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Newark expands electronics components kitting facility

Economic downturn increases manufacturers' needs for turnkey assembly and engineering kits

CHICAGO – MARCH 27, 2013 With reduced staffing and increased time to market pressures, manufacturers of all sizes are recognizing the value of using one turnkey distributor to source, purchase, receive, kit, stock and ship electronics components to order. This trend precipitated the need for leading electronics distributor Newark to recently double the size of its custom kitting facility in Plano, Texas.

Newark is a high-service distributor of technology products and solutions for electronic system design, maintenance and repair including an extensive range of development kits, capacitors, resistors, connectors, switches, relays, semiconductors and cables.

Kits for design, production, field repair and maintenance are among the most common types that Newark customizes for their customers. OEM design, test, prototype, University and lab kits are among its biggest customers.

The distributor's services include a wide range of fabricated and fully assembled printed circuit boards. Labels and packaging for kits can be customized as well, and Newark can hold stock and ship to a customer's schedule.

"We are the only electronics component distributor to offer these services, or as one design engineer manager put it, ‘to be able to take away my procurement nightmares', commented Neil Davies, General Manager, Newark. "Kits which comprise a high mix of a small number of components are the most time consuming for our customers to handle themselves, but it's one of our strengths, and we can typically turn around a custom kit in 24 to 72 hours."

Newark representatives can provide further details about customized kitting at 1.800.263.9275 plus a full range of value added services including custom panel meters and cable assemblies.