Partstat Partner Newswire: March 2021

Digi-Key Recognized by Forbes as a 2021 Best Midsize Employer

Digi-Key Electronics is regularly recognized for its wide selection of inventory and quality of service, but recently it has been recognized for a different reason — being a great place to work.

This year, Digi-Key was honored by being selected as a Best Midsize Employer of 2021 by Forbes, ranking 67th out of 500 midsize employers. Additionally, Digi-Key was recognized as a top three employer in the semiconductors, electronics, electrical engineering, technology hardware, and equipment industry.

Forbes’ selections are based on an independent survey of 50,000 people in 25 different industries administered by renowned consumer data company Statista.

“We are extremely proud of this recognition of our employment culture and practices and pleased to hear that our team of employees and outside recommenders agree that Digi-Key is a great place to work,” said Shane Zutz, vice president of human resources at Digi-Key, in a press release. “We are especially grateful for our employees to be recognized for all they have done to help enable innovation and technology growth during this especially unique year.”

Future Electronics Named by ON Semiconductor as Top Distribution Partner of 2020

Future Electronics was honored by ON Semiconductor with multiple awards including top distributor for the Americas, EMEA, and APAC regions, as well as top recognition at the global level.

Such an honor is unprecedented in ON Semiconductor’s history. “This is the first time since the introduction of this annual award that a channel partner won in the Americas, EMEA, APAC and globally,” said Jeff Thomson, Senior Vice President of Global Channel Sales for ON Semiconductor in a press release. “I would like to congratulate Future Electronics on this outstanding achievement.”

“We are incredibly honored by this recognition by one of our largest partners worldwide. The year 2020 was a challenging one for our industry, so we take great pride in performing alongside ON Semiconductor across all 3 main geographies as well as on a global basis,” said Karim Yasmine, Corporate Vice President of Strategic Supplier Development for Future Electronics. “Our execution and focus on mass market customer expansion, inventory investment, and demand creation excellence enabled us to grow significantly in a very challenging environment. We look forward to continued success promoting, designing and selling ON Semiconductor’s focus technologies in our growing customer base.”

Mouser Releases Latest eBook in Acclaimed ‘Intelligent Revolution’ Series

Mouser Electronics has proudly released the latest eBook in their popular “Intelligent Revolution” series. Titled Artificial Intelligence: Improving Harvests and the Human Experience, the eBook examines the fascinating new uses for artificial intelligence (AI) in farming and other specialized applications targeting the human experience.

“While many are familiar with some common uses for artificial intelligence, innovative scientists around the world are constantly finding new applications,” said Kevin Hess, Senior Vice President, Marketing at Mouser Electronics. “Our newest Intelligent Revolution eBook explores how AI is being used to deliver real improvements to quality of life for people in all corners of the world.”

The Empowering Innovation Together program has been around since 2015 and has become one of the industry’s most recognized and important electronic component marketing programs. Previous series in the program have focused on a variety of topics such as the process of turning an idea into a product, as well as innovative developments in robotics and smart city design.

Allied Electronics Welcomes Eight New Suppliers to Its Line Card

Allied has been seeing significant growth in more ways than one.

After recently doubling the size of its Fort Worth distribution center, the company has now expanded its list of offerings to include industry stalwarts such as motors from Leeson and Marathon; Gates power transmission products; sensors from Amphenol SGX Sensortech; Eclipse CCTV security/body temperature scanners; and SpillTech sorbents, according to a recent press release.

This continues the trend Allied maintained throughout 2020, which saw the company add more than 50 new best-in-class suppliers to its line card. Today, it keeps in stock more than 10,000 new ready-to-ship product lines.