution. The ARCO-ADATA alliance will provide industrial customers access to technologies for new designs, long term support for legacy products and the quality required to keep their business and processes at optimal performance. ADATA’s Solid State Drives, Industrial DRAM…
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The other day a client called to express his frustration with content marketing. Not only was he disappointed with the number of leads that his company had obtained to date, he was also disappointed with the number of sales. He was ready to call it quits and pull the plug on all content marketing efforts.…
DetailsArrow Electronics, Inc. (NYSE:ARW) today reported fourth-quarter 2015 net income of $158.5 million, or $1.69 per share on a diluted basis, compared with net income of $116.2 million, or $1.18 per share on a diluted basis, in the fourth quarter of 2014. Excluding certain items1, net income would have been $182.1 million, or $1.94 per share on a diluted basis, in the fourth quarter of…
DetailsMouser Electronics, Inc. today launched its new Power Management Technology site, designed to give engineers easy-to-access information on the latest technical advances in power management technologies. As part of Mouser’s growing selection of Applications & Technologies sites, the Power Management Technology site provides a wealth of resource material — including articles and videos on power…
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