Distributors: Interconnection World

Key to the entire supply chain and procurement process, distributors are the face of many brands to their customers. Educational programs and online bill-of-materials building are just the beginning of the services that distributors provide. They have provided critical guidance to compliance with initiatives like RoHS and WEEE, and have united to take stands against the introduction of counterfeit components into the marketplace. This topic center informs you of the technical and business assistance available from distributors today.

Arrow Electronics mints global components specialty business group (Feb 9, 2012)

Brian McNally has been named president of the new specialty businesses group within the distributor’s Global Components segment.

Distributor charts impact of raw material prices on cost of electronics connectors (Feb 8, 2012)

TTI recently published a listing of tables charting the extent to which the prices of raw materials impact the cost of electronic components, including connectors.

Digi-Key, Lemo ink global connector distribution agreement (Feb 6, 2012)

Lemo's precision push-pull connectors are found in a variety of challenging application environments.

3M launches high density, halogen-free embedded capacitance materials at DesignCon (Feb 2, 2012)

3M's latest offering of its Embedded Capacitance Material (ECM) allows design engineers a new means of device miniaturization with improved power integrity and reduced EMI.

ElectriPlast to address international electrical, electronics connectors conference on high-voltage applications (Jan 25, 2012)

Company will speak at the International Electrical and Electronics Connectors Conference to be held in Cologne, Germany in April 2012.

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What's going on with inventory at Molex?

Is the current inventory situation at Molex (NASDAQ: MOLX) out of line? Motley Fool analyst Seth Jayson recently examined the connector giant's inventory using one "simple rule of thumb". To wit: "Inventory increases ought to roughly parallel revenue...

AT&T Intellectual Property Assigned Patent (February 2, 2012)
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 2 -- AT&T Intellectual Property, Atlanta, has been ...

Molex Initiates Strategic Business Developments (February 2, 2012)
Molex Inc. has initiated several strategic business developments to further ...

RF Industries Updates on Fiscal 2011 Sales (February 2, 2012)
RF Industries announced results for the fiscal year and three months ended ...

TE Connectivity Gets Second-Source Pact for Strada Whisper ... (February 2, 2012)
TE Connectivity announced a second-source agreement under which Molex Inc. will ...

Molex Offers Portfolio of High Speed Cahnnel Solutions (February 2, 2012)
Supporting next-generation 100 Gbps Ethernet and 100 Gbps InfiniBand Enhanced ...

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State of Military Interconnect, 2011 With more than 35 years of industry experience, Robert Stanton is a long-standing member of the standards committees for military connector specifications 32139, nanominiature, and 83513, Micro-D. Prior to his role as director of technology for Omnetics, Mr. Stanton was a design engineer and microelectronics expert with Tektronix. In this podcast, ICW senior editor Matt Vincent asks Bob for his views on the state of military interconnect so far in 2011. Play Now or Download
How do military connectors meet unique user requirements? A recent poll of engineers from around the world who work with military connectors yielded some surprising results. Listen to this podcast to find out what’s challenging these engineers as they work with a diverse set of military applications. Play Now or Download

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