Linecard extends reach with new global franchise agreements
Development distributor Premier Farnell has further expanded the depth and breadth of its Linecard by adding a number of new manufacturers to its list. These global agreements with various leading brands provide customers with access to several new product lines in key market sectors, covering the interconnect, passives and electromechanical and semiconductor product categories.
“These new franchises show our continued commitment to providing our customers with access to a broad choice of market leading, innovative products, said Chris Breslin, president, Premier Farnell and Farnell element14. “Enhanced choice and the addition of new stock means that customers can be confident when they come to Farnell element14 for the products they need, when they need them.”
These new distribution agreements for Linecard provide customers with more products to support applications in markets such as automotive, industrial, mobile, smart grid, metering, industrial, building and office automation, energy management and network infrastructure.
The new global franchises, with products now in stock at Farnell element14 in Europe, Newark element14 in North America and element14 in APAC, include Premier Farnell bringing high-performance light-emitting diodes, infrared emitters, lasers and sensors to Osram Opto Semiconductors’ products in illumination, visualisation and sensor technology.
Premier Farnell is stocking manufacturer of optical, electronic and mechanical equipment Nidec Copals’ range of switches, passives and fans for use in the medical, automotive, industrial and white goods sectors. And it has a line-up of products from Taoglas, provider of external, embedded and base station antenna solutions for M2M applications, targeted at automotive, smart grid, metering, telemetry, home automation and medical.
Premier Farnell is a business unit of Avnet. Premier Farnell trades as Farnell element14 in Europe, Newark element14 in North America, and element14 throughout Asia Pacific.
The Premier Farnell Group is supported by a global supply chain of more than 3,500 suppliers and sells direct to consumers through a network of resellers, and its CPC business in the UK.
