Avnet Abacus has recently been honoured by Emerson Network Power for ‘Excellence in Distribution’ in the Southern Europe region covering Italy, France, Spain, Israel, South Africa, Turkey and Greece. The award recognizes the design-in success, sales growth, new product promotions, ease of doing business as well as the exceptional and innovative efforts applied by Avnet Abacus.

Avnet Abacus promotes and distributes Emerson Network Power’s embedded power products on a pan-European basis. A market leader in ac-dc power supplies and distributed power applications, Emerson Network Power’s products are especially well suited to industrial and medical applications. “We are very proud of this award from Emerson as it recognises that our efforts in Southern Europe have been successful. I especially want to thank Luigi Caronni, Product Specialist for power products at Avnet Abacus, for all his hard work in promoting Emerson’s outstanding products to our customers”, comments Cor van Dam, European Marketing Director for power and battery products at Avnet Abacus.

Greg White, vice president worldwide sales for Embedded Power at Emerson Network Power remarks: “Avnet Abacus has performed very well in designing-in and supporting our products. They truly deserve this award. We hope the successful alliance we have with Avnet Abacus will continue for many years to come.”

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Electronic components distributor Digi-Key Corporation, recognized by design engineers as having the industry’s broadest selection of electronic components available for immediate shipment, today announced the global addition of Emerson Network Power configurable power supplies to an already impressive listing of quality Emerson products.

The Embedded Power business of Emerson Network Power is a leading provider of ac-dc power supplies and dc-dc power converters that are renowned for outstanding performance, reliability and cost effectiveness.

Emerson Network Power offers a broad range of standard and configurable power supply solutions, making it a one-stop-shop for customers across all markets. The uMP, iMP, and iVS configurable power supplies offer the intelligence, flexibility, and muscle to fit just about any power application. These innovative supplies range from as low as 400 W up to 4920 W power output and have been approved for medical use.

“Power supplies are truly the heart of any embedded system,” said Jeff Shafer, Vice President, Global Interconnect, Passives & Electromechanical, Digi-Key Corporation. “We endeavor to keep our product offering current and relevant, and these innovative products from Emerson Network Power are a welcome addition to our broad selection of electronic components.”

Emerson Network Power products are available for purchase now on Digi-Key’s global websites.

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PEI-Genesis, Inc., one of the world’s fastest integrators of configurable and modified standard power supplies, today announced an agreement with Emerson Network Power, a business of Emerson and the global leader in enabling Business-Critical Continuity™, in which PEI-Genesis will distribute and add value to power supply products from the Embedded Power business of Emerson Network Power for customers in North and South America.

PEI-Genesis now has the ability to help design engineers solve their power challenges using power supplies from Emerson Network Power.

“We are very excited to announce this partnership,” said Russel Dorwart, president & COO, PEI-Genesis. “This gives us an opportunity to further expand our footprint in the power market and expand our value-add capabilities. The Emerson Network Power brand is very powerful in the marketplace and, with thousands of standard and configurable power supplies, the product portfolio now available to us is exceptional.”

PEI-Genesis has made its mark in the electronic components and power supply industry by bucking the trend of traditionally long lead times. It strives to reduce customers’ total acquisition cost and lead times, simplify assembly, and improve the quality and reliability of their designs. PEI-Genesis has a strong team of dedicated engineers which include field application engineers, internal application engineers, design engineers, power engineers, and manufacturing engineers. The company has also created robust solution guides that make a customer’s integration process straightforward and can quickly meet their exact application needs.

“PEI-Genesis targets small and medium-sized customers that operate in many diverse markets that have high complexity, low volume applications. The company’s strengths in short lead times, solution-integration and simplifying the whole process of solving power challenges is a great asset in our marketplace,” said Dana Huth, vice president and general manager, Embedded Power, Emerson Network Power.

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Mouser Electronics, Inc., known for its rapid introduction of the newest products, today announced it has been awarded Emerson Network Power Connectivity Solution’s 2009 Top Distributor Award. Emerson is a global leader in embedded telecommunications and data network infrastructures. Two of Emerson’s major connector brands, Johnson and Aim-Cambridge, provide the product lines to Mouser and consist of RF audio/video connectors, cable assemblies, and adapters.

Doug G. Pennington, Emerson Network Power Connectivity Solutions Vice President of Sales, says, “In 2008, Mouser had a terrific year and leaped into our elite “Top 5 Distributor” club for the first time. If anyone had any thoughts that possibly they wouldn’t repeat, well, Mouser is serving notice that it may be in the Top 5 to stay. Over the past several years, our distributors have delivered sales growth that has exceeded that of the market. Even in the challenging 2009 business environment, our distribution network again delivered better than market performance and Mouser was one of the reasons why. They stayed focused on what they do well and they delivered…again.”

Barry McConnell, Mouser Senior Vice President of Products, is pleased to accept the award again, and stated, “Mouser’s second capture of a top five distributor spot for Emerson is a confirmation of Mouser’s commitment to quickly provide the newest products and best customer service for Emerson’s popular and extensive lines of high quality devices. We look forward to another prosperous year with Emerson Network Power.”

Known for its focus on design engineers with its broad product line, unsurpassed customer service, advanced on-line catalog and innovative product marketing, Mouser continuously offers customers the newest products and latest technologies for their new design projects. Mouser Electronics’ website with interactive online catalog is updated daily and searches over 5 million products to locate over a million part numbers available for easy online purchase. Plus, it houses downloadable data sheets, supplier-specific reference designs, application notes, technical design information and engineering tools.

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Avnet Abacus announces three new series of power supplies from Emerson Network Power

Avnet Abacus, Avnet Electronic Marketing’s new business unit specializing in the distribution of interconnect, passive, emech, power supply and battery products, have recently added three new series of open frame AC/DC power supplies manufactured by Emerson Network Power.

The three new series, NPS40-M, LPS100-M and LPS200-M, are primarily intended for use in data processing systems and medical equipment. They feature ITE, non-patient contact and non-patient critical medical safety approvals. These products deliver 45 to 125 watts with convection cooling (60 to 250 watts with forced air cooling) and accept input voltages ranging from 90 to 264 Vac. All series include models with 5, 12, 15, 24 and 48 Vdc output voltages. Power supplies from series NPS40-M, LPS100-M and LPS200-M are characterised by their compact size, high efficiency, high reliability and, for the full featured models, by a range of advanced functions such as active power factor correction, power fail signal and dedicated output for supplying power to the fan. Avnet Abacus can guarantee the ready availability of these products as well as the necessary technical support for the customer.

Power supplies in the NPS40-M series from Emerson Network Power deliver a maximum power of 40 or 60 watts (depending on cooling options); their footprint is 2×4 inches and their height is less than 1U. These products ensure a typical efficiency of 87%, compliant to Energy Star 2.0, and feature a number of functions such as remote sense, overload and short-circuit protection, adjustable output voltage and built-in EMI filter. In no-load condition they consume less than 300 milliwatt.

Products in the LPS100-M series provide a maximum power of 100 or 150 watts (depending on cooling options) with a typical full load efficiency of 88%; they measure 2×4 inches and their height is less than 1U. Models in the LPS200-M series, lastly, offer a maximum power of 125 or 250 watts (again depending on cooling options) with a typical full load efficiency of 86%; they measure 3×5 inches and their height is also less than 1U. These two series share several advanced functions such as remote sense, adjustable output voltage (+/-10%), active power factor correction for compliance to EN61000-3-2, isolated output for supplying power to the fan, overvoltage protection, thermal overload protection, power fail signal, built-in EMI filter.

“Power supplies of the series NPS40-M, LPS100-M and LPS200-M from Emerson Network Power represent an important addition to our product offering, as they are characterised by a great price/performance ratio and are provided by a manufacturer of proven reliability. Avnet Abacus is the ideal partner for sourcing power supplies, thanks to an offering which includes products from seven specialised companies (Emerson, Enpirion, Ericsson, Excelsys, Lineage, Murata Power Solutions, Power-One), to the ready availability of the products and to the technical support provided by its specialised personnel”, said Cor van Dam, Technical Marketing Director of Avnet Abacus.

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