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Newark Salutes Engineers with Month-Long Celebration Honoring National Engineers Week

February festivities with top suppliers offer engineers, students and electronics enthusiasts' exclusive savings, webinars and Raspberry Pi giveaways

CHICAGO – Feb. 6, 2013 – Leading electronics distributor Newark takes National Engineers Week to new lengths with a month-long celebration in February honoring aspiring and professional engineers of all ages and experience levels. The distributor is teaming up with industry-leading suppliers Agilent Technologies, Analog Devices, Bud Industries, Eaton and Microchip to kick off a series of events, activities and exclusive educational webinars aimed at educating young or aspiring engineers and supporting collaboration amongst tenured engineers.

"It's awe-inspiring to look at the impact of engineers' contributions on today's society," said Tamara Jurgenson, senior vice president, marketing, Newark. "We're dedicating the month of February to engineers across North America to show our admiration and appreciation of the engineering community. It's an entire month packed with unique opportunities to learn, collaborate and design with the latest technologies and products available from our supplier partners."

Details about Newark's National Engineer's Month activities can be found on the element14 Community at www.element14.com/celebrateyou and include:

• Engineering 101: Educational Webinars: A series of webinars featuring electronics engineering experts from Newark's partnering suppliers will kick off in February and continue throughout the year.

• Exclusive Supplier Promotions: Partnering with leading suppliers, Newark is offering a range of exclusive savings on new and popular electronics products.

• "Why it's Cool to be an Engineer" Blogging Contest: Aspiring and professional engineers are invited to share their stories via a brief blog post explaining why it's cool to be, or become, an engineer for a chance to win a Raspberry Pi bundle and other technology products

• The 29th Annual DuPage Engineers Week Expo: Newark is hosting an "Aspiring Engineers" station at the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) Rice campus in Wheaton, Ill. on Feb. 23, challenging attendees to build a simple circuit. Raspberry Pi boards are up for grabs for winners of the challenge, as well as anyone who blogs about why they want to be an engineer. In addition, Newark is donating Tenma soldering stations and DuraTool soldering wire for use in classrooms at IIT.