2008

Year

Farnell Electronics Distribution Industry News

More News from Farnell - awards, recognition and innitiatives

2008 Catalogue

26th April 2008

Farnell, the leading multi-channel, high service distributor has launched its new 2008 catalogues that detail over 150,000 products from more than 600 leading technology suppliers to support millions of design engineers, maintenance and repair (MRO) and purchasing professionals globally.

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Military Specification Connectors

22nd April 2008

Farnell the leading multi-channel, high service distributor supporting millions of engineers and purchasing professionals globally has significantly boosted the range and availability of military specification connectors it offers by including market leading suppliers ITT and Amphenol in its extended range initiative.

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Environmental Legislation

22nd April 2008

Premier Farnell plc, the leading multi-channel, high service distributor supporting millions of engineers and purchasing professionals globally, has been recognised by the Academy of Certified Hazardous Materials Managers (AVHMM) as an authority on environmental legislation in the electronics industry by being asked to present three training programmes at the recent ACHMM Hazardous Materials Management Conference in Bangalore, India.

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Green Packaging Process

22nd April 2008

Premier Farnell announces another green packaging process for customer shipments. Recyclable and sustainable materials combine with lower energy machinery to deliver environmentally friendly packaging solution. Premier Farnell plc ("Farnell"), the leading multi-channel, high service distributor supporting millions of engineers and purchasing professionals globally, has implemented its second environmentally friendly packaging process for customer shipments in as many months. The new approach, which follows last month's introduction of biodegradeable plastic cell packaging for integrated circuits (ICs), brings together the latest biodegradable and recyclable materials with high efficiency packaging machinery that dramatically reduces energy use.

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Live EDGE

27th December 2007

Premier Farnell plc, the leading multi-channel, high service distributor supporting millions of engineers and purchasing professionals globally, has announced the winner of the 2007 Live EDGE Electronic Design for the Global Environment challenge as John Noble from Malaysia. John has designed a product called MyFan, a ceiling fan that combines an electronically commutated motor and controller, and aerodynamically efficient blade design that reduces fan input power by up to 66% of that of a traditional ceiling fan. It boasts auxiliary output channels that drive up to 20 watts of integrated LED lighting with up/down lighting modules. The Motor construction is totally enclosed and is available with an IP5x environmental rating.

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