Newark Electronics/Element 14 & Gardtec Incorporated Join Forces

Gardtec Incorporated: The Number 1 Brand in the Fan Accessory Market, and Newark Electronics/Element 14, 6th largest seller of electronic components with sales of $1.5 billion worldwide, have joined forces. This new agreement will include the entire breath of fan accessory products offered by Gardtec, as well as many specialty fan accessory products to better serve the broad range of Newark/Element 14 customers.

The agreement will cover worldwide sales of Gardtec branded products in The Americas, Europe, and Asia. Gardtec products included in the agreement are wire and plastic fan guards, metal and plastic fan filter assemblies, fan trays, and fan power cords.

Gardtec products are designed to conform to the newest requirements in REACH, RoHS, PFOS, and other international safety standards. This includes REACH requirements which will go into effect in September 2017, regarding the total elimination of Cr6 during the plating process, as well as all 173 banned substances. Additionally, product are compliant with RoHS amendment 2015/863.

Gardtec products offer the market the unique position of providing the customer base with full UL approved materials, rated at 94V-0 and UL94HF-1, the highest rating in the industry for fan plastic accessory products.