Multicomp

[Fred]

Multicomp products are listed in Farnell. Is there a website for Multicomp
or is it one of these badged faceless names? Can anyone please help?

 

[Costas Vlachos]

Multicomp products are listed in Farnell. Is there a website for
Multicomp or is it one of these badged faceless names? Can anyone please
help?

Multicomp = multiple companies/sources. They are usually cheaper than the
branded parts. Sometimes a cheaper multicomp part may be identical to a more
expensive branded one listed somewhere else in the catalogue. You may be
able to tell the actual brand by checking out the PDFs in the web site and
by calling them.

cheers,
Costas

 

[Fred]

Multicomp = multiple companies/sources. They are usually cheaper than the
branded parts. Sometimes a cheaper multicomp part may be identical to a more
expensive branded one listed somewhere else in the catalogue. You may be
able to tell the actual brand by checking out the PDFs in the web site and
by calling them.

cheers,
Costas

No.

I did a lookup on www.patent.gov.uk and it shows that Farnell own the
trademark.

 

[Costas Vlachos]

No.

I did a lookup on www.patent.gov.uk and it shows that Farnell own the
trademark.

They may own the trademark "Multicomp", but what it really means is that the
parts may come from MULTIple COMPanies. That's what the name is used for.
The last Multicomp part I purchased was a small brushless cooling fan, which
was made by SUNON, a well-known fan manufacturer.

Costas

 

[JeffM]

Multicomp products are listed in Farnell

Multicomp = multiple companies/sources.
They are usually cheaper than the branded parts.
Costas Vlachos

The Newark catalog (USA) also has Multicomp as a supplier (with a logo).
Many part numbers have become unavailable.
I couldn't find any info outside the catalog.

Until I heard you say Farnell,
I assumed it was like Newark and SPC or Grainger and Teel (house brand).

 

[Fred]

The Newark catalog (USA) also has Multicomp as a supplier (with a logo).
Many part numbers have become unavailable.
I couldn't find any info outside the catalog.

Until I heard you say Farnell,
I assumed it was like Newark and SPC or Grainger and Teel (house brand).

Newark and Farnell are effectively the same company.

 

[Bill Sloman]

Newark and Farnell are effectively the same company.

Farnell took over Newark in the mid 1990's. Win Hill got their
catalogue for the first time in the middle of a thread on precision
resistors back in 1996, and was very happy to be able to buy 0.1%
15ppm resistors of the shelf in small quantities (one's for axial lead
parts, fives for 0805 SMD's in the 2002 Farnell catalogue - thanks to
Frank Bemelman!).

In Europe we can buy Motorola ECL in small quantities from Newark via
Farnell, which is similarly helpful.