Samtec, Inc. is pleased to announce an agreement with Hirose Electric USA, Inc. as a second source for Samtec’s FireFly™ Micro Flyover System™. As a certified independent second source, Hirose can now provide its customers a future-proof inside-the-box system, as well as additional support to Samtec’s customers who use FireFly™ in current and future applications.…
DetailsJoplin, Mo. — Today federal, state and local officials joined EaglePicher Technologies, LLC, and their honored guests to officially break ground on the company’s new Lithium Ion Center of Excellence. The 100,000-plus square-foot facility will be built adjacent to our current Lithium Ion facility at the Crossroads Industrial Park in Joplin, Missouri and will expand the EaglePicher…
DetailsSmaller and more integrated medical systems are expected to drive up sales of ICs, sensors, and other devices over the next two years, according to IC Insights. The market research firm projects global medical semiconductor sales to reach $8.2 billion in 2018, growing at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 12.3 percent between 2013…
DetailsIPC’s Validation Services Program has awarded an IPC J-STD-001, IPC-A-610, and IPC J-STD-001 Space Addendum Qualified Manufacturers Listing (QML) to STI Electronics, Inc. (STI), an electronics manufacturer and IPC Training Center based in Madison, Ala. To earn this, STI successfully completed an intensive audit based on IPC’s standards, including IPC J-STD-001, Requirements for Soldered Electrical and…
DetailsColumbus, Ohio – Battelle today announced Barricade™, a new technology that eliminates the risk of counterfeit integrated circuits in devices for aerospace and defense systems, critical infrastructure, medical devices and other essential systems. Barricade provides fast, non-destructive authentication of electronic components from both trusted and untrusted sources, enabling separation of cloned or counterfeit components from authentic ones…
DetailsFort Worth, Tex. − TTI, Inc., the leading authorized distributor of interconnect, passive, electromechanical and discrete components, today announced the company has signed a distribution agreement with API Technologies for its RF, Microwave and Microelectronics product line. Formerly, this RF/Microwave and Microelectronics group was referred to as Spectrum Microwave, a division of Spectrum Control. API…
DetailsGlobal electronic components distributor Digi-Key Corporation, the industry leader in electronic component selection, availability and delivery, has partnered with AKM Semiconductor Inc., to facilitate the global distribution of AKM’s products. “Digi-Key is a global leading company with the broadest selection of electronic components that are available for quick delivery to more than 170 countries,” said…
DetailsSemiconductor Corporation (Nasdaq: ONNN), driving energy efficient innovation, has announced its top 2014 distribution partners. These awards honor the distributor in each region that led overall channel sales, grew market share, captured increased sales of products from acquisitions made by ON Semiconductor, and scored high on overall process excellence. The 2014 awards are as follows:…
DetailsRaleigh, N.C. – Stackpole Electronics, Inc. today announced that the RMCF Series of thick film chip resistors has been qualified to AEC-Q200 for sizes from 0402 through 2512. Per AEC-Q200, the resistors must have an operating temperature range of -55 degree C to 150 degree C and survive a wide range of electrical and mechanical…
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As companies rushed to embrace globalization, the lean, complex and highly intertwined supply chains that they created over the past decade took on another, unexpected characteristic: fragility. Practices such as just-in-time manufacturing stripped cost and time out of supply chains, while globalization created highly extended supply and demand networks. The combination of these and other…
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