Flip Electronics has announced another strategic personnel addition to the organization by creating a new position to support their global growth plans. Andrew Girardi will join Flip Electronics as Vice President, Supply Chain Management. Mr. Girardi has over 25 years of experience in the electronic components industry, having had business leadership and sales roles at…
DetailsSager Electronics, a leading North American distributor of Interconnect, Power, Electromechanical, and Thermal solutions and provider of value-add solutions, today announces the promotion of Shannon Freise to Senior Vice President of Operations for the organization. Ms. Freise has been with Sager Electronics for over 23 years. The role of Senior Vice President of Operations encompasses…
DetailsIn light of the continued acceleration of global legislation to protect the environment, ECIA’s Global Industry Practices Committee has established advisory positions to enable ECIA members to gain better awareness about regulations that substantially affect the electronic components industry. Don Elario, ECIA’s Vice President of Industry Practices explains the need for these new advisors. “The…
DetailsInfineon Technologies continues ramping up its manufacturing facility in Austin, Texas. Infrastructure had been recovered within one week after the forced shutdown on 15 February 2021. Tools are operational, production has been resumed and will ramp up over time to pre-outage levels. The shutdown was required after a severe winter storm and its resulting long-lasting…
DetailsECIA is pleased to announce that Farnell, an Avnet Company and global distributor of electronic components, products and solutions has joined its stellar list of authorized distributor members. Farnell operates as Farnell in EMEA, Newark in North America and element14 in APAC. “The companies that make up the membership of ECIA represent the entire electronic…
DetailsRenesas Electronics Corporation (TSE:6723), a premier supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, today announced an update (as of March 20, 2021 at 9:00 pm) to the announcement regarding the occurrence of a fire on March 19, 2021 at 2:47 am at part of the processes in the N3 Building (300mm line) of Naka Factory (located in…
DetailsPhoenics Electronics (an Avnet company (Nasdaq: AVT)) is the new exclusive distributor for Synaptics (Nasdaq: SYNA) in North America. Phoenics will extend available capabilities for Synaptics’ advanced technologies including technical design, logistics and purchasing support. “This collaboration gives our customers in North America best-in-class access and support to the entire Synaptics portfolio,” said Phil Kumin,…
DetailsRFMW announces a global distribution agreement with Marki Microwave of Morgan Hill, California. Under the agreement, RFMW is franchised for worldwide marketing and sales of Marki Microwaves’ portfolio of broadband, low conversion loss, and highly linear mixers, high directivity, low return loss couplers and directional bridges, well-balanced power dividers and hybrid couplers, and many other…
DetailsRFMW announces the addition of a new Business Development Manager for the Americas specializing in RF Power applications support. Leonard Pelletier is a high energy, creative engineering expert on RF power amplifier design and RF component applications. Mr. Pelletier’s substantial background comes from his experience working for a major RF power semiconductor manufacturer that specializes…
DetailsECIA, in collaboration with NAM, is following an important EPA action that will impact component manufacturers, especially those in the supply chain for electro-mechanical components. The Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has determined that the chemical phenol, isopropylated, phosphate (3:1) (PIP 3:1) poses a risk to the…
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