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NEWS


DIARY OF EVENTS


June 28 -30


Tuesday 28th - Thursday 30th


COG Conference Royal Hotel York www.cog.org.uk


NEWS Combined benefits of analogue experience


Texas Instruments is acquiring National Semiconductor, combining two specialists in analogue semiconductors.


TI’s chairman, president and chief


executive officer, Rich Templeton, said: “This acquisition is about strength and growth. National has an excellent development team, and its products combined with our own can offer customers an analogue portfolio of


Human touch September 6 - 8


Tuesday 6th - Thursday 8th


Offshore Europe Aberdeen www.offshore-europe.co.uk


September 10 -19


Saturday 10th - Monday 19th


Southampton Boat Show Mayflower Park Southampton www.southamptonboatshow.com


RS Components and EAO Group sign their distribution agreement


September 13 -16


Tuesday 13th - Friday 16th


DSEi ExCeL London www.dsei.co.uk


November 15 -18


Tuesday 15th - Friday 18th


Productronica 2011 Munich, Germany www.productronica.com


RS Components has signed a strategic distribution agreement with EAO Group to support sales of EAO humanmachine interface and electromechanical components throughout Europe and the APAC region. RS is introducing 212 new EAO electromechanical products.


RS Components’ head of product


management electronics, Fred Knowles, said: “Manufacturers are increasingly looking to RS to provide a complete BOM and design support. EAO is a key manufacturer with amarket-leading human- to-machine technology offer. By adding key new products to our portfolio we will be able to supply our customers withmore choice and support."


EAO’smanaging director, Susan Jacques,


added: “RS is respected by engineers globally and has unrivalled customer reach with proven online technical resources.”


www.rs-components.com


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6 | June 2011


Acal BFi is nowselling Shibaura’s NTCtemperature sensors and customised thermistor probes


ACAL BFi has signed a new distribution agreement with thermistormanufacturer, Shibaura.


Under the agreement, Acal BFi will sell and


provide specialist technical support on Shibaura’s NTC temperature sensors and customised thermistor probes which are used in applications such as home appliances, medical, industrial and HVAC. ACAL BFi’s business development director


for sensors,Walther Van Puijvelde, said: “ACAL BFI’s strategy is to develop a linecard which gives every customer throughout Europe access to specialist technical support and assembly services on best-in-class components fromleadingmanufacturers.We have already helped customers in automotive and consumer applications to use Shibaura products to solve their design challenges and we will now be able to extend this capability to all of our customers.” Shibaura’s generalmanager/international


operations, ShuichiWatanabe, added: “Acal- BFI's expertise in supporting complete probe solutions compliments Shibaura’s flexibility in manufacturing these products.” The Shibaura glass-sealed PSB NTC


thermistors are used for measurement and control of temperatures ranging from 50 to 800o


C. The thermistors feature: a fine


ceramic chip designed to provide stability; glass sealing for high heat resistivity and mechanical endurance; and small dimensions for fast response.


www.acaltechnology.com www.electronics-sourcing.co.uk


unmatched depth and breadth.” Regarding strengths, TI brings 30,000


analogue products andmanufacturing capacity including the world’s first 300- millimeter analogue factory. National brings a portfolio of 12,000 analogue products and a strong position in industrial power.


www.ti.com Thermistors for all


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