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Exiger, a company specialising in AI-driven supply chain management, has secured a multi-million-dollar contract with U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to enhance the detection of illicit transshipment across global supply chains. Illicit transshipment – the manipulation of supply chains to conceal a product’s actual country of origin – is often used to circumvent tariffs,
Waldom Electronics EMEA has become a member of the Electronic Components Supply Network (ecsn), reinforcing its commitment to collaboration and best practices across the authorised distribution channel. As part of this strengthened partnership, Dave Beck, Strategic Partnership Director for EMEA at Waldom Electronics, has been appointed to the Leadership Group steering committee of ecsn. Before
Procurement Pro takes a look at the top news stories from October 2025. China targets Qualcomm and US Ships According to a Bloomberg report, China has introduced new port fees on US‑owned and US‑built vessels, alongside an antitrust investigation into Qualcomm, amid escalating tensions ahead of a planned meeting between Presidents Xi Jinping and Donald Trump.
Solsta has announced an exclusive distribution partnership with Wain Electrical, a manufacturer of standard and custom industrial connector solutions. The exclusive deal covers the UK and Ireland and will enable Solsta to fulfil a more complete range of customer connectivity needs. Wain industrial connectors are designed to meet the needs of applications ranging from PCB
DigiKey is proud to announce that Dave Doherty, CEO for DigiKey, has received the inaugural Spirit of Excellence Leadership Award from industry organisation WE United. The award recognises Doherty’s long-standing commitment to developing talent across not only DigiKey but the electronics industry as a whole. “It was an absolute pleasure and honour to present the
Arrow Electronics revenues grew 13% year over year to $7.71 billion in Q3. Across the first nine months of its financial year revenues grew 8% to $22.1 billion. Global component sales advanced 12% year on year to $5.55 billion and 3% in the financial year so far to $15.61 billion. Americas components third-quarter sales increased
EMASS, a Nanoveu subsidiary with next-generation semiconductor technology; and Arrow Electronics have announced a collaboration to propel the deployment of EMASS’ ECS-DoT SoC, designed for ultra-low-power Edge AI solutions across drones, wearables, Industrial IoT, and smart sensing devices. The collaboration combines Arrow’s global engineering reach, design-for-manufacture expertise, distribution, and supply-chain services with EMASS’s milliwatt-class, on-device
Farnell has announced that it has been named by Panasonic Industry Europe as the ‘High Service Distributor of the Year 2025’. The award was presented at the Panasonic Distribution Conference 2025 in Seefeld, Austria, and is given in recognition of Farnell’s commitment to delivering innovation, service excellence, and customer success across EMEA and beyond. “On
DigiKey has expanded its in-stock products available for same-day shipment by adding more than 31,000 products in the third quarter of 2025. In total, over 585,000 new products were added to the DigiKey system, along with 87 new suppliers across its core business, Marketplace and Fulfilled by DigiKey programmes. This recent inventory expansion brings DigiKey’s
Avnet has made a fast start to its new financial year reporting Q1 revenues of $5.9 billion, up 3.3% year on year and 5.5% sequentially, propelled by strong performances by Farnell and in the Asia region. “In the first quarter, our sales and earnings exceeded our expectations, led by double-digit year-over-year sales growth in Farnell