Flextronics International Ltd.’s strategy for achieving financial stability seem simple enough except that, these days, drastic cost-cutting involving plant closures don’t necessarily go well with aggressive small and medium-size acquisitions. There’s a method to the madness, though, and company executives in recent presentations to analysts and investors have insisted this strategy is helping the contract…
DetailsGlobal electronic components distributor Digi-Key Corporation, the industry leader in electronic component selection, availability and delivery, today announced the completion of an agreement to distribute Samsung Electro-Mechanics America (SEMCO) product to its broad global customer base. SEMCO was established in 1973 as a subsidiary of Samsung Corporation and has grown into a global leader supplying…
DetailsOrganic light-emitting diode (OLED) technology has a number of advantages over liquid-crystal display (LED) when it comes to displays, including the ability to manufacture on substrates such as plastic. OLED screens are made by spraying thin layers of ink-like substances onto a surface such as glass. The ink-jet application allows OLEDs to adhere to flexible…
DetailsAfter years of breakaway growth, China’s solar industry is poised for a big shakeout, with consolidation and failing firms. However, the changes are not going to change the Asian giant’s global dominance over the resurgent sector anytime soon, according to Lux Research. Since 2005, when Suntech became the first Chinese company to complete an IPO…
DetailsIf you’ve been around the high-tech market as long as I have, you’ll know that the word “start-up” prompts two main responses in people: uncontrolled salivation or a record-breaking dash to the nearest exit. The high-tech boom/bust of 2001 has left an indelible mark on the industry. When the dust began to settle after the…
DetailsAvnet Embedded, a division of Avnet Electronics Marketing Americas, a business region of Avnet, Inc. (NYSE: AVT), has entered a distribution agreement with TechNexion, a leading provider of cutting-edge embedded modular solutions. Avnet Embedded will now offer TechNexion’s low-cost, high-value embedded System-on-Modules and systems to its original equipment manufacturer (OEM) customer base. Click to Tweet:…
DetailsConventional wisdom says it’s cheaper to produce things in Asia than in North America, which is why U.S. electronics brands have steadily outsourced nearly all their product manufacturing to companies based in the Far East during the last few decades. However, with just one product—the Moto X—Motorola may have overturned this truism, building a smartphone…
DetailsArrow Electronics has signed an agreement to acquire Computerlinks, a value-added distributor, in Munich, Germany, for approximately $300 million.
DetailsGlobal electronic components distributor Digi-Key Corporation, the industry leader in electronic component selection, availability and delivery, has announced a global distribution agreement with Sanken Electric Co., a leading global supplier of analog power semiconductor products. Sanken’s long history began in 1937, when the Toho Industrial Research Laboratory was established and commenced research and trial manufacture of selenium rectifiers. Today, Sanken’s semiconductor…
DetailsA recently published report by Dell’Oro Group, the trusted source for market information about the networking and telecommunications industries, revealed the Wireless LAN (WLAN) market grew 13 percent in the second quarter 2013 versus the year ago period. For the second quarter in a row, Hewlett-Packard and Cisco Systems gained the most revenue share in…
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