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THIEF RIVER FALLS, MN - Digi-Key and Comchip announced a global distribution agreement covering Comchip's line of SMD diodes.

 
Comchip designs and manufactures switching, diodes, transient voltage suppressors (TVS), transistors, ESD suppressors and other components.

 
Digi-Key distributes components to more than 140 countries.

MANSFIELD, TXMouser Electronics announced it has signed a global distribution agreement with Memtech to distribute its IDE and SCSI solid-state flash drives.
 
Memtech’s drives are used in government, military, aerospace, energy, manufacturing, transportation, and telecommunications market sectors.
 
Mouser provides same-day shipping with no minimum order requirements on most orders.
 
 
 
 
 
BANNOCKBURN, IL – The IPC Lithium Ion Battery Subcommittee met Oct. 12 to develop the scope of a standard for lithium ion battery cells used in laptop computers. 
 
Members representing major laptop manufacturers and independent R&D firms agreed that standard would cover process requirements, quality control and assurance for lithium ion battery cells.
 
The standard refers to all aspects of the batteries from incoming quality through packaging and shipment. It will apply to all form factors of rechargeable lithium ion battery cells, the committee said.
 
The standard expected to be published June 15.
ROCHESTER, NYA.C.E. Production Technologies donated a KISS 102 Selective Soldering System to Rochester Institute of Technology’s Center for Electronics Manufacturing and Assembly.
 
The new machine, designed to fill the gap between hand soldering and automated in-line robotic selective soldering, will be used to support education, training, and research programs.
 
ATLANTAASYS has opened an office in Sao Paulo, Brazil, and named Roberto Cardozo regional sales and service manager for Southeastern Brazil.
 
Cardozo has several years experience in electronics as an end-user and sales representative and will work closely with company offices in Manaus, BR, and Atlanta.
 
 
ATLANTA -- Companies that currently import into the EU are implicitly declaring RoHS compliance. This was the message conveyed by Steve Andrews, head of the eco-design and product registration unit with the UK Department of Trade and Industry. European countries are taking self-declarations on good faith; there is no visible mandate, according to Andrews.

Andrews and others spoke on RoHS issues last week in a special Webcast on due diligence and environmental compliance. The presentation focused on laws in place in the EU and pending in China. Read more ...

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