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ARROW ELECTRONICS LAUNCHES WEB-BASED ‘DIGITAL TEST DRIVE’ TO STREAMLINE HARDWARE TESTING A
rrow Electronics announced the launch of Digital Test Drive, a cloud based remote engineering service that helps technology developers evaluate hardware faster, reduce costs and improve productivity.
Through a secure, private web link, individual users and distributed teams can instantly connect to a pre-set up virtual machine and connect via cloud directly to physical development boards hosted in Arrow’s engineering labs. Users can remotely control evaluation kits, access software environments, run tests and view results in real time. Workshops, training, product demonstrations and live support from Arrow’s technical experts are available. Digital Test Drive simplifies early stage testing and collaboration by helping eliminate common barriers such as kit availability, shipping delays, customs paperwork, platform comparisons, complex setup and software installation, helping businesses shorten development cycles and accelerate decision making. “Digital Test Drive helps remove the delays and complexity that slow product development,” said
Murdoch Fitzgerald, Chief Growth Officer of Global Services for Arrow’s global components business. “There’s no shipping, no setup and fewer up front costs, just instant access to the tools engineering teams need to work more efficiently.”
Digital Test Drive complements Arrow’s existing
Test Drive program that allows customers to borrow physical hardware for on site evaluation for up to 28 days.
https://www.arrow.com
ssentra Components, announced that it has surpassed its 2030 Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) commitment five years ahead of schedule, by achieving a 62 per cent reduction in scope one and two emissions against its 2019 baseline.
ESSENTRA SURPASSES 2030 EMISSIONS TARGET FIVE YEARS EARLY E
Gold rating by EcoVadis, placing it in the top 5 per cent of companies assessed globally and the top 1 per cent for environmental performance.
This notable milestone, independently assured and disclosed in the company’s latest Annual Report, was driven by a sustained transition to renewable electricity across Essentra’s global manufacturing sites. The company now sources 71 per cent of its electricity from renewables globally, with 7 per cent generated on site through solar installations, including two new systems commissioned in 2025 at its manufacturing facility in Ningbo, China and its UK head office in Kidlington. Together, these sites are expected to produce 1.7 million kWh of electricity annually. The same reporting period saw Essentra achieve zero waste to landfill across 25 of its operational sites, also ahead of its 2030 target, with 99 per cent of solid waste now diverted from landfill globally. The company was also recognised on CDP’s A List for the first time and awarded a
Jennifer Spence, ESG Director at Essentra said:
“Achieving what we set out to do by 2030 five years ahead of schedule is something the whole Essentra team should be incredibly proud of. Renewable electricity, zero waste to landfill, CDP A List recognition, each of these represents years of sustained effort and genuine commitment to doing things differently. And the impact extends beyond our own operations: how we reduce our carbon footprint reduces our customers’ carbon footprint, and the work we’re doing on new materials gets into new product ranges for them too. We need people to invest in sustainable products so that we can keep making more of them – you can’t do one without the other. “But this isn’t a finish line. With new targets on the horizon and a clear pathway to net zero in our direct operations by 2040, the most ambitious chapter of our ESG journey is still ahead of us.”
https://www.essentracomponents.com/en-gb
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