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View all Press contactsPremier Farnell announces global franchise agreement with LedEngin, Inc.
13.11.2008
From Left to Right, Michael Heise, VP of
World Wide Sales, LedEngin and Jamie
Furness, Global Technology Development
Manager of Farnell
Global agreement provides design engineers access to the latest solid-state lighting technology for ultra-bright LEDs capable of emitting 1,000+ lumens
13 November 2008, London - Premier Farnell plc (LSE:pfl), the leading multi-channel, high service distributor supporting millions of engineers and purchasing professionals globally, has signed a new global franchise agreement with LedEngin, Inc. LedEngin is a technology leader in the solid-state lighting industry specializing in high power LEDs. They develop and manufacture ultra-bright LEDs capable of emitting 1,000+ lumens, delivering extreme flux density and industry leading reliability. This agreement will see Premier Farnell stocking LEDEngin's lighting products ranging from 3 to 15 Watts in Cool White, Neutral White, Warm White, direct colours, RGB, RGBA, UV, Dental Blue and horticulture colours for its extensive electronic design engineer customer base. LedEngin also provides modular solutions and application support on optics, drivers and thermal management to simplify design integration and accelerate time to market.
Premier Farnell will stock several product lines from LedEngin, providing a leading range of solid-state LED lighting solutions and distribute them through Premier Farnell's global network of companies - Newark in the Americas, Farnell in Europe, Australia, New Zealand and India, Premier Electronics in China, Hong Kong and Taiwan, and Farnell-Newark in ASEAN and Brazil.
Premier Farnell continues to invest in and drive its own technical support programmes to ensure that electronic design engineers around the world receive the support, information and data on the latest technologies and products as quickly and effectively as possible. The new global agreement will provide designers immediate web access to data and support, as well as reduced delivery lead times.
"This new global franchise agreement with LedEngin, Inc will strengthen our solid-state lighting product offering for our world-wide design engineering customer base," said Marianne Culver, Head of Global Supplier Management, at Premier Farnell. "We are delighted to be working with a company that has a variety of LED technology that will provide innovative lighting solutions for our customer base.
"The cooperation with Premier Farnell on a global basis will now allow us to deliver our extraordinary product portfolio to engineers and lighting designers in most markets of the world within a very short lead time, said David Tahmassebi, CEO of LedEngin. "The accessibility of our unique high tech product portfolio through Premier Farnell's vast global network will be very beneficial for us and most importantly our customers."
About Premier Farnell
Premier Farnell plc (LSE:pfl) is a leading high service, multi-channel distributor of electronic, and industrial products and specialist services throughout Europe, the Americas and Asia Pacific. It goes to market with a differentiated value proposition, world-class marketing, a stocked range of 450,000+ products, and access to 4,000,000 more items from 3,500 top manufacturers. The company has group sales of £823.1m and over 4,100 employees globally.
While global in scope, Premier Farnell recognizes the individual needs of each market and has continued to internationalize its model accordingly, trading locally under different brand names. Its primary electronics businesses trade as Farnell in the UK, India, Europe, Australia and New Zealand, Newark in the US, Canada and Mexico, and Premier Electronics in China. In Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong and Brazil the operation is known as Farnell Newark.
Premier Farnell has participated in the Business in the Community CR Index for three years and has been one of the 'biggest improvers' in the index in the last two years. The company is also a member of the FTSE4Good Index of Corporate and Social Responsibility and has published its own Corporate Social Responsibility report since 2002.
For more information visit the website at www.premierfarnell.com
Contact Details:
Jenny Peters
Head of Corporate Communication
Premier Farnell plc, and Asia
Tel: +44 (0) 207 851 4102
Email: jpeters@premierfarnell.com
Web: www.premierfarnell.com
Jonathan Roberts
Account Director
Pinnacle Marketing Communications Ltd,
Tel: +44 (0) 208 429 6540
Email: jonathan@pinnaclemarcom.com
Web: www.pinnaclemarcom.com
Janice Fleisher
PR & Communications Manager
Newark
The Americas
Tel: +001 (1) 773 907 5941
Email: jfleisher@newark.com
Michael Heise
VP of World Wide Sales
LedEngin, inc.
Santa Clara
Tel: +001 (1) 514 694 9365
Email: michael.heise@ledengin.com
13 November 2008, London - Premier Farnell plc (LSE:pfl), the leading multi-channel, high service distributor supporting millions of engineers and purchasing professionals globally, has signed a new global franchise agreement with LedEngin, Inc. LedEngin is a technology leader in the solid-state lighting industry specializing in high power LEDs. They develop and manufacture ultra-bright LEDs capable of emitting 1,000+ lumens, delivering extreme flux density and industry leading reliability. This agreement will see Premier Farnell stocking LEDEngin's lighting products ranging from 3 to 15 Watts in Cool White, Neutral White, Warm White, direct colours, RGB, RGBA, UV, Dental Blue and horticulture colours for its extensive electronic design engineer customer base. LedEngin also provides modular solutions and application support on optics, drivers and thermal management to simplify design integration and accelerate time to market.
Premier Farnell will stock several product lines from LedEngin, providing a leading range of solid-state LED lighting solutions and distribute them through Premier Farnell's global network of companies - Newark in the Americas, Farnell in Europe, Australia, New Zealand and India, Premier Electronics in China, Hong Kong and Taiwan, and Farnell-Newark in ASEAN and Brazil.
Premier Farnell continues to invest in and drive its own technical support programmes to ensure that electronic design engineers around the world receive the support, information and data on the latest technologies and products as quickly and effectively as possible. The new global agreement will provide designers immediate web access to data and support, as well as reduced delivery lead times.
"This new global franchise agreement with LedEngin, Inc will strengthen our solid-state lighting product offering for our world-wide design engineering customer base," said Marianne Culver, Head of Global Supplier Management, at Premier Farnell. "We are delighted to be working with a company that has a variety of LED technology that will provide innovative lighting solutions for our customer base.
"The cooperation with Premier Farnell on a global basis will now allow us to deliver our extraordinary product portfolio to engineers and lighting designers in most markets of the world within a very short lead time, said David Tahmassebi, CEO of LedEngin. "The accessibility of our unique high tech product portfolio through Premier Farnell's vast global network will be very beneficial for us and most importantly our customers."
About Premier Farnell
Premier Farnell plc (LSE:pfl) is a leading high service, multi-channel distributor of electronic, and industrial products and specialist services throughout Europe, the Americas and Asia Pacific. It goes to market with a differentiated value proposition, world-class marketing, a stocked range of 450,000+ products, and access to 4,000,000 more items from 3,500 top manufacturers. The company has group sales of £823.1m and over 4,100 employees globally.
While global in scope, Premier Farnell recognizes the individual needs of each market and has continued to internationalize its model accordingly, trading locally under different brand names. Its primary electronics businesses trade as Farnell in the UK, India, Europe, Australia and New Zealand, Newark in the US, Canada and Mexico, and Premier Electronics in China. In Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong and Brazil the operation is known as Farnell Newark.
Premier Farnell has participated in the Business in the Community CR Index for three years and has been one of the 'biggest improvers' in the index in the last two years. The company is also a member of the FTSE4Good Index of Corporate and Social Responsibility and has published its own Corporate Social Responsibility report since 2002.
For more information visit the website at www.premierfarnell.com
Contact Details:
Jenny Peters
Head of Corporate Communication
Premier Farnell plc, and Asia
Tel: +44 (0) 207 851 4102
Email: jpeters@premierfarnell.com
Web: www.premierfarnell.com
Jonathan Roberts
Account Director
Pinnacle Marketing Communications Ltd,
Tel: +44 (0) 208 429 6540
Email: jonathan@pinnaclemarcom.com
Web: www.pinnaclemarcom.com
Janice Fleisher
PR & Communications Manager
Newark
The Americas
Tel: +001 (1) 773 907 5941
Email: jfleisher@newark.com
Michael Heise
VP of World Wide Sales
LedEngin, inc.
Santa Clara
Tel: +001 (1) 514 694 9365
Email: michael.heise@ledengin.com