Anglia Components has invested £1m plus to develop a Vendor Managed Inventory (VMI) system described by CEO Steve Rawlins as a “game changer”. Dubbed Anglia 80/20 the new system is aimed primarily though not exclusively, at SMEs, the predominant grouping in the UK manufacturing market and it has been developed to give them a competitive advantage to contend with high volume manufacturers.

EnSilica has appointed Anglia Components as its business development partner in the UK and Ireland for its eSi-Modules family of FPGA-based system-on-modules. Anglia will target the eSi-Modules at key vertical industry sectors including utilities, smart cities, oil and gas, access control, medical devices, IoT, industrial internet and telematics.

An in-depth two day course showing how to leverage the power and flexibility of Java in M2M and IoT applications is to be staged by Anglia M2m and Gemalto.  Taking place at the University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, just north of London on December 1 and 2, the course will enable all participants to write, build and run a Java program on M2M modules and make them familiar with the more advanced features.

An extensive array of solutions for addressing the key challenges in creating environmental monitoring solutions will be shown by Anglia Components, Analog Devices and Honeywell Sensing & Control at the Sensors and Instrumentation exhibition at the NEC, Birmingham (Sept 30-Oct 1).

A new evaluation platform for MEMS and environmental sensors, created by linking the Cinterion Concept Board by Gemalto to a STMicroelectronics NUCLEO expansion board has been unveiled by Anglia Components. Using source code supplied by Anglia, designers can request measurements such as temperature, humidity, pressure, co-ordinates and g-force from the on-board sensors using SMS communication or AT commands.

Anglia Components has boosted its e-mech and inductive components by signing a UK and Ireland distribution agreement with Wearnes Cambion, manufacturers of PCB pins, solder terminals, chokes and other high performance electro-mechanical and inductive components. Anglia will be supporting the full range of Wearnes Cambion standard and custom electro-mechanical and inductive components. 

Anglia Components has been appointed as a UK and Ireland distributor for the passive component range of Samsung Electro Mechanics (SEM). Under the agreement, Anglia will have access to the full range of SEM passive components. In addition it will fully support SEM EMC control devices, chip resistors, crystal devices, Tantalum and X2Y Capacitors and chip inductors.

Anglia Components has signed up as a UK and Ireland distributor for Roxburgh, Deltron Enclosures and Deltron Connectors. The three brands are manufactured by DEM Manufacturing, a UK manufacturer of EMC filters, connectors and enclosures. All three brands will be supported by an extensive stock profile held at Anglia's UK warehouse.

Anglia Components has taken its first step into the test and measurement distribution space. It has signed a deal covering the UK and Ireland with Teledyne LeCroy. Both companies see fertile ground in the engineering community where Anglia’s field applications team will identify opportunities for Teledyne LeCroy’s oscilloscopes and waveform generators. Anglia will hold an inventory that can be ordered via its Anglia Live website for n...

There are three key design considerations when adopting Bluetooth: which version of Bluetooth to use, which profile or profiles to select and how to choose the right module for your application. David Potts, Technical Marketing Manager, Semiconductors, Anglia, explores further in this article from ES Design magazine.

Anglia Components has recruited M2M marketing specialist Tim Clayton as Divisional Marketing Manager for Anglia M2M, the UK and Ireland distributor for Cinterion, Antenova, connectBlue and other top suppliers. Clayton brings fifteen years’ wireless experience to Anglia M2M, and reports to John Bowman, Marketing Director, Semiconductors.

Anglia Components has announced that it has promoted David Pearson to its Executive Management Team as Technical Director. Commenting on the promotion, Steve Rawlins, Anglia CEO said, “David has a deep understanding of the technologies and lines that Anglia represents, and has played a significant role in strengthening our portfolio of innovative and design-in technologies. He has been a key member of the management team for over ten years, and...

Anglia Components, announced that it is offering ex-stock delivery of production-ready part reels on an initial range of over 1300 popular capacitors, discretes and connectors. Commenting, Steve Rawlins, CEO of Anglia Components, said, “Anglia believes that customers deserve the best no matter what quantity they buy. Anglia Ready Reel offers split reel quantities with a full reel service, including full lot traceability. A Ready Reel is held i...

Anglia Components Ltd, announced that Steve Rawlins, CEO has signed an acquisition agreement with Bill Ingram, the President and majority shareholder, giving him full rights to buy all the Company’s shares not presently in his hands. The transfer of ownership is being arranged without the use of external funding.

Anglia Components have announced that it has been awarded the Mitsubishi Electric Europe Distributor Award 2011 for sales of High Frequency Semiconductor Components. Anglia is UK and Ireland distributor for the Mitsubishi HF Semiconductors Product Group, and booked the highest level of sales throughout Europe on the line during Mitsubishi’s 2011 financial year.

Anglia continues to investment in its sales and marketing team with the appointment of Jane Cowper as key account manager.

Varta Microbattery and Anglia today announced that they have signed a distribution agreement. Under the agreement, Anglia will support the full range of Varta Microbattery products, technologies and chemistries in the UK and Ireland with a stock profile held at its warehouse in the UK.

Anglia Components has further enhanced its proficiency as a supplier of electronic components with the announcement that it has received ISO14001 accreditation from the British Standards Institution (BSI). The ISO14001 standard represents a core set of standards used for designing and implementing an effective environmental management system to help minimise how business operations impact the environment.

Designed to help and assist engineers assess and select a LCD display, sub-systems and support components, Anglia Displays has released a new display solutions product guide. The selection guide contains a wide and extensive product range of displays, display drivers, embedded systems and display support accessories.

Anglia has further strengthened its sales and marketing team to ensure continued sales growth in a buoyant, recovering market with the appointment of Lorna Gauhl and Zoe Baxter-Jones as Key Account Managers. Gauhl will be supporting existing Anglia customers and developing new business in the East Midlands and South Yorkshire while Baxter-Jones will be responsible for the West Midlands and Wales.