Distribution

Digi-Key, the electronics components distributor, has signed a global distribution agreement with XMOS, the Bristol-based pioneer of C-programmable system logic chips.

Distribution is playing a vital role in the European military and aerospace industry, but the special requirements of this demanding sector means that distributors have had to think differently about the services they offer

The Distributors' and Manufacturers' Association of Semiconductor Specialists (DMASS) say their members experienced the steepest sales decline in the organisation's history in Q209, recording sales down 32.6% on Q208.

“We are encouraged by EM's 20% sequential growth in Asia led by Greater China. Additionally, EM's global book to bill ratio turned slightly positive for the June quarter and was very strong for the month of July with all regions in positive territory,” said Vallee

Back in the dark days of last winter, Avnet CEO Roy Vallee surprised many in the market by predicting that the worst of the downturn would most likely have passed by the middle of 2009. That assessment of things turned out to be bang on.

A survey of 20 managers in the distribution sector found that two-thirds of those asked said that new-order levels were up in the last month

"Our results for the first quarter saw a further decline in sales as the market trends we saw in the fourth quarter continued into the current financial year, particularly the continuation of industrial and electronic destocking in the supply chain, as well as reduced activity," said company CEO Harriet Green

As one of the first to predict that things would improve from the third quarter of this year Roy Vallee, CEO of Avnet, is holding to his optimistic views in the face of continued economic pressure

ACAL Technology will be launching registration for it's "COOL IDEAS" competition at Electronics Weekly Live.

IDEA (International Distribution of Electronics Association) has announced that the rate of decline in the European electronic components DTAM (Distribution Total Available Market) flattened in Q1 09.