Premier Farnell
Premier Farnell was formed in 1996 with the takeover of Premier Industrial Corporation of the USA by Farnell Electronics plc.
Premier Farnell plc (LSE:pfl) is a leading high service, multi-channel distributor of electronic, maintenance, repair and operation products and specialist services throughout Europe, the Americas and Asia Pacific. It goes to market with a differentiated value proposition, world-class marketing, a stocked range of 400,000+ products, and access to 4,000,000 more items from 3,000 top manufacturers. The company has group sales of £823.1m and 4470 employees globally.
While global in scope, Premier Farnell recognizes the individual needs of each market and has continued to internationalize its model accordingly, trading locally under different brand names. Its primary electronics businesses trade as Farnell in the UK, Europe, Australia and New Zealand, Newark in the US, Canada and Mexico, and Premier Electronics in China. In Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong and Brazil the operation is known as Farnell Newark. For more information visit the website
Live Edge
Premier Farnell are sponsors of Live Edge - Electronic Design for the Global Environment. This is the first international competition of its kind to offer the support of expert legal, design and marketing consultants as part of its prize. The objective is to drive the winning design from concept towards production.
This innovative support package includes the use of an electronics design consultancy to develop the design toward prototype/production stage, legal assistance with Intellectual Property (IP) registration, patents and contracts, and professional public relations and marketing resources. All IP rights are retained by the winner, who will be invited to serve on next year’s live edge judging panel, with industry leaders and technical experts from around the world.
Along with the support package, a US$50,000 cash prize will be awarded, for a total value of US$100,000. Five other designs are also eligible for live edge Honorable Mentions and US$5,000 cash prizes.
Your environmentally-friendly design can win:-
- Valuable support from experts to move your design toward production - Intellectual property (IP) rights retained by you - Innovative cash and support prize valued at US$100,000
To enter the competition simply complete the registration form on the dedicated Live Edge website before 31st October 2007.
A video about Live Edge can also be viewed on YouTube