Newark Taps Paul Buckley for Key Product & Supplier Role
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New appointment central to distributor's focus on design engineers
CHICAGO, Aug. 2 / -- Newark, a business of global Premier Farnell plc and a leading distributor of electronic components in the Americas, announced today that Paul Buckley has joined its executive team as Senior Vice President, Product and Regional Supplier Management, effective July 31, 2007. This is a new position that reports to DeWight Wallace, President, Newark.
Mr. Buckley joins Newark with over 20 years of experience in the electronics industry, serving in key positions at National Semiconductor and most recently, as Senior Vice President, Supplier Services Group, at Arrow Electronics.
"This appointment is one of a number of important investments we are making at this time as Newark focuses on targeting electronic design engineers, while continuing to serve our industrial maintenance customers," said DeWight Wallace. "Paul's impressive experience and skills will help us to build a world-class product line card with the latest technologies."
About Newark
Newark is a leading multi-channel distributor of electronic components and test equipment in the Americas, and a business of global UK-based Premier Farnell, one of the largest distributors in the world. Newark is known for offering the broadest selection of electronics from 440+ top manufacturers required by design engineer and maintenance professionals.
To meet its customers' diverse needs, Newark stocks everything from the latest design-in technologies to popular replacement parts, and continually expands its supplier portfolio to offer a true one-stop shopping experience. In-stock products ship the same day, and are available for next day delivery.
With multiple sales channels, customers do business with Newark through contact centers, a local branch network in the US, Canada and Mexico, a dedicated field sales force and a world-class website at http://www.newark.com/.
Source: Newark
CONTACT:Janice Fleisher of Newark, +1-773-907-5941, jfleisher@newark.com
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