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ATLANTA — February 1, 2012 — World Micro, a global distributor of electronic components serving the electronics, commercial, military, medical, and aerospace markets, announced today that it has signed a franchise distribution agreement with ZEUS Battery Products, of Bloomingdale, IL. The agreement gives World Micro the ability to promote, distribute, and market key battery products throughout the United States, Canada, and from its Penang, Malaysia facility, to customers throughout the region and Southeast Asia. The newly added franchise line includes custom battery packs for a wide range of applications, including emergency lighting, security systems, handheld electronics, and portable medical equipment. more
ATLANTA — January 17, 2012 — World Micro, Inc., announced today that it has purchased and installed additional specialized equipment to test electronic components headed for commercial and military applications. World Micro already has a world-class quality lab fitted with state-of-the-art equipment capable of performing X-Ray, X-RF analysis, and component solderability testing to identify parts suspected of being counterfeit or simply out-of-spec. more
ATLANTA — November 8, 2011 — World Micro, a global distributor of electronic components serving the electronics, commercial, military, medical, and aerospace markets, announced today that Dato’ Siew Hai Wong, a distinguished figure in Malaysian civic, government and commercial activities for nearly three decades, has accepted a seat on the board of directors for World Micro’s Asian hub opened earlier this year in Penang. more
ATLANTA — November 3, 2011 — World Micro, a global distributor of electronic components serving the electronics, commercial, military, medical, and aerospace markets, announced today that it has been featured in an in-depth look at the ongoing threat of counterfeit military electronic parts, in an investigative news report by WSB-TV’s Jim Strickland. The two-part video aired Tuesday as part of the station’s evening news and can be viewed on the WSBTV.com website at http://www.wsbtv.com/news/news/local/flood‐fake‐
microchips‐
threaten‐georgia‐troops/nFSPD/ along with the accompanying story. The report describes how counterfeit parts had found their way into flight equipment at a Georgia military base, and unravels many aspects of a complex and possibly life endangering global supply chain issue. more
ATLANTA — October 24, 2011 — World Micro announced today that it has signed a distribution agreement with Sullins Connector Solutions, a world leader in the design and manufacture of connectors and interconnect systems, located in San Marcos, CA. The agreement gives World Micro the ability to promote, distribute, and market key Sullins product lines throughout the United States and Canada.
The product lines include conventional, lead-free and RoHS-compliant edge cards, headers, bi-level and PCIe connectors, Micro Plastics products, and interconnect systems along with parts engineered for high-temperature applications. World Micro will continue to focus on offering customer service and engineering support to design engineers and purchasing professionals. more
ATLANTA — October 20, 2011 — World Micro announced today that it will be exhibiting at the Surface Mount Technology Association’s (SMTA) fourth annual Penang, Malaysia Vendor Show, held October 28, 2011 in the city’s Eastin Hotel. World Micro’s vice president of global quality, Art Ogg, will be a featured speaker, presenting “The Value of the IDEA-STD-1010 Inspection Standard for Verifying Electronic Components. Ogg’s presentation will be a free seminar for registered attendees and will provide an overview of the need to verify components to be counterfeit free and without substandard manufacturing defects. This is possible through implementation of the industry accepted IDEA inspection process. In addition, the seminar will address the need to train Malaysian electronics companies on this new standard and how World Micro’s ongoing education and training will continue to contribute to southeast Asia’s reputation as a safe haven for counterfeit free electronics, aerospace and medical products. ...more
ATLANTA — September 21, 2011 — Georgia-based electronic components distributor, World Micro, Inc., announced today that Mike Quarles has joined the company in the new position of applications engineer. With this added expertise in- house, World Micro is now able to add value in product recommendations, crosses and vendor relationships and provide customers with assistance in resolving component-related engineering issues. Many customers want more than just strong distribution and World Micro’s ability to add engineering services complements the company’s overall value proposition. More...
ATLANTA — August 18, 2011 — In a move to provide its customers with more protection from the growing threat of counterfeit and substandard electronic parts, World Micro, a global distributor of electronic components serving the medical electronics, commercial, military, and aerospace markets, has recently added XRF and high-volume X-ray to its in-house quality assurance capabilities. Its new technology investment takes World Micro’s quality assurance to an impressively higher standard, making it possible to perform a deeper and more comprehensive analysis of components and conduct X-ray inspection of 100 percent of components on large reels. More...
ATLANTA, GA – July 25, 2011: World Micro, Inc., a global supplier of electronic components, announced today that it has completed the installation of its newly acquired MUST III wetting balance solderability test system. Built by U.K. based GEN3 Systems, Ltd., the balance tester was purchased from and installed by Ascentech LLC, the developer’s North American distributor. The tester is a purpose designed system that enables fast and accurate solderability testing of surface mounted components, through-hole components, solder pads, and PCB plated-through holes.
Unlike subjective “dip and look” systems in use by many test houses today, this system uses advanced technologies to test components against the wetting balance process, which results in concise objective evidence and increased security that parts will solder according to the customer’s requirements. Rather than outsourcing, the system now allows World Micro to perform parts testing in-house and thereby reduce test turn-around time from 4 days to about 20 minutes. With the added capacity to provide detailed electronic copies of test reports, customers will realize all around faster and better service and cost savings. More...
ATLANTA, GA – July 11, 2011: World Micro, Inc., a global supplier of electronic components, announced today that the company’s newly opened distribution hub in Penang, Malaysia, has been audited and awarded its ANSI/ESD-S20.20 ESD certification for having in place appropriate procedures and controls to deal with electrostatic discharge. The certification completes all requirements for World Micro’s Malaysia facility to officially and confidently enter the distribution supply chain and begin to deliver products and services of the highest quality to its customers throughout Asia. More...
ATLANTA, GA/PENANG, MY – June 28, 2011: Electronics distributor World Micro, Inc., has sealed an agreement with the Northern Corridor Implementation Authority (NCIA), the statutory body responsible for the development of the Northern Corridor Economic Region of Malaysia (“Koridor Utara”, or NCER) to formalize the opening of its Asian distribution hub in Penang, Malaysia. Besides three World Micro executives, including World Micro CEO, Dan Ellsworth, and the company’s Vice President of Global Quality, Art Ogg, an official signing event held Saturday, June 25 in Los Angeles, was attended by twelve senior delegates representing NCIA, the US-ASEAN Business Council, IDEA, the Independent Distributors Of Electronics Association, and MIDA, the Malaysian Industrial Development Authority. World Micro’s Asian presence is expected to improve Malaysia’s ability to rid the global supply chain of counterfeit electronic parts through various training programs, provide excess inventory disposition programs to local and regional businesses and help support the economic growth within the region. Through the agreement, NCER is set to host World Micro’s first overseas base in Malaysia. More...
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ATLANTA, GA – June 20, 2011: World Micro, Inc., announced today that it will be exhibiting at two key electronics industry expos sponsored by the Surface Mount Technology Association (SMTA) this month. World Micro’s director of quality, Gary Beckstedt, will present his paper, Supply Chain Management and Internal Inspection Techniques to Mitigate Counterfeit Component Impact at both events. The paper addresses how opportunistic criminal activities related to counterfeit electronic components drive fake and often non-functional parts into the manufacturing supply chain, and thereby into commercial and industrial goods, and how this pernicious flow can be mitigated with specialized inspection and detection techniques. More...
ATLANTA, GA – June 15, 2011: Georgia-based electronics distributor, World Micro, Inc., announced today the
rollout of a new business sector to serve the unique requirements of the medical device market. The company
already serves the electronic component and military/aerospace business sectors. More...
ATLANTA, GA – March 29, 2011: Georgia-based electronic components distributor, World Micro, Inc., today announced the appointment of Daniel McMillen to serve as the company's vice president of corporate development. In addition, World Micro also brought electronic distribution industry veteran, Vikki Planche, on board as business development manager. More...
Atlanta, GA – March 7, 2011: Georgia-based electronic components distributor, World Micro, Inc., announced today that it has received notice from the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) that the company now holds three major ISO certifications: ISO-9001:2008, AS9120 and ISO 13485:2003. More...
Atlanta, GA - January 28, 2011: World Micro Appoints New Quality Manager: Georgia-based electronic components distributor, World Micro, Inc., announced today that it has appointed Gary Beckstedt to serve as the company's quality manager, heading the company's Atlanta headquarters quality department. More...
ATLANTA, GA – January 11, 2011 – Ms. Teri McAlpin To Serve As The Company's Chief Financial Officer. More...
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