News & Analysis

Charged with developing new business for Cherry’s range of ergonomic consumer multimedia wireless and general purpose keyboards, Trevor Dasilva has been appointed Business Development Co-ordinator - Keyboards under the auspices of the CID (Computer Input Devices) division. Dasilva brings a wealth of skills related to the consumer market from leading distributor, Misco, where he was involved in sales and business development.

Located in a picturesque corner of North Devon, concerns about environmental impact at Lambda UK are perhaps felt more acutely than elsewhere, which is why a team of employees has decided to wage its own war on waste. While Lambda UK had successfully recycled cardboard and office paper for many years, the team felt that there was an opportunity to do more at the 300 employee Ilfracombe plant, from where Lambda manufactures and exports its market ...

Arrow Electronics has regained TS16949 certification for the second year at its programming facility in Bedford, England and in its Dublin, Ireland sales office. This certification is so highly regarded that some customers and suppliers, automotive and non-automotive, now choose to waive their requirements for an annual audit of Arrow’s programming quality management system.

Tekdata Interconnection Systems has completed manufacturing the first phase of a range of cables which are used by Medick Healthcare on their personal electrocardiogram heart monitor. This easy to use portable monitor, whose interconnections were designed by Tekdata, provides peace of mind to those potentially at risk from heart disease.

RF and microwave specialist Link Microtek has appointed Midoriya of Japan as its first overseas representative to handle the wide range of waveguide products manufactured by Link’s Engineering Division in Basingstoke.

STMicroelectronics has announced the signing of an agreement with Bosch in which the world’s leading automotive electronic systems company will license ST’s state-of-the-art BCD8 process technology, enabling Bosch to design and manufacture highly integrated automotive products using this leading-edge technology in its own wafer fabrication plant. The move continues a close strategic partnership between the two companies extending over the l...

Rittal has announced the signing of Wadsworth Electronics as its key IT distribution channel partner within the UK. Wadsworth will provide a one-stop shop, supplying solutions from basic Rittal enclosures through to liquid cooling packages and mini data centres.

Zetex Semiconductors has added Özdisan to its global distribution network. Turkey’s leading distributor of active and passive components, Özdisan will provide local stocking and design-in support for the Zetex range of power management and LED driving products.

PULS, Europe’s largest manufacturer of high efficiency DIN-rail power supplies, has opened a new manufacturing facility at Chomutov in the Czech Republic. Designed by the same architect retained for Munich Airport, with a great deal of detailed input from PULS CEO Bernhard Erdl, the new factory is solar heated and conduction cooled by the material of the building itself combined with automatic window venting. Virtually all light is natural ...