Industry-leading functionality enables electronics users to customize the Newark/element14 catalog to their own preferences

CHICAGO, NOVEMBER 29, 2011 Leading multi-channel electronics distributor Newark/element14, a business of Premier Farnell, announces the release of its new 2012 Catalog. The catalog offers 150,000+ best-in-class and new technology electronic products from 500+ top suppliers, supporting the widest range of solutions for board-level, bench and industrial applications. It is available at no charge in a new customizable online catalog format, a version enabled for iPads and a print edition at http://www.newark.com/ecats

The innovative online catalog is part of an ongoing series of enhancements that Newark is making as it transforms to become a global source for end-to-end engineering solutions under the element14 brand name. The online catalog offers daily pricing and availability updates and users can easily browse or search by product category, sub-category or manufacturer and can choose either a single or two-page view. Most uniquely, it offers users the ability to create their own catalog, by simply entering the desired page numbers or page ranges. Users can also opt to bookmark, email or print a page or spread.

“We’re really pleased to be the first electronics distributor to offer a customizable online catalog,” comments Quintin Komaromy, Senior Vice President, Marketing, Newark/element14. “Engineers still value a print catalog, and we will continue to support their needs by providing them with the best choices in the industry.”

More than 30,000 products are new to the 2012 catalog, including technology solutions to support:

• the booming LED market (optos, LEDs, arrays, heat sinks, accessories)
  
• open source hardware/software trend (Arduino)
  
• software solutions for embedded design (Micrium)
  
• PC board layout and design (Ultra Librarian)
  
• eco-friendly trend (Alpha Wire and TechSpray)
  
• medical applications (power supplies from Emerson Network Power)
  
• testing (scope meters and thermal imagers from Fluke)
  

In addition, new products are added daily and showcased at www.newark.com/new  The full offering of 4.4 million electronics products can be found at www.newark.com