Nu Horizons continues European expansion into Austria

Nu Horizons Electronics has continued its European expansion with the appointment of Herbert Maierhofer (44) as sales manager for Austria. Mr. Maierhofer, who is based in Vienna, reports to Thomas Reisinger, Managing Director at Nu Horizons Electronics GmbH in Munich. US-based Nu Horizons Electronics Corp. entered the European market with the acquisition of DT Electronics in the UK in August last year. Nu Electronics GmbH opened its Munich offices on May 1, 2007 and then acquired Munich-based Dacom-Süd the following month. Nu Horizons Electronics GmbH is a distributor for components from Anadigm, Cirronet, Chipx, Elec & Eltek, Micrel, N2Power, Nordic Semiconductor, Pericom, Pletronics, RF Monolithics, Saronix, SMSC, Winbond and Xilinx.