Connector supplier HARTING Ltd. has appointed Northern Connectors Ltd. of St. Helens, Merseyside, as its Specialist Distributor of the Year for 2011.

Commenting on the award, Jane Bacon, Electronic Distribution Manager for HARTING, said: “Northern Connectors have had another excellent year in developing their HARTING business in the UK. Their commitment to offering customers the highest level of service and technical support has been a key factor in their success.”

“Northern Connectors’ continued efforts at the design-in stage have increased their customer base for HARTING and stand them in good stead for continued growth going forward”, she added: “I congratulate them on receiving this award.”

Anglia has been appointed as 2011 Broadline Distributor of the Year by HARTING Ltd., the UK operation of Europe’s leading manufacturer of electronics and electrical connectors.

Anglia, based in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, is the UK’s leading independent authorised distributor of semiconductors, optoelectronics, connectors, and passive and electromechanical components. A signatory of the ADS SC21 programme, the company holds AS9120, ISO9001 and ISO14001 accreditations and IECQ-CECC qualification.

Commenting on Anglia’s success, Jane Bacon, Electronic Distribution Manager for HARTING, said: “This award is in recognition of the efforts of the whole team at Anglia. The UK electronics market in 2011 has offered strong growth opportunities coupled with lead-time challenges, and Anglia’s focus on high levels of customer service, technical support and a willingness to commit to stock has enabled them to maximise the opportunities on offer.”

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800 new HARTING interconnect products and dedicated Microsite to help engineers find and buy for same day despatch

RS Components today announced the introduction of 800 new interconnect products from HARTING. RS has continued to introduce the latest HARTING devices for several months and to support the new portfolio has also launched a new Microsite that enables customers to quickly find and buy products from the complete HARTING range it holds in stock. The HARTING Microsite which can be found at rswww.com/Harting provides access to supporting data and technical information.

Featured introductions into the expanded HARTING range include more than 50 new HAN heavy-duty connectors, as well as an increased range of electronic connectors. New products now in stock also include a selection of accessories such as polarisation pins and modular inserts as well as 10A and 16A rated sockets. The new HARTING Microsite gives design engineers access to a comprehensive range of industrial and networking connectors that meet the latest application challenges. Increased ranges of DIN 41612, D-Sub electronic products make up the additional component offering.

“RS has an enviable history of supplying design engineers with the products they want when they want them,” commented Doreen Sanderson, Regional Manager at HARTING. “The new Microsite and expanded portfolio supported by RS, further demonstrates their commitment to supplying the widest possible selection of components to the design engineering community.”

Valerie Ramon, Category Business Manager for Electromechanical and Connector products at RS continued, “HARTING is a premier manufacturer of interconnect components. The Microsite and new product offering are the culmination of our close partnership working to ensure we bring our customers the right choice of products, no matter what their design application demands.”

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Mouser Electronics, Inc., known for its rapid introduction of the newest electronic components and technologies, today announced it is the first distributor to stock HARTING’s Han-Yellock® Connector System.

Mouser is stocking the entire HARTING Han-Yellock® Connector System, a new product series which retains the core functionality of the respected Han® connector line and offers significant differences in size and shape to improve functionality. HARTING ‘s Han-Yellock® Connector System interface consists of a housing, bulkhead mounting on the housing side and a carrier hood with cover on the cable side. The system can be used with a variety of insulators and contact inserts in order to establish an interface. Han-Yellock modules require only male crimp contacts.

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RS Components has won the ‘Global Catalogue Distributor of the Year’ award for 2008 from Harting Ltd., the UK operation of the leading European supplier of connectors for the electronics, electrical and automation industries.

RS is a world-leading distributor of electronic components with a range of 450,000 electronic components and industrial products and a customer base of over 1.6M users worldwide.

‘The name of RS Components is synonymous with excellent customer service including next-day delivery for most products, and they have given us excellent support over the past year’, comments Doreen Sanderson, Distribution Manager for HARTING Ltd.: ‘In particular, they have worked closely with us on new product introductions and developing markets, and we look forward to maintaining this excellent relationship in the future.’

Kevin Thompson, General Manager of Product Management for RS Components commented: ‘RS is delighted to be named Global Distributor of the Year by HARTING. We have worked with HARTING to build the right range for our R&D and maintenance customers worldwide. With market-leading service levels and competitive prices, we always look to provide our customers with the best value for money offer available anywhere. It is gratifying to have this acknowledged by HARTING in their award.’

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