Premier Farnell and EnOcean expand distribution partnership

Electronics distributor Premier Farnell and EnOcean have announced an expansion to their existing partnership. The announcement sees Premier Farnell now shipping small samples and low-volume quantities of EnOcean’s energy-harvesting wireless sensor modules worldwide direct or via its online element14 community.

Premier Farnell will fully support the EnOcean Dolphin platform including bidirectional modules, energy harvesters, starter and developer kits. OEMs can purchase these and other EnOcean products at Premier Farnell’s global websites Farnell element14 (Europe), Newark element14 (North America) and element14 (Asia Pacific) with immediate effect.

EnOcean’s wireless modules have been successfully deployed in more than 250,000 buildings globally, helping to create energy-efficient building and industrial automation solutions. The innovative energy-harvesting technology powers wireless communications by collecting energy from the environment from motion, indoor light and temperature differentials. This eliminates the need to install cabling or to fit batteries, making products based on this technology maintenance-free.

“Energy-harvesting wireless sensors are a technology with growing, global appeal, and through our dedicated microsites and engineering design platform - the Knode - Premier Farnell will help people and customers to understand energy harvesting and how to use EnOcean technology and products,” said James Turner, Global Segment Manager at Premier Farnell.

“With its experienced team and strong presence in regions, Premier Farnell is the perfect worldwide distribution partner to offer our products to OEMs who are looking to start their new designs,” said Andreas Schneider, Chief Marketing Officer of EnOcean. “We have partnered with Farnell for several years now. With the step expanding our relationship, we have finalised our international distribution strategy - and we can now fulfil individual demands of our customers in all geographical markets around the world much more rapidly.”