Semiconductor suppliers are relying more than ever before on their distribution networks to provide customers with specific types of device-related design expertise
Distribution
Can the UK succeed as a community of designers
The UK has more electronics design houses than any other European country but is innovation alone enough to ensure success
Distributors refute Afdec inventory excess warning
Component distributors have disputed a suggestion that the market is threatened by too much inventory in the supply chain
Inventory levels too high, says distribution body
Unusually high component inventory levels in the distribution channel need to be trimmed back to avoid problems for distributors next years, warns Afdec
Amplicon signs agency to sell industrial PCs in Israel
Amplicon has signed an agency agreement in Israel with Militram, which specialises in network and multi-process systems
Rutronik brings Infineon line to UK market
Rutronik has extended its distribution agreement with fellow German company Infineon Technologies to include the UK, Ireland, Spain and Portugal
German market drives chip distribution to new heights
Positive news from the semiconductor distribution market continues with over 21% growth in Q3, according to DMASS.
Online distributor lines up UK tech support centre
Digi-Key is considering expanding its distribution infrastructure in Europe with the setting up of a technical support centre in the UK for the first time
Premier Farnell adds products and looks to China
Distributor Premier Farnell is significantly increasing the number of electronic products it stocks following a business review initiated by CEO Harriet Green
Abacus signals huge German expansion
Component distributor Abacus is making a massive expansion in Germany and Austria by hiring 17 sales and marketing personnel and a general manager for the region