The National Electrical Distributors Association (NEDA; www.naed.org) recently bestowed its highest honor, the Gail S. Carter Award, to Roy Vallee, chairman and chief executive officer of Avent Inc. (www.avnet.com). The annual presentation was held during the 2008 NEDA Executive Conference in Chicago. The award acknowledges electronic-distributor principals who have made significant contributions to the distribution industry, have taken an active role in NEDA and civic affairs, and are recognized ad industry leaders. Under Vallee’s leadership, Avnet has been a steady champion of NEDA, says the association.
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Ben Poon has been appointed senior vice president and managing director of Enthone Asia, an electronics coatings business of Cookson Electronics (www.cooksonelectronics.com). He has more than two decades of commodity and specialty chemical expertise gained while working at Dow Chemical where he served in a range of executive positions, including global joint-venture management, finance, marketing, and commercial development.
High-tech trade association AeA (www.aeanet.org) and the Electronic Components Association (www.ecaus.org) have entered discussions to consider a merger. The groups believe a merger “would represent thousands of member companies that would benefit from access to a wider variety of government and commercial programs,” including standards development, business and capital development, issue advocacy, and research. The AeA represents all sectors of the high-tech industry, while the Electronic Components Association represents manufacturers and suppliers of passive and electro-mechanical electronic components, connectors, wire, cable, component arrays, assemblies, materials, and support.
Sullins Connector Solutions (www. sullinscorp.com) has named Falcon Sales and Technology Inc., Interconex Solutions, and Straube Associates as representatives of the company’s Micro Plastic connector lines in specific California territories--San Diego County, Orange and Los Angeles County, and San Francisco Bay Area, respectively. The organizations will also provide hands-on field support to key accounts.
OES Inc. (www.oes-inc.com) has received Equipment Release Notifications from Delphi Manufacturing Excellence Center (European Operations) for the CFM4100, 4200, and 2100 crimp force monitors. The newly introduced models have all received approval for use within Delphi manufacturing operations. “This new generation technology is a significant advancement in process variation monitoring for wire processing,” says Mike Reeve, vice president of strategic sales and business development. Coupled with proprietary PMT sensor technology, the crimp monitors offer increased computing power and faster signal processing for detailed analysis of crimp signatures, enhancing monitoring capability on small-gauge automotive wire applications.
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Endicott Interconnect Technologies (EI; www.eitny.com) has received Trusted Accreditation by the Defense Microelectronics Activity (DMEA) as a trusted source to the DoD and all other U.S. government agencies. EI supplies engineered electronic interconnect solutions for mission-critical and high performance applications. Its Category 1A trusted foundry accreditation is for integrated circuits for packaging/assembly services at its Endicott, NY facility.
Molex has received a Chicago Innovation Award, presented to 10 businesses for introducing products or services that uniquely fill unmet needs, generate a competitive response in the marketplace, exceed market expectations, and achieve financial success. The company was selected from among 307 nominees for its Solder Charge technology that helps OEMs improve yields and increase scrap costs as they develop and deploy equipment to support the increases in high-speed network usage needed for video-on-demand, IPTV, Internet video, and digital media. CS
