Avnet, Inc. (NYSE: AVT), a leading global technology distributor, today announced the promotion of Graham McBeth to the role of president of Premier Farnell Plc, effective immediately. McBeth will report directly to Gerry Fay, president, global business units, Avnet. In his new role, McBeth will be responsible for the strategic direction, day-to-day operations and performance…
DetailsSager Electronics, a leading North American distributor of Interconnect, Power and Electromechanical components, today announces Artesyn’s Online Power Supply Configurator available via Sager.com. The Artesyn Configurator uses a powerful algorithm that factors in dual and triple output modules to guide design engineers to their optimal solution. The Configurator makes it easier to specify and use…
DetailsAvnet, Inc. (NYSE: AVT) announced the appointment of Kevin Summers as its chief information officer (CIO), with responsibility for Avnet’s global IT strategy and enterprise effectiveness initiative. Reporting to Avnet CEO William (“Bill”) J. Amelio, Summers joins Avnet with more than 25 years of experience leading the technology efforts of some of the world’s most…
DetailsMouser Electronics Inc., together with Easy Aerial Inc. and celebrity engineer Grant Imahara, today launched the second video episode from the latest series in the Empowering Innovation Together™ program. The new Project First Responders focuses on creating a proof of concept for an autonomous, cloud-based drone platform for public safety operations during emergencies such as…
DetailsA new report published by Allied Market Research, titled, “Power Electronics Market by device, type, and application – global opportunity analysis and industry forecast, 2014-2022”, projects that the global power electronics market is projected to reach $25 billion by 2022 with a CAGR of 8.9% from 2016-2022. Asia-Pacificdominates the global market in terms of revenue, accounting for more than 50% share of…
DetailsRS Components (RS), the trading brand of Electrocomponents plc(LSE:ECM), the global distributor for engineers, today announced in conjunction with the Raspberry Pi Foundation that its latest iteration of the Raspberry Pi 3 credit-card-sized single-board computer will be manufactured in Japan under a local contract manufacturing arrangement. This increase in global production of Raspberry Pi is to serve large and increasing demand for the…
DetailsMouser Electronics, Inc., the industry’s leading New Product Introduction (NPI) distributor with the widest selection of semiconductors and electronic components, is stocking the MSP432 mixed-signal microcontrollers from Texas Instruments (TI). Recently released into production, the TI MSP432 microcontroller family delivers a best-in-class ULPBench™ score of 167.4 and draws as little as 850nA in standby mode…
DetailsSensors are experiencing large-scale deployment in diverse end-user applications across verticals in standalone, integrated, combined, embedded and, more recently, wearable and ingestibles. Sensors are transforming to be highly intelligent with analytical and decision-making capability at the edge. Driven by the Internet of Things (IoT) revolution, sensors form the cornerstone of Industry/Manufacturing 4.0, an integrated approach to remote connectivity…
DetailsThe Fiber-Optic Cable Manufacturing industry shored up connections over the past five years, with revenue anticipated to grow at an annualized rate of 3.1% to $2.4 billion in 2016. During the period, the industry benefited from a rise in demand for fiber-optic networks and fiber-optic cable. For the full report, visit IBISWorld’s Fiber-Optic Cable Manufacturing in the U.S. industry…
DetailsLeading North American quantum dot manufacturer Quantum Materials Corp (OTCQB:QTMM) (Quantum) today announced that it is shipping high performance red and green cadmium-free quantum dot sample sets to display film manufacturers. Cadmium-free quantum dots are an eco-friendly material that enables energy efficient, ultra-bright displays with a significantly expanded color gamut at a lower cost than competing technologies.…
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