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Viscom, Inc. (Norcross, GA) recently announced the addition of Frank Marangell as the company's new vice president of sales. In this role Frank will manage the business in the Americas.
Marangell brings 14 years of experience in the automated optical inspection (AOI) business, and he has an engineering degree and MBA.
Currently living in Boston, MA, Marangell will be relocating to the company's U.S. headquarters in Atlanta, GA.
Agilent Technologies Inc. (Palo Alto, CA) and Digi-Key Corp. (Thief River Falls, MN), an electronic component distributor, recently announced that they have signed a distribution agreement. The agreement allows Agilent's Semiconductor Products Group (SPG) to make an array of its products accessible to designers via Digi-Key's distribution channel and real-time online service and support site.
Digi-Key's inventory of Agilent products includes a full range of LEDs and displays, optocouplers, motion control encoders, radio frequency (RF) and microwave devices and infrared and optical transceivers. These products are used in applications that span industrial, office automation, consumer electronics, home appliances, signs and signals, wireless, networking and automotive markets.
"The addition of Digi-Key to our global distribution network will help us reach more engineers in the critical early stages of their designs," said Frank Robertazzi, vice president of worldwide distribution for Agilent's SPG. "Digi-Key's catalog distribution channel provides another avenue for our customers to purchase samples and order literature and early production quantities online at any time."
Kester (Des Plaines, IL) recently announced that chief technology officer Dennis Bernier was honored by IPC—Association Connecting Electronics (Northbrook, IL) with a Distinguished Committee Service Award. The award was presented at the IPC APEX/Expo held in late February in Anaheim, CA.
Bernier was honored as one of 12 members for their leadership and significant contributions in the development of IPC J-STD-004A, Requirement for Soldering Fluxes.
This award is given to IPC committee members who have made an exceptional contribution to a specific standard, guideline, round robin test program or other IPC program.
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