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AVX Enhances and Expands MIL-PRF-123 Product Series

Submitted by: John Warner on Feb 11, 2008 at 1:23 pm Tagged with: electronic components, Electronics, Innovation Source: AVX

AVX is the First in the Industry to Expand its MIL-PRF-123 Portfolio

MYRTLE BEACH, S.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--AVX Corporation, a leading manufacturer of advanced passive components, has enhanced and expanded its MIL-PRF-123 product offering. Available in molded radial, molded axial and two-pin dip leaded configurations, the expansion includes improved capacitance values, higher voltages and new tolerances. Capacitance values range from .1pf in axial leads and up to .47uf in radial leads and voltages range from 50 to 200V in radial and axial leaded configurations.

“AVX is once again setting the standard in the electronic component industry with additions to our industry leading MIL-PRF-123 offering. We are the first in the industry to expand its MIL-PRF-123 portfolio with several hundred new ratings,” said Tim Piver, Product Manager at AVX. “This product enhancement exemplifies AVX’s continued support of thru-hole technology to the military and aerospace market.”

AVX’s MIL-PRF-123 Series enhancement includes the CKS05 and CKS06 molded radial products as well as the CKS11, CKS12, CKS14, CKS15 and CKS16 molded axial products.

Pricing for the MIL-PRF-123 Series starts at $27.50 each for radial and $45.00 each for axial, in quantities of 100. Average lead time for both radial and axial is 28 weeks.

Please go to www.avx.com/docs/pressRelease/M123Table.pdf for a listing of the enhanced and expanded MIL-PRF-123 Series.

For more information, contact AVX at 801 17th Avenue South, Myrtle Beach, S.C. 29578; by calling 843-448-9411, by fax at 843-444-2864 or on the Web at www.avx.com.

AVX Corporation is a leading international supplier of electronic passive components and connectors with 20 manufacturing and customer support facilities in 12 countries around the world. AVX offers a broad range of devices including capacitors, resistors, filters, timing and circuit protection devices and connectors. The company is publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE:AVX).