Newark Electronics, sometimes called Newark element14, Newark Corporation, Newark (an Avnet Company) or Newark, is a

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-based electronic components distribution company serving

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and parts of

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and

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. Founded in 1934 as Newark Electric, a small Chicago shop selling radio parts, the company is now a subsidiary of catalog distributor

Premier Farnell Premier Farnell Ltd is a distributor of products for electronic system design, maintenance and repair throughout Europe, North America and Asia Pacific, with operations in 36 countries and trading in over 100. In October 2016, the firm was purc ...

and is the sixth largest electronics distributor worldwide.

History

The firm was first established in 1934 as Newark Electric, a small shop in Chicago that sold

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parts. The name Newark pays homage to

Newark, New Jersey Newark ( , ) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of New Jersey and the seat of Essex County and the second largest city within the New York metropolitan area.Premier Farnell Premier Farnell Ltd is a distributor of products for electronic system design, maintenance and repair throughout Europe, North America and Asia Pacific, with operations in 36 countries and trading in over 100. In October 2016, the firm was purc ...

Operations

Newark element14 markets and distributes

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s and test equipment for engineers and maintenance professionals throughout the US,

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and

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. Products include connectors, relays, switches, semiconductors, sensors, test equipment and tools from companies including

Texas Instruments Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) is an American technology company headquartered in Dallas, Texas, that designs and manufactures semiconductors and various integrated circuits, which it sells to electronics designers and manufacturers globall ...

, 3M, Belden,

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and

Honeywell Honeywell International Inc. is an American publicly traded, multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina. It primarily operates in four areas of business: aerospace, building technologies, performance ma ...

, among others. Newark element14 is headquartered in Chicago, but its warehouse, used to serve customers throughout the Americas, is based in

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. The company is one of only two U.S. distributors of the

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microcomputer. In September 2014 the company moved its operations from 4801 N. Ravenswood Ave. to a high-rise in the

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at 300 S. Riverside Plaza.

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Newark element14 is home to the element14 Community, an online information hub and forum for electrical engineers.

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Newark.com

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Operations

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