Smith, a global distributor of electronic components and semiconductors, today announces the relocation of its Austin office. The office’s new location in Austin positions Smith closer to its local customers and expands the company’s footprint in the region. Austin and its metropolitan area have been nicknamed “Silicon Hills” due to the large number of high-tech…
DetailsAvnet, a leading global technology solutions provider, has invested $2.1M in Defendry, a surveillance platform that helps prevent active shooter incidents. Defendry is powered by proprietary artificial intelligence (AI) designed to identify and stop physical threats before they enter a building. Defendry was created by serial-tech entrepreneur Pat Sullivan and research scientist Dr. Sean Huver,…
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The global electronics manufacturing services (EMS) industry increased its revenue by 15 percent in 2018, according to New Venture Research’s (NVR) annual EMS report, to reach nearly $542 billion. Combined EMS and original design manufacturer (ODM) revenue grew by $70.7 billion in 2018. Revenue growth from 2013 to 2016 had been flat, according to The…
DetailsFuture Electronics, a global leading distributor of electronic components, has brought back the “Going Green” Bike to Work initiative for 2019. President Robert Miller thanked Future’s Clean and Green team for organizing the initiative, and hopes that many employees will participate in this year’s Bike to Work program. On ‘Casual Fridays’ during the months of…
DetailsSensera Limited (ASX: SE1, “Sensera”), an Internet of Things (IoT) solution provider, today announced that it has signed a global agreement with Arrow Electronics, Inc. to distribute its high-precision, real-time location and location-aware smart wireless sensor solutions. Sensera Ltd is a leading designer and manufacturer of end-to-end sensor solutions and services for the rapidly growing…
DetailsWorldwide semiconductor revenue is forecast to total $429 billion in 2019, a decline of 9.6% from $475 billion in 2018, according to Gartner, Inc. This is down from the previous quarter’s forecast of -3.4%. “The semiconductor market is being impacted by a number of factors. A weaker pricing environment for memory and some other chips…
DetailsTTI, Inc., a leading specialty distributor of electronic components announced the company has a new central hub for market updates and product information on mil/aero technology. TTI’s comprehensive Military Aerospace Resource Center provides up-to-date content from our mil/aero suppliers including links to white papers, MarketEYE articles, line cards, solution guides and much more. Visit…
DetailsAvnet Asia Pacific today announced the promotion of Prince Yun to the president of Avnet Asia Pacific. Yun reports to Phil Gallagher, global president of electronic components at Avnet. Most recently, Yun was the sales president for Avnet Asia. In this new role, Yun will lead Avnet’s multi-billion dollar business in Asia Pacific. He will…
DetailsBourns, Inc., a leading manufacturer and supplier of electronic components, today announced that a member of the Bourns group of companies has acquired all shares of KEKO-Varicon d.o.o. Žužambrek (KEKO-Varicon) from its three shareholders, consisting of two members of the MSIN Group and one minority shareholder. KEKO-Varicon is a leading manufacturer of overvoltage protection products…
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DRAMeXchange, a division of TrendForce, reports that following the Toshiba outage in mid-June, the Japanese government announced that it will be controlling South Korea-bound exports of three key materials used in the manufacturing of semiconductors, smartphones and panels, causing module manufacturers in the memory industry downstream to give higher quotes. However, since DRAM and NAND Flash…
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