EMEA sales grew 7% year on year in an upbeat trading update from Electrocomponents. In the four months to the end of January, northern Europe sales grew 8%, southern Europe sales rose 5% and central Europe revenues were up 9%.
EBV Elektronik and Power Integrations have agreed a distribution pact under which EBV will franchise Power Integrations’ products including ac-dc switching converter ICs for chargers and many other applications, LED drivers for lighting, the new BridgeSwitch brushless dc motor drives targeting appliances, and high-power gate drivers & boards.
In a welcome move for Silicon Glen and hundreds of employees, Diodes Inc says it will acquire Texas Instruments’ (TI) wafer fabrication facility and operation located in Greenock, Scotland (“GFAB”).
Electrocomponents has acquired Monition, a UK-based pioneer in the design, development and application of leading reliability and condition-monitoring systems.
RS Components (RS) has signed a franchised distribution agreement with CTS Corporation to support its Electronic Components Group in Europe.
Silvio Baronchelli is stepping down after 35 years as President of the International Distribution of Electronics Association (IDEA), an international federation of the local country electronic components industry associations.
Distribution veteran Steve Carr has left Premier Farnell to join TT as VP of Sales and Marketing for the company’s IoT Solutions business unit (formerly Stadium Group).
Europe and IP&E sales drove Avnet revenues 12% higher in the second quarter of its 2019 financial results. Sales rose to $5.05bn in Q2 against $4.50bn in the corresponding quarter last year. Profits fell to $36.4m compared to $46.7m last year.
Sequana is a hardware and software platform from Future Electronics for the rapid development of secure, connected and IoT devices. The platform includes a main controller board and a sensor daughterboard for measurement of indoor pollutants, humidity, and visible and infrared light.