NEWS IN BRIEF
Rewarding growth Rebound Electronics has been recognised in the Europe 500 Awards which acknowledges the top 500 growth companies in Europe from2008 to
2009.The figures were complied and verified by Dun and Bradstreet. Rebound’s position as the 89th growth company in Europe is anothermilestone in the Group’s achievements, since its formation in 2003.
www.reboundeu.com
Investing in reliability Anglia has announced the formation of Anglia Hi-Rel a new specialist business division addressing customers in key aerospace, defence, industrial and medicalmarket sectors. A signatory of the ADS SC21 programme, Anglia holds AS9120, ISO9001, ISO14001 accreditations and IECQ- CECC qualification which demonstrate its abilities.
www.anglia-hirel.com
PCB snapshot According to the IPC’s president and CEO, Denny McGuirk: “Both rigid PCB and flexible circuit sales followed normal seasonal patterns in January, with rigid sales decreasing and flex sales rebounding. Orders still lag sales by a small margin. The good news is that sales in both segments are still ahead of the same month last year and the numbers look stable.”
www.ipc.org Short deliveries on large volumes
Manufacturer of prototype and small batch printed circuit boards, Eurocircuits, has invested in new plant and equipment, increasing capacity by 50 per cent and allowing the company to offer larger volumes of boards on short deliveries.
Sales andmarketing director, Dirk Stans,
explained: “Demand for PCBs has increased across Europe but for the European electronics industry to continue to grow it must be able to react quickly tomarket demands. Extended deliveries fromthe Far East are no longer an option for fast-moving enterprises. Eurocircuits has always specialised in fast deliveries. Thanks to our investment, we can deliver larger volumes on tighter schedules, for example up to 250 boards on a two day turnaround.”
An on-line calculator allows users to get
prices and deliveries instantly, further shortening time tomarket.
Energy harvesting reaps rewards
New plant enables Eurocircuits to deliver large volumes of PCBs on tight schedules
www.eurocircuits.com Powering into the
batterymarket Under a new distribution agreement, Anglia is to support the full range of Varta Microbattery products, technologies and chemistries in the UK and Ireland with a stock profile held at its UK warehouse. Products range fromstandard alkaline AA batteries to lithiumion (Li-ion) technology, which powers themajority of handheld devices today. According to distributionmanager for the
Energy harvesting helpsmeet sustainability demands in industrial or building complexes
AlphaMicro Components has signed an agreement with energy harvesting provider, EnOcean, which will see it distribute EnOcean’s wireless sensormodules in the UK and Ireland. This technology utilises the existing energy found in industrial or building complexes, such as the heat created by machines, radiators or even the human body.
EnOcean’s wirelessmodules have been
deployed inmore than 100,000 buildings, helping to create energy-efficient, self- powered wireless sensor solutions. Utilising energy harvesting techniques removes the need for a physical power source which also removes the need for on-sitemaintenance.
Marketing director for AlphaMicro
Components,Maxine Hewitt, commented: “Partnering with EnOcean enhances our range of wireless industrial automation solutions. This technology will be vital for meeting sustainability demands in the industrial sector and the built environment.”
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UK and Ireland for VartaMicrobattery, Alex Stapleton: “Anglia’s presence in theM2M wirelessmarket will take Varta batteries to a new customer base.We have confidence in its technical experience and its consultative approach in helping customers select the right battery products.
“Wewent through a detailed process prior
to Anglia's appointment to ensure itwas not only qualified to sell and support our products froma technical perspective, but also that it understood the legislative and health and safety framework surrounding batteries.”
Marketing director – semiconductors at
Anglia, John Bowman, explained: “Anglia will be supplying customers with Varta batteries fromits UK warehouse and will therefore be the ‘producer’ as defined by UK batteries directive legislation. UK customers who source all of their battery requirements from Anglia are therefore relieved of the burden of compliance with the batteries directive.”
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