Carlton-Bates Company Wins Four NEDA Channel Marketing Awards
Carlton-Bates Company, a subsidiary of WESCO Distribution, Inc., is pleased to announce that it earned four Channel Marketing Awards from the National Electronic Distributors Association (NEDA) based on the creativity and effectiveness of its marketing communications. European Semiconductor Distribution (DMASS) sees further Decline in Third Quarter 2008
Soft hopes of the European semiconductor distribution for a trend change in the market narrowed in Q3/2008 when DMASS (Distributors’ and Manufacturers’ Association of Semiconductor Specialists), reported a decline of distribution revenues of 8.2% versus Q3 last year. The semiconductor distributor and manufacturer members achieved quarterly distribution revenues of 1.22 Billion Euro. ANNUAL NEDA CHANNEL MARKETING AWARDS ANNOUNCED
The seventh annual Channel Marketing Award winners were announced at the 2008 NEDA Executive Conference last week. The award program honored NEDA members for outstanding marketing efforts during 2007- 2008. Farnell extends franchise agreement with Altera to include Europe
Farnell, a leading multi-channel, high service distributor supporting millions of engineers and purchasing professionals across Europe and Asia Pacific, has signed an agreement with Altera Corporation to stock and support the design-in of its FPGA products in Europe. Avnet Time gets EPCOS Award 2008
Avnet Time, an electronic component distributor specialized in interconnect, passive, electromechanical and power supply products (IP&E), has been recognized by EPCOS for its excellent results with the ‘Sales Award 2008’. 
Rutronik: Epson Toyocom Develops TCXO for High-Precision GPS Applications
Epson Toyocom Corporation has announced the development of a new, smaller, frequency-stable TCXO (temperature-compensated crystal oscillator) with frequency stability high enough even for demanding GPS applications. EnOcean launched Dolphin platform at electronica 2008
EnOcean launched its Dolphin system architecture on Booth 266, Area A4, at electronica 2008, setting entirely new standards in wireless sensor networks. Dolphin enables energy-autonomous actuators, bidirectional communication of sensors and innovative routing concepts, creating the foundation for a wide variety of new products and applications. National Semiconductor Introduces Six PowerWise Energy-Efficient Subsystem Reference Designs
Six new PowerWise® reference designs from National Semiconductor Corp. (NYSE:NSM) empower design engineers to speed through the design process, delivering products that consume less power, extend battery life and generate less heat. PowerWise reference designs combine energy-efficient devices and arrange them in a system to actively lower power consumption and reduce heat dissipation. Surface-mount MX34R connectors enhance efficiency of 2.2mm-pitch automotive standard
JAE Europe has introduced 20-way and 32-way surface-mount connectors to its 2.2mm-pitch MX34 range, allowing smaller automotive electronic modules that require fewer assembly processes to enable faster production and lower unit costs. A hood with an M32 straight cable outlet has been added to the HARTING Han-Modular(r) Compact range of industrial connectors.
The new hood is designed to provide a compact plug-in solution in power systems using large-gauge wire (greater than 10 mm² cross-section or AWG 8), where the cable diameter is so big that an M32 cable gland and a large connector are required. | 
