Farnell signs E

Farnell, has signed a new distribution agreement with E-Switch enabling customers in EMEA and APAC to buy the complete product range from a single source.

E-Switch's portfolio includes tactile, rocker, pushbutton, anti-vandal, capacitive, detector, dip, keylock, navigation, rotary, rotary DIP, slide, snap action, tilt, toggle and trigger switches.

This addition of E-Switch products to Farnell's electromechanical component portfolio offers customers ready access to several thousand switch options for use in a wide spectrum of applications, such as industrial, consumer electronics, household and commercial appliances, medical and healthcare, telecom/servers and transportation related.

For example, customers will be able to access dashboard switches for agricultural, off-road vehicles, marine and watercraft applications as well as commercial vehicle fleet tracking and monitoring.

Many of E-Switch's switches can be customised to meet specific requirements, and the total number of product types available to designers typically expands at a rate of some nine to twelve new switches each year.

. "E-Switch is focused on expanding our vast product portfolio and need Farnell's sales and marketing expertise to fully engage with design engineers and purchasing teams to support our customers," says E-Switch CEO Curt Bakken.