Front End I News
UK Authorised Distributors report continuing strong revenue growth in August 2018 reflecting positive overall sentiment in the global electronic components industry
Geoff Wilby, joint managing director of TDK-Lambda UK standing in front of the new EMC test facility structure
UK power supply manufacturer breaks ground for new £1m EMC test facility in North Devon
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DK Corporation is pleased to announce construction of a new £1m EMC test facility located adjacent to its power supply manufacturing plant in Ilfracombe, North Devon. Due to open in spring 2019, the building will house an anechoic chamber for onsite EMC compliance testing of its products. “It is a major upgrade to our EMC test facilities,” explains Geoff Wilby, joint managing director of TDK-Lambda UK. “We anticipate increasingly stringent EMC legislation and measurements at our current Open Area Test Site (OATS) are becoming increasingly difficult due to rising background electromagnetic emissions. As these worsen, we anticipate that the OATS set up will only be suitable for pre-compliance testing of our power supplies.
“The new facility will house a semi- anechoic test chamber, measuring 9.3m x 6.3m x 6.3m (LWH), supplied by our sister company TDK RF Solutions. Here our test engineers will perform electromagnetic compatibility measurements in full compliance with EN, CISPR and ANSI standards. This will enable us to fully-certify our products onsite without the need to book external test facilities and to carry out retests without consequent delays associated with availability of sites. We expect to save over £180k per year as a result of our investment.
“In addition, we will be able to provide a much deeper level of support assisting our customers to gain compliance of their end equipment.”
www.uk.tdk-lambda.com
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elivering the consolidated August 2018 results returned by his authorised distributor members Adam Fletcher chairman of the Electronic Components Supply Network (ecsn) reported continuing strong revenue growth in what is traditionally one of the quieter months in the year, but at the same time he acknowledged an unusual eight point fall in the B2B ratio. He said: “The decline in the B2B to 0.96.1 in August is unwelcome however I believe that we’re simply returning closer to historical reporting levels. The polynomial trend line suggests the B2B ratio is likely to remain positive into Q4’18.” Overall Bookings increased by 12 per cent compared to the same month 2017, while Total Monthly Billings (net sales invoiced less credits) increased by four per cent compared to the previous month and by 12 per cent when compared to the same month last year.
Fletcher believes that manufacturing
output is flatlining in the UK due to weaker domestic and export demand but increasing vendor delivery times and availability of raw materials continues to be a global problem, as does rising input prices. “BREXIT is causing a lot of uncertainty in the UK, while the risk of an escalation of the trade war between the US and China is doing absolutely nothing positive for international markets,” Fletcher said.
“The Sales by Month ‘three month moving average’ for all electronic components suggests continued but slowing UK growth into Q4‘18, which is broadly in-line with historical results and forecasts,” Fletcher concluded. “There has certainly been a slight decline in customer sentiment from earlier in the year but overall the outlook for our domestic electronic components industry remains strong.”
www.ecsn-uk.org element14 Community to support IoT professionals with new Webinar series e Dianne Kibbey 6 October 2018
lement14.com, the online community for engineers, has announced a new webinar series aimed at helping IoT professionals to develop their careers in what has become one of the fastest growing technology markets of recent years. IoT leaders from companies including
Microchip, ST, The Things Network, Microsoft and Amazon will participate in the series, appearing in live panel discussions covering everything from the skills needed to launch a career in IoT to following a career path and how engineers can differentiate themselves in a competitive field.
The webinars will be hosted on the element14 community. The first event,
Components in Electronics
entitled “How To Start and Grow Your IoT Career”, took place on Wednesday 10th October 2018 and featured experts from Microchip and The Things Network. Each webinar will end with an open Q&A in which attendees can engage directly with the panellists. Dianne Kibbey, global head of community and social media for the element14 community and Farnell element14, said: “As the first online community built specifically for engineers, element14 has become a valuable resource for its 500,000 engineer and tech professional members. Many of these members have expressed to us the importance of business-focused advice and information to help them develop their careers.
“By collaborating with industry- leading figures from across the tech sector, we aim to inspire the next generation of engineers and innovators to pursue full-time careers in the exciting and rapidly-evolving field of IoT, while also helping established IoT professionals achieve their goals.” To register your interest in the IoT webinar series, and to see dates for upcoming events, visit
www.element14.com/community/commun ity/events. Each panel discussion will be made available online shortly after the event for members who are unable to tune into the live presentations.
www.element14.com
www.cieonline.co.uk
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