TTI, Inc. has been named Distributor of the Year 2011 by connector giant, Molex.

At the ceremony to present the trophy, Mark Davies, Molex’s Distribution Corporate Account Manager – Europe commented: “At the end of our financial year Molex reviews the performance of our European Distribution Network in order to recognise and the Distributors that have had the strongest performance during the previous 12 months. We have a number of objective and subjective criteria for measuring this performance which takes into consideration many different aspects of the business, including Molex POS growth (up approximately 30% July 2010 to June 2011) over the previous year, project pipeline, sales team engagement, customer joint visits and Management engagement. All of these criteria are taken into consideration so that we can assess each Distributors performance and commitment to Molex.

“I am delighted to announce that TTI have been given this award for their very impressive POS growth combined with very positive activities in the other critical areas. Their overall contribution to the Molex business is significant and they continue to penetrate the market with new customers, new opportunities and a very proactive marketing and inventory approach. We are looking forward to a very successful FY12 and we hope that with your continued support we can further grow our business in Europe.”

John Sandy, TTI’s European Supplier Marketing Director – Connectors replied: “We are very happy to win this award from Molex. In a challenging year we have remained committed to our NPI driven focus, further developing our inventory profile to better support our Molex customers and focused on demand creations activities. This has enabled us to work closely with Molex on our joint marketing activities to ensure we continue to add value to our customers in these challenging market conditions. We know at TTI that this will put us in the best possible position to support business as demand increases through 2012.”

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Avnet Abacus today announced that Molex Incorporated has awarded the 2011 Global Distributor of the Year award to Avnet Electronics Marketing, a leading global distributor of electronic parts and embedded subsystems. The Molex Global Distributor of the Year award recognizes valued partners demonstrating financial, operational and executive management excellence. Molex is represented by Avnet’s European interconnect, passive, electromechanical and power specialist distributor, Avnet Abacus, in the EMEA region.

“We are proud to recognize Avnet’s significant contribution to our global distribution results in 2011,” stated Graham Brock, president, sales and marketing division, Molex. “This award represents the commitment demonstrated by the Avnet teams in Asia, Europe and the Americas and the contribution that it made to significant revenue growth for both our companies. We have worked very hard to be a major supplier of interconnection products to Avnet for 29 years. We value our partnership with Avnet and look forward to continued expansion of our global relationship.”

“Avnet and Molex have shared a distribution partnership that has spanned nearly 30 years. Receiving the Distributor of the Year award is truly an honor,” said Harley Feldberg, president, Avnet Electronics Marketing worldwide. “Our customers hold Avnet to the highest standards, and it is long-standing relationships with proven technology leaders such as Molex that allow us to consistently provide the best-in-class design- and supply-chain services to our customers around the world. We look forward to what the future holds and appreciate this recognition of our efforts.”

The Avnet team achieved this recognition by growing POS revenue by more than 30% from the previous year. Avnet achieved the highest score on operations metrics and had the largest percent growth of lines stocked. Avnet further expanded the Molex global reach by promoting and stocking all of the new products introduced in FY11.

Distributors were evaluated based on criteria in three categories, including:
•Financial: Year over year sales growth
•Operational: Inventory management, new product support, order coverage, among other factors.
•Management: Accessibility to management team, training program support, feedback on pricing strategy, etc.

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Molex Incorporated today announced that it has awarded the 2011 Global Distributor of the Year award to Avnet Electronics Marketing, a leading global distributor of electronic parts and embedded subsystems. Avnet Electronics Marketing is an operating group of Avnet, Inc. the Phoenix, Arizona-based firm accepted the award at a meeting in Phoenix. The Molex Global Distributor of the Year award recognises valued partners demonstrating financial, operational and executive management excellence.

“We are proud to recognise Avnet’s significant contribution to our global distribution results in 2011,” stated Graham Brock, president, sales and marketing division, Molex. “This award represents the commitment demonstrated by the Avnet teams in Asia, Europe and the Americas and the contribution that it made to significant revenue growth for both our companies. We have worked very hard to be a major supplier of interconnection products to Avnet for 29 years. We value our partnership with Avnet and look forward to continued expansion of our global relationship.”

“Avnet and Molex have shared a distribution partnership that has spanned nearly 30 years. Receiving the Distributor of the Year award is truly an honour,” said Harley Feldberg, president, Avnet Electronics Marketing worldwide. “Our customers hold Avnet to the highest standards, and it is long-standing relationships with proven technology leaders such as Molex that allow us to consistently provide the best-in-class design- and supply-chain services to our customers around the world. We look forward to what the future holds and appreciate this recognition of our efforts.”

The Avnet team achieved this recognition by growing POS revenue by more than 30% from the previous year. Avnet achieved the highest score on operations metrics and had the largest percent growth of lines stocked. Avnet further expanded the Molex global reach by promoting and stocking all of the new products introduced in FY11.

Distributors were evaluated based on criteria in three categories, including:
• Financial: Year over year sales growth
• Operational: Inventory management, new product support, order coverage, among other factors.
• Management: Accessibility to management team, training program support, feedback on pricing strategy, etc.

The Global Distributor award follows Molex’s mid-2011 presentation of Regional Distributor of the Year awards to four leading distributors in Asia/Pacific (TTI), Europe (TTI, MT Systems), and the U.S. (Heiland).

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Molex Interconnect GmbH announced the new distribution agreement with Routeco Limited located in Milton Keynes. Routeco will promote and sell the Brad® industrial product range from Molex particularly the software and electronics products including the well-known product lines applicom®, SST™ and Direct-Link™.

Markus Lorenz, Distribution Corporate Account Manager Molex said: “We are confident about the benefits for both companies in terms of the strong presence of Routeco in the UK market as an exclusive distributor for Rockwell Automation.” Molex has been a Rockwell “Encompass Partner” for a long time and provides a broad range of specified products for this market.

With over 30 years of experience in industrial control and automation products, Routeco has established a network of 13 local branch offices in the UK. “The company has expanded by focusing on providing customers with the very best choice of products from leading manufacturers from around the world packaged together with a range of value-added services,” said Tony Usher, Operations Director Routeco “and we are happy to work together with Molex to offer our customer the best products.”

RS Components (RS), the trading brand of Electrocomponents plc (LSE:ECM), the world’s leading high service distributor of electronics and maintenance products, has expanded its comprehensive online library of free 3D CAD product models.  The latest update includes more than 2000 new models from Molex, one of the world’s largest manufacturers of interconnect products, and Omron, a global leader in the production of electronic components. The 3D CAD models from both suppliers are now available to download free-of-charge from the RS website at www.rs-components.com/3D, offering electronics design engineers a simpler, faster route to complete their designs on time.

With the release of an additional 1000 3D models of Molex connectors, encompassing the latest technologies, the range of Molex 3D models available from RS now covers more than 7000 products. Over 1000 3D models of Omron parts have also been added to the RS library, including tactile, pushbutton and DIP switches, as well as flow sensors, micro switches and relays.

The extensive scope of product models available today from the RS library is unrivalled in the industry, with users now having access to over 30,000 certified 3D CAD models of electronic and mechanical components.  Registered users can download a model from the RS website in up to 23 neutral and native CAD file formats, enabling engineers to select the model in their preferred CAD package for mechanical design.  Each model has part number and ordering information attached, aiding the purchasing process and allowing for quick completion of new designs.

Mark Cundle, Technical Marketing Manager for RS Components said, “Producing 3D CAD models can be a time-consuming effort for engineers involved in electronics design. Extending our 3D CAD model range provides our customers with access to the most comprehensive library of online downloadable models in all major CAD file formats, in one place and at no extra cost.  This is an essential part of our support for engineers with reliable technical information and online resources that enables them to find, design-in and buy from one source.”

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RS Components (RS), the trading brand of Electrocomponents plc (LSE:ECM), the world’s leading high service distributor of electronics and maintenance products, has received the ‘2011 Global Catalogue Distribution Award’ from Molex, a leading global supplier of interconnect products. RS is the first company to be honoured with the award, which Molex introduced this year, in recognition of its outstanding sales performance, technical design support and service excellence.

Commenting on the award, Fred Bell, Vice President of Global Distribution at Molex, said, “The first-rate performance achieved by RS exemplifies the highest service standards we strive to achieve through our global distribution network. Through its exceptional multi-channel service, RS offers excellent flexibility that enables engineers to find, design-in and buy our products, enabling the growth of our business. This award is very well-deserved and we look forward to continuing this strong partnership into the future.”

Chris Page, General Manager Electronics at Electrocomponents, added, “Molex has a reputation for innovation and reliability, with its extensive portfolio of interconnect products for a diversity of applications, and we are delighted to have clinched this award in its inaugural year. These successful results are due in large part to the close relationships our sales, marketing and technical teams have developed with Molex’s product experts. It is extremely rewarding to have this achievement acknowledged in this way.”

Over 4,500 Molex interconnect products are now available to buy direct-from-stock at RS, complete with free, downloadable 3D CAD model formats.

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Digi-Key Corporation today announced availability of the Molex Incorporated solderless LED array holders.

Molex has simplified the LED mounting process by offering array holders which eliminate the need for hand or SMT soldering. These LED array holders install quickly into fixtures, enabling replacements in the field and allowing for easy upgrades to current applications.

Features of these high-temperature LED array holders include screw-mount attachment method for securing the array to a heat sink, optional snap-lock optics that provide light source adjustment, and compression contacts that will power the array and eliminate soldering during installation. Serviceability is greatly improved by the releasable wire trap. The array’s small form factor, less than 50.00 mm (1.96”) in diameter for ES arrays and 70.00 by 71.00 mm (2.75 by 2.80”) for RS arrays, makes these array holders ideal for use in lamps and small-fixture applications.

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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 a partnership with Cree, Molex, and RECOM to offer an all-in-one, LED lighting solution based on the Cree XLamp platform.

The Digi-Key CXA2011 XLamp LED lighting kit combines the performance, ease-of-use, and reliability of the XLamp series of LED arrays into a simple, all-in-one solution that takes the mystery out of building LED light fixtures. Digi-Key encourages LED design by offering all the necessary components, including a heat sink, connectors, power supply, and LED array, in a convenient, flexible kit.

“We are excited to partner with Cree, Molex and RECOM in offering this all-in-one LED solution,” said Mark Zack, vice president, semiconductor product, Digi-Key Corporation. “We have accentuated simplicity and flexibility in this kit allowing quick demonstrations, shorter design cycles and making LED utilization more accessible.”

Streamlining the process even further, Digi-Key has created a step-by-step video as part of its Another Geek Moment series on YouTube. The video details just how easy this kit is to assemble with only a screwdriver and the provided components.

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Farnell, the leading multi-channel electronics distributor and a business of global Premier Farnell, has enhanced its range of interconnection products by being the first in Europe to offer the complete Molex EXTreme Power series, which includes the EXTreme LPHPower, MicroPower and ZPower ranges. This Molex series is also stocked at Premier Farnell’s Newark business in North America and in Asia-Pacific at element14.

The need for high-current power interconnect solutions in increasingly smaller space continues to be a challenge for design engineers. Molex EXTreme Power connectors offer high-current interconnect solutions with best in class power densities for a wide range of applications. They cover a wide range of current levels, mechanical envelopes, mating terminations, and configuration choices.
Product details of the new connectors can also be found on the global element14 electronics community at http://www.element-14.com/community/docs/DOC-27259/l/molex-extreme-power where engineers can also discuss their applications and needs with others and download detailed technical information. Molex EXTreme Power connectors are available from Farnell for next day delivery.

Commenting on the new agreement, Steve Herd, Head of EMCO Product & Supplier Management, Farnell, said: “Molex have for many years been innovators in interconnection products. The EXTreme Power series successfully addresses the growing number of high current density applications where board space is limited.”

“Molex are delighted to be partnering with Premier Farnell,” said Steve Keep, European Distribution Marketing Manager, Molex. “In Europe, Farnell is the first to market with these new product, and with aggressive global pricing on the EXTreme Power range, it is well placed to address the important European power connector market.”

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Mouser Electronics, Inc., regarded as a top global engineering design resource for semiconductors and electronic components, today announced it is stocking new product from Molex.

The Molex Stac64™ Automotive Connection System is a 2.54mm (.100″) Pitch, stackable connection system offering a diverse range of circuit sizes. Requiring no custom tooling, the Stac64 system allows OEM and device manufacturers greater design flexibility to support both low-level signal requirements as well as power applications upwards of 30.0A. The Molex STAC64 Automotive Connection System also allows automotive manufacturers to use header assemblies as stand-alone components. The connectors mate to existing wire-harness connectors designed to the USCAR/EWCAP industry footprint.

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