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IPC calls for revised RoHS Directive based on science, aligned with REACH
IPC -- Association Connecting Electronics Industries is urging members of the EU Council and Parliament to ensure that the revised RoHS Directive be scientifically based and fully aligned with the REACH Regulation, according to the organization's new white paper. »
PTC white paper shows how to improve product data management
Aimed at small collaborative teams, PTC's newest product data management solution Windchill ProductPoint is based on Microsoft's SharePoint technology infrastructure for collaboration. »
Verical white paper shows how to protect supply chain from counterfeit parts
Verical Inc., the Electronics Components Marketplace, has released a white paper to help manufacturers combat counterfeit electronics components. The company also recently announced the production launch of its online trading platform for global high-tech manufacturers and distributors of electronic components. »
Green handset shipments to reach nearly 500M units by 2014, says researcher
Global shipments of green handsets could reach 485 million units by 2014, driven primarily by consumer demand for environmentally-friendly mobile devices, according to Juniper Research. »
Touch user interfaces have made significant advances in the consumer electronics market particularly for mobile phones and notebook computers, opening the door for adoption in other applications including white goods, computer peripherals, medical equipment, and instrumentation. Synaptics made its debut in the home appliance market earlier this year with the launch of the Samsung Hauzen ZERO air conditioner.
Smaller distributors were the only ones to post sales gains in 2009. Interestingly, two of the five distributors that posted growth last year -- Interstate Connecting Components and Sherburn Electronics -- derive 100 percent of their sales from interconnect products. Both of them also target the military/aerospace industry. Here are the top 10 sales leaders by ICs, passives/electromechanical devices, interconnects and computer products as well as sales growth.

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