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EMC Components
News Release from: Schaffner
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 07 February 2007
Award marks successful, long-standing
partnership
Schaffner has named Farnell as its UK and Ireland distributor of the year for 2007.
Schaffner has named Farnell as its UK and Ireland distributor of the year for 2007 The award recognises sales performance and the close co-operation between the two companies on the introduction of new products, in which Farnell has played a key role in the all important design phase
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 16 May 2008 at 8.00am (UK)
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The strength of the relationship with Farnell is evident in the work done in seeding the marketplace.
Farnell offers the latest technology to design engineers in the UK and Ireland via the Internet and e-marketing tools.
Schaffner and Farnell have worked closely together to raise awareness about EMC compliance among the design engineering community ensuring EMC components are considered early in the design process and correctly specified.
Schaffner and Farnell have a long-standing commitment to EMC research and they jointly work with York University, sponsoring final year student prises for EMC projects.
Paul Dixon, Managing Director of Schaffner, comments: "We are very pleased to make this award to Farnell and it marks a very successful, long-standing partnership".
"Over the past 20 years we have enjoyed an excellent business relationship at all levels, one that provides an industry model".
"Farnell's business with us has shown continuous growth, in 2006 we saw a 29% increase in sales over the 2005 figure, seriously outperforming the market".
"We are looking forward to 2007 to find further opportunities to drive the relationship forward at an even greater pace".
The most up-to-date Schaffner product ranges FN 2030 and FN 2090 universal single phase EMC filters are to be launched by Farnell in February 2007 via the e-findings newsletter and latest print catalogues.
Harriet Green, CEO of Premier Farnell, comments: "Farnell is delighted to have been awarded this honour".
"Our powerful supplier portfolio and the relations that we've developed, the expertise of our people in areas of new technology and the commitment we've put into our online support services means that we provide excellent service all around and it is extremely gratifying for this to be recognised by our suppliers".
In a recent survey carried out by Farnell, customers were asked to rank a number of technologies that were of most interest.
Omitting the obvious leaders such as micros, opto and power management, EMC came out as the number one interest. Request free introductory details about products from Schaffner ...
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