TTI, Inc. has announced two additions to Murata’s LQH series of wirewound power inductors that feature low profile, improved current saturation and low DC resistance. Both parts also feature full shielding to reduce magnetic flux leakage in order to enable low DC resistance and high inductance. These power inductors are ideal for power circuitry in audio-visual equipment and many other applications.

The LQH44P_J0 and LQH44P_P0 measure 4.0×4.0mm typical with maximum profile of 1.2 or 1.8mm respectively. The LQH44P_J0 comes in inductance values of 1.0 to 47μH; the 1.0μH part features rated current of 2.0A and low DC resistance of 0.048Ω. The LQH44P_P0 comes in inductance values of 1.0 to 22uH; the 1.0μH part features high rated current of 2.95A and very low DC resistance of 0.03Ω.

Over 120% growth for TE Connectivity (Tyco Electronics) sales

TTI, Inc., the global distributor of Passive, Interconnect, Relay & Switch and Discrete components, has been recognized for the second and consecutive year as the Global Distributor of the Year for TE Connectivity (was Tyco Electronics). Speaking at the TE Connectivity 2011 Global Distribution Channel Summit awards dinner at the world famous St Francis Hotel in San Francisco, Dave Redfern, TE Connectivity’s VP of Global Distribution recognized the specific performance of TTI in Europe.

Commented Glyn Dennehy, Senior Vice President and General Manager for TTI Inc., Europe: “In 2010, we have grown the TE business overall by over 120% – significantly outperforming our competition in every European country. TE is TTI’s largest connector supplier in Europe and they have a comprehensive portfolio of connector and other electromech components as well as passives – a profile with which TTI is totally aligned.  We believe our success with TE Connectivity is due to a very close working partnership complemented by the enhanced service levels we offer and supported by industry’s broadest stocking profile which we continue to hold and develop”.

“TE has developed a world class ‘go to market’ strategy, designed to improve our customer’s experience and support.  TE remains focused on strategic customers in global growth markets as well as driving close relationships with our global, regional and specialty distributors.  This strategy creates a significant opportunity for distributor partners like TTI to further enhance TE Connectivity’s service and value proposition to our customers.  Achieving the Global Distributor of the Year award requires a high level of focus and dedication from TTI globally and we are happy to acknowledge TTI EMEA’s contributions towards the achievement of this prestigious award”, said TE’s David Redfern.

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Growth and new product sales are key

Harwin, the leading hi-rel connector and SMT board hardware manufacturer, has named global distributor of Passive, Interconnect, Relay & Switch and Discrete components TTI, Inc. as its European “Distributor of the Year” for 2010.

Comments Andrew McQuilken, Director at Harwin: “TTI is very deserving of this award as they have significantly grown the Harwin business during the last year and have been especially successful in selling our new products. We are very impressed with the high number of sales they have achieved for our high reliability Datamate connector family and cost-effective Archer brand of 1.27mm pitch headers and sockets.”

John Sandy, Director of Supplier Marketing, Europe at TTI remarks: “We are delighted to receive this award from Harwin and we are very pleased with the success we have achieved with Harwin’s product line. In particular, Harwin’s Datamate range and their record of launching innovative products is a perfect fit for TTI’s focus on new business design wins, especially in the high-reliability aerospace and defence sectors.”

Murata, Molex, Bourns, Kemet, Phoenix Contact and FCI recognized for Supplier Excellence in 2010
TTI, Inc., the global distributor of Passive, Interconnect, Relay & Switch and Discrete components, has named the winners of its annual Supplier Excellence Awards for 2010, which have become recognised in the industry for their detailed approach to measuring performance across several different criteria. Six suppliers met or exceeded the minimum points score required to achieve an award, with Murata scooping the top Platinum Level standard, Molex winning Gold, Bourns, Kemet and Phoenix Contact attaining Silver and FCI achieving Bronze.

Commented Geoff Breed, Vice President Marketing, Europe, TTI, Inc.: “These awards reflect the enormous contributions our supplier partners have made to the service that we are able to offer to our customers – for which we thank them deeply. Special recognition this year must go to Murata for amassing the highest points total and maintaining Platinum level status. With Molex achieving Gold status, Bourns, Kemet and Phoenix Contact Silver status and FCI bronze we would really like to congratulate their teams for their continued enthusiasm and commitment to our program across Europe. Many, many thanks.”

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“In our 2010 program we introduced two new awards. The Diamond Award is presented to the supplier with the highest total score exclusive of special recognition points and the Best Quality Award is presented to the supplier who achieved the highest score in all of the Quality categories. Murata received both new awards in addition to their Platinum level award for 2010 performance, so extra congratulations must go to all employees of Murata. But we know that every company that compiles enough points to be included in our roll call of honours can only do so because of the outstanding efforts of their team members and we want to thank all the individuals involved for helping to drive our mutual success.

On emerging as top-performing supplier with three awards, Terry Churcher Murata President, EMEA said: “We are proud to have maintained our top position for the seventh year in succession in one of the most stringent supplier evaluation systems in the world. I would like to emphasize that such results would not be possible without professional and dedicated teams within TTI and Murata and I would like to extend my thanks to all the people who made this happen. I am confident that the TTI – Murata combination will continue to ensure our mutual customers receive the very highest level of service and remain the most satisfied in the industry.”

Receiving the award for Molex, Henry Fürniss VP Sales & Marketing EMEA stated: “It’s a real honour to receive this award again this year, as it recognises our distribution approach with strategic partners. Both TTI and Molex have the same very clear goal of being able to give the right service level to our customers, and our combined design-in expertise and NPI programs have been key to this success. We would like to thank TTI for their continued support and commitment towards Molex.”

Speaking on behalf of Bourns, Ferdinand Leicher, Vice President Sales Bourns EMEA noted: “Bourns believes in and focuses on delivering great service to our customers and distribution partners. The TTI measurements for service are vigorous and considered as an industry world class benchmark. Therefore, we are very proud and grateful to again receive this Excellence Award. We hugely value our great partnership with TTI and commit to strive to achieve this award year after year.”

Marc Kotelon, Sr. Vice President, Global Sales, KEMET Corporation explained: “2010 brought extreme growth to the European Electronics Industry. However, with this welcome growth came many difficult challenges on all fronts for Electronics Components manufacturers. Being acknowledged by TTI for Supplier Excellence Award means one must provide industry-leading service, quality, and innovation. Meeting these demands would not be possible without the dedicated KEMET and TTI professionals from around Europe. And through this partnership and with continued efforts, we hope to maintain this great performance in the years to come!”

Michael Sievers, Director Key Account Management at Phoenix Contact continued the theme: “2008 and 2009 were very uncertain due to the difficult economic situation, then the rapid recovery last year posed a huge challenge in terms of our delivery performance for our customers. Thanks to our consistent commitment in production, stocks and logistics as well as the support of our strategic partners we were able to meet this challenge, thus ensuring the availability of our products. We are delighted to have been awarded TTI’s Supplier Excellence Award for the fifth time in a row. We greatly appreciate this honor and would like to thank our partner TTI for the excellent cooperation.”

Receiving the award for FCI, Ronald Velda, European Distribution Director, said: ‘’ We are so happy with this result, having achieved an award for the second consecutive time and in a very challenging year, which demonstrates the excellent relationship between our two businesses. We will continue to focus on our logistics and sales services and maintain the open communication style which characterises our company and which we believe will help bring us even greater future success in our design-in projects and business with TTI.’’

Specialty MLCC and filter manufacturer acknowledges sales, cooperation and expertise

TTI, Inc., the global distributor of Passive, Interconnect, Relay & Switch and Discrete components, has been named European Distributor of the Year by Syfer Technology, the specialist manufacturer of multilayer ceramic capacitors and filters.

Commented Syfer’s marketing manager, Chris Noade: “TTI has been a strategic supply chain partner for Syfer for many years. We have given them this award, not only for excellent sales, but also because of the close cooperation we have with them and the highly successful manner in which they introduce our new products to their customers, helping to create and grow business in new markets.”

Added Felix Corbett, newly-appointed TTI’s Director of Supplier Marketing, responsible for Passives and Discrete Components in Europe: “We are delighted to win this title. Syfer provides high levels of service and excellent MLCC and Filtering products, particularly in application specific areas. With the flexibility to also offer custom solutions, Syfer is a key partner for TTI and our customers.”

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40 year global relationship leads to success across broad component technology spectrum

TTI, Inc., the global distributor of Passive, Interconnect, Relay & Switch and Discrete components, has received an award from Vishay Intertechnology in recognition of Best Overall Performance. The award was presented at the electronica 2010 exhibition last November in Munich and confirms the strong global relationship between the two worldwide companies.

Commented Glyn Dennehy, Vice President and Managing Director, TTI, Inc. in Europe: “We are delighted about such important and well deserved recognition and are proud to receive such a prestigious award. Vishay are an extremely important partner and TTI Europe are in a privileged position to support Vishay’s broad product portfolio with extensive stocks and our full technical design capabilities.”

Added Doris Hilbert, Key Account Manager, Distribution, Vishay: “Our two companies have a long-lasting partnership that goes back more than 40 years, a fact affirmed during many high-level meetings and discussions with common customers. TTI is key part of our worldwide distribution channel, helping to identify new design projects and support customers using Vishay’s latest developments and technology.”

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Inaugural award underscores the company’s commitment to its valued channel partners

Molex Incorporated has presented its inaugural 2010 Global Distributor of the Year award to TTI Incorporated, a leading authorised distributor of passive, interconnect, electromechanical and discrete components. The Molex award recognises TTI’s demonstrable financial, operational and executive management excellence during the year.

“This award is an opportunity for us to thank TTI for its outstanding contribution to our distribution network, which exceeded our expectations. From the executive team to branch level management, TTI provides consistent high levels of expertise and energy, while servicing Molex distribution customers globally,” stated Martin Slark, vice chairman and CEO, Molex. “Distribution partners like TTI play a key role in helping Molex not only bring products to customers, but deliver exceptional service and support.”

About the Molex award, TTI CEO Paul Andrews said: “We are honoured to receive this award on behalf of TTI. The recognition rightfully belongs to the talented individuals working worldwide on this team. We look forward to 2011 as we help propel Molex designs and solutions deeper into the global marketplace.”

In 2010, TTI strategically balanced product inventory and sales commitments, while supporting multiple Molex product introductions. TTI and Molex technical engineers have worked close together presenting international training seminars spanning Europe and the Asia/Pacific markets.

The Global Distributor award follows Molex’s presentation of Regional Distributor of the Year awards in the summer to PSG (Asia/Pacific), Arrow and MT Systems (Europe), and the Heilind Electronics (U.S).

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Continues its expansion throughout the Nordic Territories

TTI, Inc., the global distributor of Passive, Interconnect, Relay & Switch and Discrete components, has announced that its European franchise agreement with leading connector company, Molex, has been extended to cover Denmark. The agreement gives customers access to Molex’s complete product portfolio via TTI’s broad and deep European inventory & superior logistics programs.

Comments Marc Winfield – Regional Vice President Sales, TTI Europe: “TTI continues to extend its reach into the important Nordic markets. Part of our growth plan saw the extension of the strategically-important Molex franchise into Finland and Estonia during Q1 2010, and we are now delighted to extend the Molex line into Denmark, offering our customers the depth and breadth of product from this market leading brand.”

Continues Kenneth Koch, TTI’s Denmark General Manager: “As our leading Interconnect New Product Introduction (NPI) line, Molex has always been a strong partner of TTI. We are excited at the opportunity to promote Molex’s innovative products within the Danish market, delivering extra value to our customers and offering greater overall solutions.”

Adds Mark Davies, Distribution Corporate Account Manager at Molex: “We are pleased to extend our successful partnership with TTI into Denmark. TTI remains committed to an aggressive NPI program with the Molex range and it is this strategy, combined with their focus on new design-in projects, that will remain the cornerstone of our success together. We believe that TTI’s proactive approach and investment in this strategy will lead to accelerated growth and develop incremental business for both companies in this region.”

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Harwin, the leading hi-rel connector and SMT board hardware manufacturer, has been named amongst the top European suppliers to TTI, Inc., the global distributor of Passive, Interconnect, Relay & Switch and Discrete components. TTI’s Supplier Excellence Awards (2009) recognize outstanding performance in a number of tightly-measured categories over the year.

Commented Geoff Breed, Vice President Marketing, TTI, Inc., Europe: “Our European Awards reward best-in-class performance by our suppliers each year. We do this by closely monitoring and tracking certain criteria throughout the year and evaluating the specifics of our business with all our suppliers. More than just a trophy, these awards signify suppliers that have made great contributions to the way TTI‘s business is run and the level of performance we are able to provide to our customers. We congratulate all the winners and thank them for the efforts they have made to help support our customers.”

Andrew McQuilken, CEO of Harwin, added: “As a manufacturer of interconnect systems and components for high-rel applications, we know that excellent service levels are as important as continual product innovation. Because the TTI awards are the result of thorough scrutiny of a range of performance indicators, we are honoured to be placed so highly, especially as a specialised connector supplier.”

This year was the first time that Harwin has appeared in the honours’ roll call. Also named were Murata, Molex, Bourns, Kemet, Phoenix Contact and FCI.

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Protect several USB ports simultaneously with one device

TTI, Inc., the global distributor of passive, interconnect, relay & switch and discrete components, has launched new CeraDiode arrays from Epcos which are used to protect several USB ports simultaneously from static discharges, significantly reducing the PCB space and logistics costs. CeraDiodes – ceramic components developed to provide ESD protection for data, audio and video lines as well as for ICs and interfaces – are not only a cost-effective alternative to other ESD protection components such as zener and TVS diodes, but also offer technical benefits. In many cases, a semiconductor diode can be replaced by a CeraDiode on a one-to-one basis without making any changes to the pad circuit layout.

Because high data rates of up to 480Mbit/s are transmitted via the USB connection, the capacitance of the ESD protection element should be minimized in order to avoid transmission losses and signal distortions. The protection function can be realized both by single and array components, the latter being preferred for reasons of space and cost saving. The protection components must additionally satisfy the international ESD standard IEC 61000-4-2, level 4. EPCOS offers CeraDiodes as single and array components that meet these requirements precisely.

CeraDiodes are bidirectional components. As such, there is no danger of positioning them in the wrong direction. All CeraDiodes also satisfy the requirements of the international ESD standard IEC 61000-4-2 levels 1 to 4, which involves testing the components within the human body model (330Ω/150pF). The ESD protection properties of the CeraDiodes are constant up to an operating temperature of 85degC, whereas semiconductor diodes will require derating from 25degC.

Thanks to their internal electrode structure, CeraDiodes offer not only ESD protection but also have a defined capacitance, or capacitor properties. This capacitance is type-dependent and can be used for filter functions. In this way a CeraDiode can replace not only a semiconductor diode, but also a capacitor, so one component may easily replace three.

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