BWI: ‘element14 Features’ Showcases Lighting Solutions for Asia Pacific

Press release from Business Wire India
Source: element14
Monday, February 27, 2012 10:00 AM IST (04:30 AM GMT)
Editors: General: Consumer interest, People; Business: Advertising, PR & marketing, Business services, Electronic appliances & components, Information technology; Technology
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'element14 Features' Showcases Lighting Solutions for Asia Pacific
Lighting solutions on 'element14 Features' will illuminate LED engineers' innovation challenges

Bangalore, Karnataka, India, Monday, February 27, 2012 -- (Business Wire India) -- element14 (formerly Farnell), the first electronic component distributor that fuses commerce and community, today announced that the newest instalment of 'element14 Features' showcases lighting solutions such as high bay LED lighting, solar powered LED lighting and MR16 LED lamps, among others, from over 115 brands from industry leading LED suppliers such as Avago Technologies, CML Innovative Technologies, Cree, Kingbright and Lumex, driver ICs suppliers such as Diodes Incorporated, Linear Technology, ON Semiconductor and Texas Instruments, and LED power supply specialists such as, Recom, TDK Lambda and XP Power.

As the next generation of lighting source, high power LEDs are environment friendly and boasts of a long life, reducing the cost of maintenance. To address challenges in meeting efficiency and reliability goals in LED lighting designs, engineers can now benefit from element14's comprehensive product portfolio of LED drivers and power management devices to control the power stage, regulate LED currents, while eliminating the need for multiple components and ensure they keep their designs affordable.

"The LED lighting market is growing tremendously at an annual growth rate of over 30% till 2016," says William Chong, Regional Director of Supplier Marketing, element14, Asia Pacific. "To support the increase in adoption rate of LED technology, element14 is dedicated to providing our more than 50,000 LED lighting customers with the best-in-class products from world-leading suppliers, and featuring solutions and design resources to aid them in incorporating these energy saving technologies into their designs."

High performance components from 'element14 Features'
Engineers can access a comprehensive range of design resources and find a broad spectrum of products from leading brands via the newest instalment of 'element14 Features'.

Complemented by application notes, training materials and design tools, 'element14 Features' is a site where engineers can access all the information that is required for their lighting designs. Engineers can easily submit their question to the element14 lighting experts through 'element14 Features'.

Product line cards which are available on the site give an overview of the different solutions that are available from each supplier. Customers can be assured that these genuine components will deliver the highest standard of quality, performance and reliability.

Among the solutions, its high-bay luminaires deliver energy efficiencies, better illumination and the ability to integrate with building control systems. Exclusively available on element14, the Kit Cree XM-L Lighting includes parts for light source, power supply, optics and thermal for plug-and-play evaluation, facilitating customers' lighting design solutions.

MR16 LED lamps are power efficient, environment friendly, safe, long-lasting, shock resistant and it is gaining widespread popularity for commercial and decorative lighting and other applications. Engineers seeking to optimise their lighting designs by fitting more lumens into a small design package can now do so with Cree XLamp MT-G LED. Delivering 600 lumens, this component is suitable for high-output, small-form-factor, directional-lighting applications such as MR16 fixture.

Power management is constantly one of the challenges engineers face. Recom's RACT20 series of AC/DC-drivers can be dimmed linearly down to 0% without flickering, and is suitable for indoor LED lighting systems.


For more information about 'element14 Features', please visit http://in.element14.com/features .

About element14

element14 is a high-service distributor of technology products and solutions for electronic system design, maintenance and repair. Bringing together the latest products, services, and development software, all connected to an innovative online engineering community where purchasers and engineers can access peers and experts, a wide range of independent technical information and helpful tools. Whether researching a new technology, designing an electronic product, or looking for parts to repair an existing system, element14 is the trusted global source to find the answers and parts you need to keep your project on the fast track, right from the start.

element14 is the operating business of Premier Farnell plc (LSE:pfl) in Asia Pacific.

For more information visit the website:

Australia: au.element14.com
China: cn.element14.com
Korea: kr.element14.com
Hong Kong: hk.element14.com
India: in.element14.com
Malaysia: my.element14.com
New Zealand: nz.element14.com
Philippines: ph.element14.com
Singapore: sg.element14.com
Taiwan: tw.element14.com
Thailand: th.element14.com

About Premier Farnell

Premier Farnell plc (LSE:pfl) is a global leader in high service distribution of technology products and solutions for electronic system design, maintenance and repair. Its differentiated proposition includes 29 local language transactional websites, and the critically important element14 Community for design engineers - an industry first ( www.element14.com). With sales last year of £990.8m and underlying profits of £93.3m the Group distributes its comprehensive portfolio of products and services throughout Europe, North America and Asia Pacific, supported by a global supply chain of over 3,500 suppliers and an inventory profile developed to anticipate and meet its customers' needs.

While global in scope, Premier Farnell recognises the individual needs of each market and has continued to internationalise its model accordingly. It trades locally as Farnell in Europe, Newark/element14 in North America and Farnell Newark in Brazil. Across Asia Pacific the business trades as element14.

Key facts

-- Operations in 35 different countries
-- 4,100 employees
-- Over 2 million customer contacts in 156 industries
-- Over 3,500 leading suppliers
-- Over 400,000 products stocked with access to over four million more on demand
-- Global leader in legislation RoHS, WEEE, REACH

For more information visit the website at Premier Farnell.

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CONTACT DETAILS
Christina Loh,Communications, element14 Asia Pacific, +65 6671 8769 /6671 8759, cloh@element14.com
Lim Choon Hong, Text100 Public Relations Singapore, +65 6603 9000, element14@text100.com.sg

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