Avnet Inc. is wasting no time on its journey toward transformation. The global electronics distributor today announced a series of executive appointments it said will bolster its efforts to support customers through every stage of a product’s lifecycle. Yesterday, Avnet announced the acquisition of Hackster.io, a developer site for the design and programming of IoT products.…
Avnet, Inc. (NYSE: AVT) announced today that it has acquired a majority interest in Hackster, Inc. (“Hackster.io”) as the first step of a two part transaction in which Avnet will acquire the remainder of the company in January 2017. Headquartered in San Francisco, California, Hackster.io is an online community that helps users globally learn how…
Mouser Electronics Inc., a leading global distributor of electronic components, today released a new video for the International Space Station (I.S.S.) Design Challenge, part of Mouser’s award-winning Empowering Innovation Together™ program. In this new video, celebrity engineer Grant Imahara describes the first-of-its-kind global contest, in which participants create an object that can be 3D-printed aboard the I.S.S. Mouser is accepting…