Attention High-Rel buyers

July 28, 2009 - PRLog -- Specialist UK component distributor, Advanced Power Components (APC), has signed a distribution agreement with AVX to supply its high reliability capacitors, including tantalum and ceramic devices suitable for the military, aerospace, space and medical markets. The products will be available through the APC Hi-Rel unit.
Devices will include: MIL-55365, CECC, COTS and ESCC tantalum components, MIL-39014, MIL-55681, MIL-49470, ESCC ceramic devices and a range of RF and microwave, glass and ceramic custom devices and filters. The company also has custom screening and test service capabilities.

AVX European director for hi-rel products, Lee Thompson, said: “Adding APC to our list of franchised distributors in the UK demonstrates our commitment to all high reliability markets. APC's specialist design and distribution business, APC Hi-Rel, has the technical expertise, market knowledge, personnel and experience to focus on this key product area within our portfolio.”

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APC (Advanced Power Components plc) are one of the UK’s foremost independent distributors of specialist electronic components.

For more than 25 years we have worked with a wide variety of defence, aerospace, transportation, medical and industrial OEM’s and CEM’s who typically appreciate the high level of technical ‘design-in’ support we offer. Similarly we have many long standing supplier relationships with manufacturers who put significant value on the fact that we develop a deep understanding of their products to enable us to offer excellent technical support, resulting in our involvement in a constant flow of new projects.

We have a number of independent ‘brands’ within the APC group, each of which focuses on specific technologies and / or specific markets. Our business is selling specialist components based on solid relationships with our suppliers, great technical support and excellent customer service.