Distribution

The company has agreed to acquire 75% of the issued ordinary share capital of SSE, a distributor of service parts for IT products

“Acquisitions are not out of the questions. We have cash resources and this gives us the opportunity to take advantage in the current economic climate,” Moon told Electronics Weekly

The distributor of electronic components and system products reported a pre-tax loss of £8m on slightly ahead sales of £79.8m

TTI, the specialist passive component and connector distributor, is strengthening its position in the European components market.

In spite of the concerns over the global economic slowdown business is still growing in Europe, says Andy King, president of Farnell Europe

An opportunity for OEMs, distributors and suppliers to ‘take the pulse’ of the industry and to assess the true state of the market

Mark Larson, president of online and catalogue distributor Digi-Key, talks to EW about the growth in online distribution, business conditions in the European market and new product lines.

Component distribution representative body Afdec has reported that figures from its members in September indicated a reluctance by customers to place long-term orders for new components

According to company CEO William Mitchell, a virtual shutdown of the credit markets made the third quarter especially difficult

Phil Gee, vice president of EMEA sales at component distributor Nu Horizons, talks to Electronics Weekly about the European components market and the economic slowdown, the most promising geographic markets, rising fuel costs and Chinese manufacturing, and lengthening lead times on some products...