Distribution

"We are on a branding journey and it is accelerating," Marianne Culver, head of global supplier management for Element14 told Electronics Weekly at Electronica this week

Structural change is taking place in the component distribution market, and the rate of change is accelerating, says Ian Mason, CEO of Electrocomponents, owners of RS

“The current quarter-on-quarter bookings are “flat” suggesting that billings growth is also likely to slow in Q4,” said Adam Fletcher, v-p of IDEA

"There is today a relentless trend in electronics innovation which is driven by consumer demand," says Ian Mason CEO of Electrocomponents, owner of RS Components

Glenn Smith, CEO of online and catalogue distributor Mouser makes his predictions for the European components market, social networking and catalogues

“I see no double-dip, we’ve just had our largest billings month,” said Avnet Memec’s UK director Chris Shipway

Digi-Key president Mark Larson believes the component market will grow by 5-10% next year as long as current business conditions continue

Avnet has broken through the $6bn sales barrier in its fiscal first quarter on the back of double digit organic growth and three acquisitions.

The market is experiencing the real power of e-commerce and social networking, Harriet Green, CEO at Premier Farnell, tells Electronics Weekly

Based in Shenzhen, Eurotone is a design-in distributor supplying power inverters for wind and solar power applications