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Amphenol Announces Succession Plan
June 2008—Amphenol Corporation announced that effective January
1, 2009, R. Adam Norwitt, Amphenol’s current president and chief
operating officer, will become chief executive officer of the
company and a member of the board of directors. Martin H.
Loeffler, current chairman and chief executive officer, will be
appointed to the newly created position of executive chairman,
with specific emphasis on strategic direction and the continued
development of the Amphenol leadership team.
Norwitt has held a variety of management, business development,
and operating positions at Amphenol operations in Asia and the
United States since joining Amphenol in 1998. Prior to his
appointment as president and chief operating officer on January
1, 2007, he served as a senior vice president and as group
general manager of Amphenol’s worldwide RF and microwave
products operation. Norwitt is a graduate of Georgetown
University, has a law degree from the University of Michigan,
and an MBA from INSEAD.
For more information, visit
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Avnet Electronics Marketing Receives Amphenol Awards
50-Year
Alliance Continues to Deliver Top Results for Avnet and Amphenol
in 2007
June 2008—Avnet Electronics Marketing, an operating group of
Avnet Inc., has received three awards from Amphenol Corporation,
based upon Avnet Electronic Marketing’s overall performance
during calendar 2007. The recognition includes the Award for
Outstanding Performance in North America, the Award for
Outstanding Performance in Asia, and the Global Partnership
Award.
Avnet
earned the awards for Outstanding Performance in North America
and Asia by achieving the highest percent of incremental sales
growth year-on-year in the two regions—and won the Global
Partnership Award for its global collaborative efforts with
Amphenol.
Ed Smith, senior vice president of sales
for Avnet Electronics Marketing Americas, accepted the awards on
behalf of Avnet. “We are proud to have worked with Amphenol for
over 50 years to provide design technology, demand creation, and
fulfillment value for customers around the globe,” said Smith.
“I am honored to accept this award on behalf of the entire team.
We look forward to another great year in 2008.”
“Avnet and Amphenol last year celebrated 50 years of engagement
as Avnet’s first franchise line. It is very exciting that our
two companies have grown as industry leaders, while remaining
strongly engaged through the years,” said Amphenol Chairman
Martin Loeffler. “Congratulations to Avnet for your global
team’s outstanding performance in 2007.”
For more information about Avnet and Amphenol,
visit
www.em.avnet.com/amphenol.
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Celestica Honors Samtec at Supplier
Awards Program
June 2008—Samtec Inc. announced it has been recognized as an
honoree in the 2007 Total Cost of Ownership (TCOOTM)
Supplier Award program by Celestica, a global leader in the
delivery of end-to-end product lifecycle solutions, in the Ring
Score Award category. Celestica’s awards program recognizes
suppliers that support Celestica’s overall supply chain goal—to
reduce the total cost of ownership for its customers and to give
them the flexibility they need to overcome any challenge.
This marks
the second year of Celestica’s TCOO Supplier Awards program. The
program aligns with Celestica's Ring strategy, which focuses on
shortening lead times through enhanced supplier proximity, as
well as its TCOO supply chain strategy, which enables customers
to deliver high quality products to market quickly and at the
lowest total cost. Celestica’s TCOO system is designed to
calculate the true cost to produce, deliver, and support
products and services beyond the supplier invoice price. As
such, it considers the following supplier attributes: quality,
delivery, technology, service, pricing, and flexibility.
"Congratulations to Samtec for being recognized as an honoree in
Celestica’s 2007 TCOO Supplier Awards
program,” said John Boucher, executive vice president, Supply
Chain Management Solutions and Chief Procurement Officer,
Celestica. Samtec
made a meaningful contribution in 2007 to
our supply chain strategy and I thank them for their support and
commitment to helping us enable our customers’ success.”
For more information, visit
www.samtec.com.
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Power & Signal Group President
Announces Retirement
Anthony
Jachnycky will retire March 2009
June 2008—Anthony
Jachnycky, president of Power & Signal Group, announced that he
will retire in March 2009.
“Power & Signal Group has
completed a series of global, market, and supplier expansions,”
says Jachnycky. “As the business embarks on its next level of
opportunities, this is an excellent time to make the transition
to new leadership.”
Under Jachnycky’s leadership for the past nine years, Power &
Signal Group has broadened its reach to become a global player
within the transportation market, and a strategic global
business operation for Arrow Electronics Inc. It was under
Jachnycky’s leadership that the company’s European offices
opened in Germany in 2000 and in China in 2003.
“His strong leadership and strategy skills have helped to
advance Power & Signal Group forward,” says Brian McNally,
president of Global Alliance for Arrow Electronics. “In
addition, through multiple appointments to performance
leadership teams throughout his tenure, Tony has served to
advance Arrow’s business model.”
Jachnycky joined Arrow Electronics in 2003 as president of Power
& Signal Group through the acquisition of Pioneer Standard. He
joined Pioneer Standard in 1999 as vice president and general
manager. Prior to joining Pioneer Standard, Jachnycky spent four
years as vice president and general manager for Weatherproofing
Technologies. He also spent 21 years at Tremco Inc. in a number
of sales and marketing leadership roles.
In preparation for Jachnycky’s departure, Don Akery, vice
president of Power & Signal Group, will step-in as the acting
leader of the group, effective immediately. Akery has more than
20 years experience in the electronics distribution industry,
including several years managing Power & Signal Group’s European
operations.
For more information, visit www.powerandsignal.com.
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3M Electronic Solutions
and Arrow Sign Global Distribution Agreement
June
2008—3M
Electronic Solutions Division recently announced it
has extended its distribution agreement with Arrow Electronics
to include the Americas, Europe, and Asia Pacific.
The extension of the global distribution agreement is focused on
the 3M ESD electronic components segment, which includes
connectors, cable, cable assembly solutions, and related
electronic components. These products meet the needs of the
electronics industry across a wide range of applications in the
computer and peripheral, communication equipment, military and
aerospace, industrial machinery, medical, and instrumentation
markets.
“By extending our global distribution agreement with Arrow
Electronics, 3M is extending the global reach of a recognized
and trusted brand,” said Frank Little, vice president and
general manager, 3M Electronic Solutions Division. “With Arrow
Electronics' expertise in local markets, we can extend our
global reach with a local handshake, offering superior
logistical capabilities and innovative services to even more
customers.”
"Arrow is proud to have offered 3M products to our customers in
North America and Europe, and we are delighted now to be
expanding our relationship to include all of Asia,” said Mike
Calabria, vice president of PEMCO (passive, electromechanical,
and connector) marketing and product management in Arrow's North
American Components business. “With the addition of 3M in Asia,
Arrow can provide its customers globally with what we believe is
an unmatched product portfolio of interconnect solutions and
global distribution services.”
For more information, visit
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Allied Electronics
Named Distributor of the Year by Abbatron
June 2008—Allied Electronics was recently named Distributor of
the Year by Abbatron. Abbatron presented the award to Allied at
the Electronic Distribution Show (EDS) in Las Vegas in May.
“Allied is honored to be recognized by Abbatron as Distributor
of the Year for the second year in a row,” said Lee Davidson,
president of Allied. “Allied’s growth and success can be
attributed to our focused approach of putting the customer first
and working closely with our supplier partners.”
The award recognized Allied’s efforts in sales growth, volume,
and outstanding customer support with Abbatron. In addition,
Abbatron recognized Allied for achieving over 25 percent growth
per year over the last five years.
“Abbatron is pleased to recognize Allied as our Distributor of
the Year,” says Chuck Erikson, national sales manager at
Abbatron. “Our partnership with Allied has been mutually
beneficial to our customers and we look forward to many more
years of success with them.”
Allied stocks a full range of Abbatron connectors, hardware, and
test equipment. For more information, visit
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HARTING Electric
Management Change in Espelkamp
June 2008—Effective July 1, 2008, Sven Holtgrewe and Hartmut
Schwettmann, both staff members of the HARTING Technology Group,
will join the management of HARTING Electric GmbH & Co. KG in
the heavy-duty connector division. The two have been members of
the management team of HARTING Electric for years and are
responsible for the company’s marketing.
Holtgrewe joined the HARTING technology company in 1991 and has
held various positions in the heavy-duty connector division.
Since 1996, Holtgrewe has been chiefly responsible for
developing strategic markets and maintaining relations with
joint-venture partners and the international subsidiaries.
Holtgrewe will become the general manager of
marketing/distribution within HARTING Electric GmbH & Co. KG.
Schwettmann started his career as a trainee with the HARTING
Technology Group in 1984, and after graduating successfully from
the trainee program, he held a number of positions in the
product management and product marketing division. His main
focus has been the further development and marketing of the
heavy-duty connector product range. Schwettmann has been
appointed general manager of development and product marketing.
For more information, visit
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Newark Announces
Judges for the 2008 Live EDGE Competition
JUNE
2008—Premier Farnell plc announced the selection of the judging
panel for the international design competition, Live
EDGE—Electronic Design for the Global Environment.
This year's 2008 Live EDGE competition panel of judges to date
comprises:
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Sir Peter
Gershon, chairman of Premier Farnell, plc
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John Noble,
director of Torus Technologies and 2007 Live EDGE winner
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Steve Sanghi,
chairman of the board of directors, Microchip Technology
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Indro
Mukerjee, chief executive officer, C-MAC MicroTechnology
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Robert
Rodin, chairman and CEO of RDN Group
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Paul
Goodman, senior materials consultant, Reliability and
Failure Analysis Group, ERA Technology Ltd.
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Steven J.
DeKrey, senior associate dean and director of masters
programs at the Hong Kong University of Science and
Technology
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Gottfried
Ecker, Dipl.-Ing, senior lecturer in microelectronic and
automation technologies in the School of Engineering, Wiener
Neustadt, Lower Austria
The Live EDGE
judges will base their decision on the usefulness of the
application, originality and innovation, technical merit, its
effect on the global environment, feasibility of the design,
efficient use of energy, end-of-life consideration, innovative
use of components, cost optimization, completeness of design
dossier, and clarity of supporting documentation.
"We are immensely proud to have such a distinguished, diverse,
and world-renowned group of industry and educational
professionals on our judging panel," said Harriet Green, chief
executive officer of Premier Farnell plc. "Live EDGE is the
first global competition of its kind and this year we have
opened the competition even further by inviting entries from
students, hobbyists, and industry professionals. We are
committed to supporting design engineers and the environment.
Through Live EDGE, we are bringing these two things together to
make a difference to the future of our planet."
More information about Live EDGE is available at
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Brush Wellman Appoints Mark
Comerford President of Alloy Products
June
2008—Brush Wellman Inc. announced that Mark M. Comerford has
been appointed president, Alloy Products. Alloy Products is the
largest business unit within Brush Wellman Inc.
Comerford now has senior management responsibility for Alloy
Products’ manufacturing, technology, supply chain, and
commercial activities. With domestic manufacturing operations in
Elmore and Lorain, Ohio, and Reading, Pennsylvania, Alloy
Products manufactures and distributes high performance
copper-based, nickel-based, and aluminum-based alloys, primarily
for use in the electronics, energy, aerospace, tooling, heavy
equipment, and telecommunications markets. It also operates
distribution centers in Detroit and Chicago.
Comerford joined Brush Wellman as managing director of Brush
Wellman (Singapore) Pte Ltd. in 1998, with responsibility for
expanding the company’s role in Southeast Asia. He transferred
to Cleveland in 2001 to assume the role of vice president, sales
of Strip Products, within the Alloy Products group. Since March
2006, Comerford has served as president of Brush International
Inc.
Visit
www.brushwellman.com
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Sager Electronics Expands its Distribution Network
June 2008—Sager Electronics announced the expansion of its
distribution network with a new warehouse in Florida. The
Orlando, Florida, location is the newest facility to join
Sager's system of distribution centers across the country.
"Speed of response and the ability to meet the demands of our
customers drive many of our service investments," said Shannon
Freise, vice president of operations for Sager Electronics.
"Through our proximity warehousing program, we've been able to
place critical and cross-docked inventory closer to our
customers. By placing certain product within the Orlando
facility, we've provided our customers in the Southeast a means
to get their product faster and more cost-effectively."
Sager Electronics' logistics network now includes distribution
centers in California, Florida, Massachusetts, Wisconsin, and
two locations in Texas. "The completion of our national network
of distribution centers provides us the ability to reach almost
all of our U.S. customers in two days or less with ground
freight," said Faris Aruri, Sager's vice president of corporate
marketing. "In this time of rapidly escalating freight costs,
this network gives us the ability to help our customers better
manage this expense."
Additional
Sager News...
Rich Arieta has
joined Sager Electronics in the role of director of application
engineering. With extensive experience in field application
engineering and sales, Arieta is chartered with developing a
team of application engineers to drive additional growth and
dimension to the company's technical sales.
"We continue to invest in technical resources that differentiate
Sager as a value-creating partner for our customers and
suppliers," said Bruce Kellar, Sager's vice president of sales.
"Sager's application engineering program will provide customers
with the critical technical expertise they need. With his
engineering background, industry relationships, and sales
know-how, Rich is well positioned to drive the growth of our
application engineering program."
To learn more about Sager, visit
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IPC Brussels Meeting on
RoHS Revisions Identifies Concerns with Öko-Institut Study
June 2008—Industry leaders, representing key segments of the electronics
supply chain, came together at an IPC workshop in Brussels on
June 18, 2008 to address industry concerns with the Öko-Institut
report on the proposed expansion of RoHS substance restrictions.
Öko-Institut was contracted by the European Union Commission to
study the inclusion of additional hazardous substances in
electrical and electronic equipment under the RoHS Directive. In
their draft report to the commission, the Öko-Institut
recommended the restriction of Tetrabromobisphenol A (TBBPA),
the flame retardant used to protect more than 80 percent of
printed circuit boards, and which was found to be safe by a
comprehensive European Union risk assessment. In addition to
TBBPA, exabromocylcododecanes (HBCDDs), several phthalate
plasticizers, and all organic compounds containing chlorine and
bromine, are included in the report as suggested bans.
“IPC is concerned that Öko-Institut’s recommendations are
arbitrary and lack a sound scientific basis. Implemented, these
recommendations will have a significant negative impact on our
members,” explained Fern Abrams, IPC’s director of government
relations and environmental policy. She noted that IPC held the
meeting in Brussels to make sure that all technical issues were
considered by the commission when they drafted the RoHS
revisions.
Attendees at the meeting included members of the European
Commission and the RoHS Technical Advisory Committee from
Brussels and the United Kingdom, and representatives from the
European Space Agency, EU Commission consultant ERA Technology
Ltd., Rockwell Collins, AT&S Austria Technologie & Systemtechnik
AG, Philips Healthcare, Henkel Ltd., BAE Systems Platform
Solutions, Lockheed Martin, Aerospace Industries Association of
America, American Embassy Brussels, Avantec, Isola GmbH, and
EADS.
“I’m delighted IPC held this meeting. IPC is providing a
knowledge base and a voice for companies of our size and other
industry members who might not be aware of the restrictions or
might feel their concerns are not being addressed,” said Lamar
Young, technical manager, Specialty Coating Systems Inc.
Working with the meeting attendees, IPC is developing a “supply
chain” white paper in response to the proposed restrictions.
According to a commission member, a technical response across a
large section of the supply chain would be an effective method
in communicating industry issues.
A copy of the agenda and the workshop presentations are
available at
www.ipc.org/ipcbrussels. |
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