- > Repfabric and RPMS Form Strategic Partnership – RPMS achieves Repfabric Certification
April 25, 2019
Source: Electronics Representatives AssociationRepfabric and RPMS announce a strategic partnership to connect Repfabric’s CRM platform with the RPMS cloud system data. In addition, RPMS is now a Certified Sales, Training, and Support Agency for the Repfabric platform.
The companies will provide RPMS customers the option to use Repfabric’s CRM …
- > LEMO USA and Luscombe Engineering Sign Agreement for Sales Representation in The Southern California and Southern Nevada Regions
January 31, 2019
Source: LEMO USALEMO, a global leader in the design and manufacture of precision custom connection solutions, has signed an agreement with Luscombe Engineering for the Southern California and Southern Nevada Regions.
LEMO USA is excited to announce that Luscombe Engineering will be their new sales representative in the Southern …
- > Peerless Electronics Expands in USA/International Industrial Marketplace
Jan 29, 2019
Source: Peerless ElectronicsPeerless Electronics Inc., a leading stocking distributor of switches, relays and circuit breaker products, has added Allied Moulded Products, CBI Electric, EXM, Picker Components and Mechatronics to its extensive industrial sector product offering.
Peerless Electronics President Bill Gallucci stated, “Adding such well known and in-demand lines is …
- > Global Semiconductor Sales Increase 12.7% Year-to-Year in October
Source: Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA)
The Semiconductor Industry Association announced that worldwide sales of semiconductors reached $41.8 billion for the month of October 2018, an increase of 12.7 percent from the October 2017 total of $37.1 billion and 1 percent more than last month’s total of $41.4 billion. Monthly sales numbers …
- > ERA Announces Passing of Retired CEO Ray Hall
Nov. 15, 2018
Source: Electronics Representatives AssociationThe Electronics Representatives Association (ERA) has announced that its retired executive vice president and CEO, Raymond J. Hall, passed away on Nov. 13 in Findlay, Ohio. He was 80 and had recently undergone surgery to set a broken femur suffered in a fall.
Mr. Hall was ERA’s …
- > Distribution Agreement Unites Peerless Electronics and BEI Sensors North America
Sept. 25, 2018
Source: Peerless Electronics Inc.Peerless Electronics Inc., a stocking distributor of switches, relays and circuit breaker products, has agreed to distribute the comprehensive line of encoder and sensor products from field leader BEI Sensors (Thousand Oaks, Calif.).
Specializing in speed and position sensors for extreme applications within the industrial, military, …
- > electronica 2018 – Connecting everything—smart, safe, and secure
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 23, 2018
Munich, electronica.deSmart, reliable, and secure networking at all levels is the focus for this year’s edition of the world’s leading trade fair and conference for electronics, to be held on November 13–16, 2018, in Munich, Germany. This time round, electronica will be going way beyond …
- > In Memoriam of James William Banovich
James “Jim” W. Banovich, age 79, passed away on Saturday, July 14, 2018, at Aurora St. Luke’s in Milwaukee. In 1956, Jim started working at Marsh Electronics at age 17, started behind the counter to many different capacities to owning the company in the early 90s. He served on several …
- > Peerless Electronics and Sensata Announce Distribution Agreement
June 25, 2018
Source: Peerless Electronics Inc.Two leaders in high-quality relays and related products will be working together
Peerless Electronics Inc., one of the world’s largest stocking distributors of switches, relays and circuit breaker products, has agreed to distribute a new product line from Sensata-Crydom.
The inventor and pioneer of the original solid-state …
- > Alliance Memory Appoints Tom Gargan as Director of Sales
March 22, 2018
Source: Alliance Memory Inc.[caption id="attachment_10040" align="alignright" width="150"] Tom Gargan[/caption]
Alliance Memory, a manufacturer of SRAM, DRAM, and SDRAM ICs, announced the appointment of Tom Gargan as director of sales. In his new role, Gargan is expanding Alliance Memory’s sales coverage in key areas of North America, including Canada, New …
- > MRERF releases 2018 calendar of courses
January 15, 2018
Source: Manufacturers’ Representatives Educational Resource Foundation (MRERF)The Manufacturers’ Representatives Educational Resource Foundation (MRERF) reports that the Certified Professional Manufacturers’ Representative (CPMR) first-year course for 2018 is sold out. The session runs in January at the University of Texas in Austin. Other 2018 programs available from MRERF are: the Certified …
- > Charity fundraising calls are not covered by TCPA
January 15, 2018
Source: Howe & Hutton Ltd.Are you exasperated by pesky calls from fundraisers, despite having signed up for the Do-Not-Call list? Relief may not be on the way. According to the latest newsletter from Howe & Hutton, Ltd., a Chicago law firm that works with many associations, the …
- > Semiconductor Industry Is Booming
Source: Electronics Representatives Association, The Representor, Fall 2017
The semiconductor industry just experienced one of its best second quarters in revenue growth, driven by the memory device market, says a recent report by EPS News, and the DRAM market, in particular, is expected to reach record levels in 2017. The semiconductor industry posted …
- > Linkedin Invitations Do Not Violate Noncompetes
Source: Electronics Representatives Association, The Representor, Fall 2017
A panel of the Illinois Appellate Court has held that networking with a former colleague on social media does not amount to a violation of a noncompete agreement. Howe & Hutton, Ltd., a Chicago law firm whose clients include many not-for-profit trade associations, reported in …
- > MRERF Names New Executive Director
Source: Electronics Representatives Association, The Representor, Fall 2017
The Manufacturers’ Representatives Educational Research Foundation (MRERF) recently announced the hiring of a new executive director. Kate Rhoten, whose experience includes 20+ years in sales and training as well as working in the non-profit sector, joined the foundation in August. Susannah Hart and …
- > Empowering Systems Acquires MACS Software
Sept. 25, 2017 – Source: Empowering Systems
Empowering Systems Announces Acquisition of MACS Software
Acquisition Broadens Sales Analytics Offering and Expands Customer BaseEmpowering Systems, Inc. announced it has completed the acquisition of MACS Software of Naples, Fla. MACS has been developing software solutions exclusively for manufacturers’ representatives for over 45 years. Their …
- > Mid-Year Global Semiconductor Sales Up 21 Percent Compared to 2016
Aug. 4, 2017 – Source: Semiconductor Industry Association
Worldwide sales of semiconductors reached $97.9 billion during the second quarter of 2017, an increase of 5.8 percent over the previous quarter and 23.7 percent more than the second quarter of 2016, according to the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA).
Global sales for the month …
- > Industry Faces Consolidation, Shifting Alliances
By David Mantey, Editorial Director, IEN.com
May 17, 2017 – Source: EDS 2017 Summit Daily[caption id="attachment_590" align="alignright" width="150"] Walter Tobin[/caption]
Walter E. Tobin is the CEO of the Electronics Representatives Association (ERA). In a new interview, he discusses the current state of the electronics industry, and some of the biggest obstacles that …
- > New thin transparent film could lead to smaller, faster and more powerful electronics
May 9, 2017 – Source: University of Minnesota
According to a recent University of Minnesota story, a team of its researchers have developed a new nano-scale thin film material that could change the landscape for electronics.
The new film has the highest-ever conductivity in its class and could lead to the development …
- > Infinite Electronics Acquires Kaelus, PolyPhaser, Transtector Systems and RadioWaves
May 9, 2017 – Source: Infinite Electronics, Inc.
Infinite Electronics, Inc., a supplier of engineering-grade wired and wireless connectivity products, announced that it has acquired Smiths Interconnect’s Microwave Telecoms business (SMT) from Smiths Group plc, a London based global technology company.
SMT is comprised of the Kaelus, PolyPhaser, Transtector Systems and RadioWaves …
- > Global Semiconductor Sales in March Up 18.1 Percent Year-to-Year
May 8, 2017 – Source: Semiconductor Industry Association
Article linkWorldwide sales of semiconductors reached $30.9 billion for the month of March 2017, an increase of 18.1 percent compared to the March 2016 total of $26.2 billion, and 1.6 percent more than the February 2017 total of $30.4 billion, according to the …
- > Report Predicts Steady Growth for IoT Microcontrollers Market
May 8, 2017 – Source: The Edition Truth
(http://www.editiontruth.com/iot-microcontrollers/)A new report from Transparency Market Research (TMR) presents a review of the historical trajectory exhibited by the global Internet of Things (IoT) microcontroller market and a detailed assessment of the market‘s present figures. The report is titled “Internet of Things (IOT) Microcontroller …
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