Heilind Electronics, the largest distributor of interconnect products in North America, is now stocking the 3M™ Ribbon Cable Wiremount Socket Assembly, .050″ x .050″, 451 Series and the 3M™ Shrouded Boardmount Header, .050″ x .050″, 452 Series. The small, robust socket and header mate together connecting .025″ pitch ribbon cables to printed circuit boards (PCBs).…
DetailsKyocera Corporation (NYSE:KYO)(TOKYO:6971) announced that the company’s Kagoshima Sendai manufacturing plant (Kagoshima Prefecture) has received the 2013 Environment Minister’s Award for Global Warming Prevention Activity (implementation of countermeasures / dissemination category) in recognition of its environmental protection activities. This is the fourth consecutive year that Kyocera has been a recipient, following the 2012 and 2011…
DetailsSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd. today announced the appointment of Gregory Lee as President of the North America Headquarters (NAHQ) in addition to his role as President of Samsung Telecommunications America (STA) effective immediately. In his new role, Lee is responsible for overseeing Samsung businesses across all offices in North America which include Samsung Electronics America,…
DetailsGlobal electronic components distributor Digi-Key Corporation, the industry leader in electronic component selection, availability and delivery, today announced the signing of a global distribution agreement with Alliance Memory Inc., a worldwide provider of legacy memory products. Alliance Memory manufactures a complete line of SRAMs, including 3.3 V and 5 V fast asynchronous SRAMs with speeds…
DetailsQualcomm Inc. today announced that its Board of Directors has unanimously approved a succession plan for executive management of the company. Effective December 12, 2013, Steve Mollenkopf was promoted to Chief Executive Officer-elect of Qualcomm, and appointed to its Board of Directors. He will continue to serve as the company’s president. Effective March 4, 2014,…
DetailsAVX has received a supplier service award from China South Railway Group at its third annual supplier meeting held in Zhuzhou City, China.
DetailsCTS Corporation (NYSE: CTS) has appointed three new leaders to its senior leadership team. On November 11, 2013, CTS appointed Ashish Agrawal as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, and Anthony Urban as Vice President and General Manager of CTS’ sensors and mechatronics business. CTS also appointed Robert J. Patton as Vice President, General Counsel…
DetailsThe Electronic Components Industry Association (ECIA) is pleased to announce the implementation of its two-dimensional (2-D) barcoding guideline by Sager Electronics. The 2-D guideline was developed by the association’s Electronic Components Council (ECC), comprised of association member representatives working jointly to develop standards for best practices. Sager Electronics, a leading North American distributor of IP&E…
DetailsOn the heels of Koch Industries’ acquisition of Molex Inc. comes a report that merger and acquisition activity overall in the U.S. was strong in the second half of 2013, according to PwC U.S. Improved stability and early signs of growth in other key global markets have contributed to an increasing level of business confidence…
DetailsMaxwell Technologies, Inc. has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with SK Innovation, a subsidiary of SK Holdings and Korea’s leading energy provider, to develop next generation energy storage solutions leveraging the complementary characteristics of SK’s lithium ion batteries and Maxwell’s ultracapacitors. The two companies will explore and identify global commercial opportunities for products that enable…
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