Distributor Lane Electronics has appointed Phil McDavitt to the new role of Strategic Business Manager RF and Fibre-Optic connector products.
Industry veteran McDavitt brings a wealth of technical and commercial knowledge across a number of high-quality, high-performance RF and Fibre-Optic product groups gained through previous employment with leading manufacturers such as TE, Radiall and Transradio.
He also has a comprehensive knowledge and applications experience of more conventional connector products from manufacturers including Harwin, JAE and most recently, Nicomatic.
Nick Wheeler, Sales Director of Lane Electronics, says “Phil will be primarily focussed on strategically developing our combined RF and Fibre-Optic business, becoming the Lane Electronics technical and commercial ‘champion’ and business leader of our RF and Optical business and associated product groups. He will be working with and alongside me in identifying and driving new business independently and through our existing BDM/team activity, across all market sectors.”
Lane Electronics has been supplying connectivity solutions for over 50 years. The company’s RF and Fibre-Optic connector and cable assemblies are widely used in defence and security applications.
Backed by a strong commitment to quality, reliability and traceability procedures Lane Electronics also hold a significant number of key approvals. Next day delivery is available on more than 90% of standard products while, for non-standard products, rapid in-house development, assembly and testing of specialist military, industrial and motorsport circular connectors is available lead times which are generally much quicker than those offered by other connector suppliers.
Lane Electronics is a franchised distributor for many of the industry’s leading electrical and electronic connector manufacturers including EATON Souriau, CINCH Fibreco, HUBER+SUHNER, HellermannTyton, Positronic, Nicomatic and LEMO.
Nick Wheeler (left) welcomes Phil McDavitt to Lane Electronics’ Slinfold Lodge, West Sussex headquarters.