 Joe Ambrozaitis |
CDM Electronics (Turnersville, NJ), distributor of commercial and military (MIL-SPEC) interconnect products, and provider of value-added contract manufacturing services, announced recently the promotion of Joe Ambrozaitis to the position of quality manager. Ambrozaitis is responsible for all the company’s quality assurance activities and functions, including ISO 9001:2000 compliance, along with management of the quality department.
 Lavi Lev |
Silicon Bandwidth (San Jose, CA), provider of high-performance, low-cost interconnect solutions for computing and communications platforms, has announced that Lavi Lev has accepted nomination to its board of directors. Lev was previously executive vice president and general manager of Cadence Design Systems (San Jose, CA). Leo Yuan has also accepted a position as a member of Silicon Bandwidth’s technical advisory board. Yuan until most recently worked as an engineer and manager in system technology, enterprise server products at Sun Microsystems.
Experior Photonics (Newbury Park, CA), provider of compliance test, measurement, and calibration for the global fiberoptics industry, announced recently the appointment of Wayne Jones as BD manager for passive fiberoptic component testing.
CDM Electronics (Turnersville, NJ) distributor of commercial and military (MIL-SPEC) interconnect products, and provider of value-added contract manufacturing services, has recently signed a worldwide distribution agreement with Times Microwave Systems (TMS; Wallingford, CT), manufacturer of interconnect devices. Under the terms of the agreement, CDM will stock and distribute TMS’s full product offering.
The International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC; Geneva, Switzerland), a global organization that prepares and publishes international standards for all electrical, electronic, and related technologies, announced recently the appointment of Renzo Tani as president. Tani, formerly the CEO of Siemens SpA in Italy, will serve a three-year term with the aim of developing closer ties to the industry, organizations, and governments.
Northwire (Osceola, WI), designer and manufacturer of industrial- and medical-grade technical cable, has recently announced the opening of a new custom cable manufacturing facility in Santa Teresa, NM. This facility is located next to one of Northwire’s copper suppliers, as well as geographically closer to many of its customers located in Mexico and the Southwest.
Catalyst Sales (Pittsburgh, PA), manufacturer’s representative of electronic components and electro-mechanical devices, announced recently its appointment as exclusive sales representative for Saia-Burgess USA in Western PA, OH, WV, KY, IN, and MI. Saia-Burgess USA, headquartered in Vandalia, OH, focuses on the development and production of solenoids, switches, sensors, motors, electronic controllers, and subsystems for the automotive and industrial markets and infrastructure automation.
 IMS Connector Systems |
IMS Connector Systems (Löffingen, Germany), developer and manufacturer of RF connectors and cable assemblies, has announced that it has further expanded its worldwide sales network and gained the Italian company B.C.E. s.r.1. as a new sales partner. B.C.E. s.r.1. will add the overall product range of IMS Connector Systems to their own range. This includes RF connectors and cable assemblies, components and antennas for mobile devices, as well as SMBA (i.e. FAKRA, German for Specialist Commission for the Motor Vehicles Industry) connectors for in-car communication.
 Ken Jacobs |
Liquid Control (North Canton, OH), manufacturer of engineered, precision resin dispensing equipment solutions, has announced the recent appointment of Kenneth A. Jacobs to lead Liquid Control as president of the new wholly owned subsidiary of Graco, and to include the following affiliated companies; Decker Industries in Palm City, FL; Liquid Control in Wellingborough, U.K.; and Profill in North Canton, OH. Jacobs has been employed by Liquid Control for 25 years holding various positions, including vice president of sales, executive vice president, and president and COO. He is also a former minority owner of Liquid Control.
Avnet Applied Computing Solutions, (Phoenix, AZ), the division of Avnet that provides integration, manufacturing, and supply-chain-management services to industrial OEMs and military prime contractors, announced recently an alliance with Hybricon (Ayer, MA), a supplier of electronic packaging enclosures, backplanes for VME, and CompactPCI designs and total custom chassis solutions. Because of Hybricon’s focus on enclosures’ high-heat applications, this new relationship will provide Avnet Applied Computing Solutions with enhanced services in thermal and structural engineering design prior to prototyping.
