Printable Electronics Symposium - starts today!

The Canadian Printable Electronics Industry Association have got over 50 members signed up just in time for the 2015 Symposium. The Canadian Printed Electronics is the single largest event of its kind in Canada. It is completely devoted to printable electronics and will be a great place to learn about the industry, plus developments and applications for the technology.

All points of the supply chain from developers to consumer product manufacturers will be there including Canadian companies and global companies. It is a huge event for Canada and will be great to get a large selection of electronics companies together. For more information about the event, visit the CPEIA website 

Whether you are looking into 3D printing for your own products and need components or just need electronic components for any other project, Atlantis Electronics can help you out. Use our Fast Component Search to see what we have in stock for you.

How can pizza help combat counterfeit components?

Each April the pizza restaurant Pizza Pizza holds a 'Slices for Device' campaign across Canada at over 400 locations. Customers are encouraged to trade in unwanted or outdated electronic devices in return for a free slice of pizza. So far, so good. You get rid of some clutter, the environment is helped and you get a slice of delicious pizza- but the impact of this marketing campaign goes much further.

Pizza Pizza are focusing on the environmental impact of the campaign but they are also helping, perhaps inadvertently, to stop the supply of counterfeit components:

Counterfeits come from consumer electronics being dumped in landfill sites and then smuggled to China. Goods are broken apart to get to the components which are then heated to remove the solder and free the parts. The components are then washed, often in rivers or using collected rainwater then treated in a process known as 'blacktopping' to make them look genuine. They are then sold back into the supply chain.

We all know how bad counterfeit parts are for our industry. They are dangerous and even life threatening. By ensuring electronic goods are recycled rather than dumped in landfill, Pizza Pizza are thwarting the flow of goods to China, helping to stop counterfeits and giving the environment a helping hand.

Three cheers to Pizza Pizza for making a positive impact in the world – and for making awesome pizzas!!

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Great start to 2015 for semiconductor industry

Global semiconductor sales are increasingly positive with overall sales totaling $28.5 billion! This is an increase of 8.7% from January 2014 which is great news indeed! The totals for January 2015 is the industry's highest ever January total. Doing particularly well are the Americas which have increased by 16.4% compared to this time last year.

The figures come from the Semiconductor Industry Association and their CEO John Neuffer was very pleased with the results: "After a record-setting 2014, the global semiconductor industry is off to a promising start to 2015, posting its highest-ever January sales led by impressive growth in the Americas market."

After such a great year in 2014 it seems like 2015 may well be shaping up to be just as positive! Keep up to date with all the industry news by subscribing to our blog, liking us on Facebook or connecting on LinkedIn

Great results from our latest Service Evaluation!

We are so proud of our latest service evaluation results and would like to say a huge thank you to every one of our customers that took part.

I wanted to share some of the results with you today and let you know that we use these results to continually improve our services and ensure you get the best service every time.

Here are some of the main findings we wanted to share with you:

• Rated as Excellent or very Good by all participants for communicating effectively and regularly
• 75% of respondents class Atlantis as their trusted independent electronic component distributor
• 64% of participants rated our overall service as Excellent, with the remaining 36% rating it as Good
• Answering inquiries and sourcing requirements was rated as Excellent or very Good by 100% of participants
  

These are some amazing results and we are really happy that our customers trust us and find our service to be so good. We value every one of our customers and are always here for your component sourcing.

Remember that you can also use our instant components search tool to check our stock availability and also send us any requirements.

Click to view the 7 great reasons to choose Atlantis and if you have any feedback or comments regarding our recent Service Evaluation then please let me know!

Atlantis Electronics Launches NEW Website!

I am delighted to inform you that our new website is now live, click here to take a look! We have chosen to give our website a revamp to coincide with our 10 year anniversary.

Here are just a few examples of the features you can find on our website:

• Fast Component Search
• Company Literature Via The Downloads Section
• Comprehensive Information Regarding Our Services
• And Much More... 

We hope that you enjoy using our new website and that you can find all the information that you require. Your feedback is highly valuable to us, so please let us know your thoughts.

10th Anniversary iPad Prize Draw...

We recently ran a free prize draw to win the latest iPad Mini, to help celebrate our 10 year anniversary. Every requirement that we received within the month of March was entered into the draw.

We have now selected the lucky winner, who is a leading manufacturer of electrical equipment, located in Mexico. The recipient has now received their prize and has expressed their gratitude to Atlantis Electronics.

Atlantis Electronics Easter Opening Times

The Atlantis Electronics office will be closed for the Easter holiday on Friday April 18th 2014. We will be open as usual on Monday April 23rd at 08:30 for all your electronic component requirements.

If you have any enquiries on your desk, send them over and we will work on them straight away before the Easter break.

Remember that you can also use our instant components search tool to check our stock availability and also send us your requirements.

MMI Announces the Top 50 EMS Companies of 2013

The Manufacturing Market Insider (MMI) has again announced their list of the top 50 EMS providers for 2013.

MMI is a publication dedicated to the contract manufacturing sector that shares reports, market analysis and trend spotting. Each year MMI complies a list of the world's largest EMS providers who are ranked based on their 2013 sales in U.S. dollars.

This year's list has seen one big change with Pegatron, who didn't even make it into last year's top 10 list, jumping up to the number two position. The remainder of the top 10 companies have all stayed relatively stable, with only Plexus being knocked out of it's top ten position this year. 

To read the top 50 list in full, please visit the MMI website.

In 2013, the top 50 sales reached a new high of $254.3 billion which was a growth of 1.9%, evidencing that the industry is still on the up.