Sager Electronics announces a major expansion into a new 175,650 sq. ft. facility in Lewisville, TX. Scheduled to be fully operational by the end of the year, the new facility will house Sager’s brand new Custom Solutions Center, Distribution Center, and Southcentral Service Center. The new location was selected with the future in mind, doubling […]
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Industrial Ethernet connector line gets an inline jack
An inline jack for Hirose Electric’s IX series lets you construct panel-mount or extension cables.
Littelfuse completes C&K acquisition, enhances switch product line
The company known for circuit protection expands its switch offerings. Acquisitions take place all the time. Often, it’s startups being acquired by larger companies or companies being acquired by competitors. In the case of Littelfuse’s acquisition of C&K, it’s the merger of two long-established electrical/electronic component companies. The recently completed acquisition of C&K greatly enhances […]
Global Connector Technology expands distribution coverage with Sager Electronics
Global Connector Technology (GCT), has announced a Regional Distribution agreement with Sager Electronics, a North American distributor of interconnect, power, and electromechanical products and custom solutions provider. The agreement provides for regional coverage across North America with Sager Electronics offering a wide range of GCT products, including the latest USB, SIM, memory, and board-to-board connectors. […]
Realizing the potential of 5G: the critical role of connectors
Contributed by Paul Pulkowski, Marketing Manager; Maciek Czerwinski, Director of Sales and Business Development; and Rick Lopez, Sales Engineer and Project Manager, binder USA The potential of 5G connectivity is nearly limitless with statistics that are difficult to imagine. Analysts predict that worldwide 5G connections will double in 2022 to 1.34 billion, and grow to […]
Harting connectivity solutions for industrial transformation highlighted at Hannover Messe
The Harting Technology Group will be exhibiting at Hannove Messe 2022. “Digitization and sustainability are not only the major buzzwords of this year’s fair but are also two of the guiding principles of the way we think and act,” said Christopher Ukatz, Managing Director of HARTING Deutschland GmbH, stated during the presentation at the digital […]
Fischer Connectors enables sensor data transmission and connectivity for wind-powered SP80 boat
Fischer Connectors’ solutions support the transmission of sensor data for the wind-powered SP80 boat setting out to reach the phenomenal speed of 80 knots, and thereby break the long-standing world sailing speed record of 65.45 knots. During the development of its boat that is now close to its final design phase, the SP80 team has […]
Getting one wire to do more, Part 2 – Phantom power for the microphone
Using one wire in two very different roles is widely done, requiring some simple circuity and basic components. Powering microphones over the audio cable A classic engineering objective is to figure out a way to get one set of wires to provide a second function at little cost. This second part in the series looks […]
Trexon adds custom interconnect solutions with acquisition of Power Connector Inc.
Trexon, (formerly TPC Wire & Cable and a portfolio company of Audax Private Equity), has completed the acquisition of Power Connector Inc., (PCI) a supplier of Tactical Communications interconnect for military applications. Founded in 1987 and based in Suffolk County, New York, PCI is a Defense Logistics Agency QPL manufacturer of MIL-DTL-55181 and MIL-DTL-55116 connectors. […]
TE Connectivity partners with Phoenix Contact for miniature relay product line
TE Connectivity (TE) has acquired the force-guided narrow safety relay (NSR) elementary relay technology from the Phoenix Contact Group as part of a long-term partnership agreement. The acquisition adds a single-pole, force-guided offering to TE’s broad relay portfolio for the factory automation, elevator and rail markets. As a part of the agreement, TE will assume […]
