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Nu Horizons deal with Rochester Electronics offers 1.5 billion devices and 8 billion silicon die for discontinued devices

25th June 2007

Nu Horizons Electronics Limited

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Nu Horizons Electronics has signed a UK franchise deal with Rochester Electronics that gives the company access to 1.5 billion discontinued semiconductor devices, 8 billion silicon die for such devices and fabrication services for aftermarket parts. All parts and wafers are sourced directly from manufacturers’ factories with complete traceability and, where appropriate, military certifications. Where ready-made parts are not available, Rochester Electronics manufactures devices using the original manufacturer’s die or fabrication processes.

Rochester Electronics is licensed by over 40 original component makers, including manufacturers of analogue, digital and mixed-signal devices, and is an ISO9001:2000 and QML certified company.
Nu Horizons’ UK marketing director, Gerry Hewitt, said, “Our service now goes beyond helping customers with their design challenges. It encompasses global logistics support and management of obsolescence to extend the useful life of their products. There are many instances where a product re-design can be avoided by using aftermarket parts from Rochester Electronics. If components are changed there’s also the high cost of re-qualification of equipment to be considered, and the delays that this causes. Using parts from Rochester Electronics can result in considerable savings.”
Colin Strother, European sales director for Rochester Electronics, added, “Obsolescence is no longer just an issue for military and aerospace companies. The ever shortening product lifetimes of semiconductors have made it an industry-wide issue. Nu Horizons will take our products and services into the industrial, automation, automotive and broadcast markets with the confidence that every device is fully traceable to the original manufacturer, thereby offering guaranteed protection against counterfeit.”