Kensington Celebrates 25th Anniversary!
Kensington Electronics, Inc. (KEI) is proud to announce our 25th Anniversary as a Franchised Distributor in the interconnect business. Opened in 1989 by John Patrick Rabbitt, Sr. and his wife, Doris Rabbitt, Kensington was founded on the philosophy that businesses should operate ethically and should be trustworthy while providing superb customer se...
HALO Electronics, Inc. migrating from ROHS-6 compliance to Lead Free
HALO Electronics, Inc. is migrating from ROHS-6 compliance (exempt. 7a) to Lead Free (Green). The ROHS directive is expected to change the status of exemption 7a in the not too distant future. Please click HERE to read the conversion letter from Jeffrey Heaton, Vice President of Halo.
HALO is a leading manu...
Electronic Design's Top 101 Components for 2013
Named #36 by Electronic Design's Top 101 Components for 2013, the latest incarnation of CONEC's bayonet-locking industrial USB 2.0 connector features a four-hole, flange-mount, nickel-plated die-cast housing. Adding the four-hole mounting gives the extra protection needed for harsh environment elements, as well as facilitates on-the-fly conn...
LED Lights Help Fantasy Springs Casino Save 291,000 kWh of Energy and Receive $32,000 Rebate.
"Prior to receiving the LED lights from LEDtronics, we were using high-pressure sodium lamps, which gave off a dirty, dim color and a lot of heat," states Todd Lockway, Fantasy Springs Casino Facilities Director. "The new LEDs reduce the heat load and offer a whiter, brighter light. And by reduci...
OpenVPX enables tightly coupled FPGA and CPU processing for unmanned EW platforms.
By Eran Strod, Curtiss-Wright Controls Defense Solutions
OpenVPX brings together high-speed parallel processing FPGAs with the software capability of CPUs to meet the most challenging sensor processing applications for unmanned platforms.
Today's UAVs, UGVs, and UUVs are being enh...
Kensington can now help design and build your custom cable assemblies, including overmolding, potting, and wire braiding!
Kensington is proud to announce that we have partnered with a world class cable assembly facility and can now offer CUSTOM cable assemblies for the military, medical, industrial or telecom markets. With in-house overmolding and custom mold capabilities, enginee...
Ranked by sales volume, Kensington Electronics was named a Top 50 Distributor for 2012.
After going from famine to feast during the 2009 to 2010 timeframe, electronics distributors adjusted to slower business conditions in 2011 and were gearing up for more normal seasonality this year. A look at some of the top electronics distributors shows that many companies are using the adjus...
Kensington continues to expand its specialty product offering by officially partnering with Omnetics Connector Company as their first US Authorized Distributor.
Omnetics Connector Company is a privately held, world class connector design and manufacturing company with over 25 years of experience focused upon micro-miniature and nano-miniature high reliability electronic connectors...
AUVSI's Unmanned Systems North America
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Mark Your Calendar to be a Part of AUVSI's Unmanned Systems North America 2011
16-19 August 2011
Walter E. Washington Convention Center
AUVSI's Unmanned Systems North America is the premier forum for reviewing, assessing and discussing the current st...
Kensington to participate in Solar Power International 2011
Please visit us in Booth 6648 at Solar Power International 2011. This year's event will be held October 17-20, 2011 at the Dallas Convention Center.
Kensington has been involved with solar panel manufacturers, installers, and inverter companies for over 10 years, a pioneer in what was an emerging mark...
Smiths Interconnect Awarded 2010 Strategic Supplier of the Year
Kensington Electronics is pleased to present Smiths Interconnect with 2010's, Strategic Supplier of the Year award. The award was presented by Patrick Rabbitt, President of Kensington Electronics, to Vadim Radunsky, President, Peter Osborne, Vice President of Sales, Anne Marie Andrews, National Sales Manager, and Jeri...
Kensington Expands Its "Go Green" Philosophy
Kensington Electronics continues to expand its "go green" philosophy by signing on as an official distributor for Amphenol Industrial Operations (AIO). After several meetings with Jon Westig, Director of Sales, and Geoffrey Grace, Director-Energy Market, both Kensington and Amphenol agree that a partnership between the two companies is...
Fischer Connectors Officially Partners with Kensington Electronics
Stephen Gosk, President and CEO, and Brian Balmes, Director of Sales and Marketing, of Fischer Connectors visited Kensington's facility Friday, March 23, to discuss future plans and announce that Fischer is officially partnering with Kensington Electronics. Kensington is Fischer's first and only U.S. Authorized Di...
IMPORTANT ANNOUNCMENT REGARDING MATERIAL CHANGE FOR ALL D0 SERIES
Effective March 1, 2010, Smiths Interconnect is transitioning all D0 (black) products from polycarbonate material to Ultem1010R. Ultem is a higher quality, higher temperature rated material so customers should have no problem using the new products.
For an in-depth description of the change and...
Kensington Electronics, Inc. and eConnek - A New Partnership
Kensington is proud to announce our partnership with eConnek. eConnek is dedicated to offering economically priced, alternative electrical connector solutions for any industry and is intermatable with Redel®, Lemo®, and ODU®. With eConnek, you get the quality of the original, but at a more economical price. Kensingto...
Kensington Electronics, Inc. is pleased to announce the new value-added partnership that has been started with Conec. Kensington is now offering custom-length, custom configurations of Conec's Sealed Industrial Ethernet connector line. Conec's product line:
Meets EIA/EIA-568B.2 Cat. 5e specification
Meets IEC60603-3-7-3 & IEC 61076-3-106 standard
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Kensington Electronics, Inc. Distributor of the Year Award for 2007
Kensington Electronics, Inc. is proud to announce that KEI has been awarded "Distributor of the Year" for the second year running by Conec. The award was presented to Kensington's President, Patrick Rabbitt, Vice President, Terence Rabbitt, and Director of Sales and Procurement, Casey Donovan.
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Kensington Electronics, Inc. is now Conec's first authorized, franchised, stocking distributor.
As a leading connector manufacturer. CONEC develops, produces and markets connectors worldwide to the electronic and communication industry. Conec is committed to contribute to progress in interconnect technology, and to satisfy and delight customers through innovation, quality manufact...
2006 Raw Material Supplier of the Year
Evergreen Solar, manufacturer of solar power products with its proprietary, low-cost String Ribbon™ wafer technology, announced in March that Kensington Electronics has been awarded the 2006 Raw Material Supplier of the Year. Kensington supports both the US- based Evergreen Solar and Evergreen's sister company, EverQ, in Germany. EverQ is cu...
Distributor of the Year Award for 2006
Kensington Electronics receives Distributor of the Year Award for 2006 from Conec, presented by Jim Lieb, National Distribution
Manager. Accepting the award on Kensington's behalf were Casey Donovan, Director of Sales and Procurement, and Patrick Rabbitt, President.
Kensington adds Smiths Interconnect's Ruggedized KVPX Connector to Their Product Lineup.
Kensington Electronics Inc., a consistently top 50 ranked distributor of interconnect products in North America, is now stocking the KVPX product line from Smiths Interconnect. The KVPX (VITA 63) is part of Smiths Interconnect' family of ruggedized connectors. VITA 63 is an alternative backplan...
