Company type | Subsidiary |
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Industry | Electronic components |
Founded | 1934 |
Area served | North America |
Key people | Uma Pingali |
Parent | Premier Farnell |
Website | newark |
Newark, also called Newark Electronics, Newark element14, or Newark (an Avnet Company), is a high-service electronic components distributor serving North America and parts of Central and South America. Founded in 1934 as Newark Electric, a small Chicago shop selling radio parts, the company is the Americas division of Farnell Global (part of Avnet) and is one of the largest electronics distributor worldwide.