By popular request, we have just recently released a brand new standalone videos page that you can use to browse, search, and filter through all of the videos that are featured throughout Samtec.com. You can search by keyword, and/or use the filters we have provided to pair down your list even further. Videos range from those focused on individual Samtec products to those that show several products working together, and everything inbetween. We also have several from trade show … [Read more...]

In January of 2019, we wrapped up a few smaller projects that we have been working on to increase the presence of videos across Samtec.com. We also released a couple of updates to our Industy Standards section of the website, as well as our product configurator. Here are the major updates to Samtec.com from January 2019. Standalone Videos Page We recently released a brand new standalone videos page that you can use to browse, search, and filter through all of the videos that are … [Read more...]

In December, we wrapped up a number of new features to Samtec.com to round out the 2018 year, including a new way to find Samtec sales locations and distributors, a new homepage panel for our Micro Rugged products, continued mobile optimizations, and a few updates to our Industry Standards section. Here are the major updates to Samtec.com for December 2018. A New Way to Search Sales and Distributor Locations Recently, we updated the way you can search for sales locations and … [Read more...]

Since Samtec began in 1976, free connector samples have been a cornerstone of our business model. That said, we're always looking for ways to continue to improve how we get samples into your hands. Recently we rolled out a simplified way to place sample requests on the website, which significantly shortens the click path that you need to take to place a sample request. Rather than navigating several pages down into the website, we've brought the ability to place a sample request to a … [Read more...]

Wow! How quickly the web evolves. Just a few years ago we were building a new version of our website from scratch using a completely new codebase. Since then, we've done hundreds of releases to stay current with web technology and user expectations, and I'm sure we will do hundreds more. As the expectations of web users in the B2B space continue to evolve rapidly, 2019 will be no different, and will pick up even more steam. But before we look too far ahead to what's in store for … [Read more...]

In November, we continued our mobile updates to the website, released a couple of new content experiences, and made placing sample requests even easier. Read more below on these and the rest of the major updates to Samtec.com for November 2018. Continued Improvements to our Mobile Experience As corporations worldwide become more mobile-friendly to their workforce, the Internet needs to evolve to match. This has been a huge trend in the B2C space for the last decade, and is now … [Read more...]

As corporations worldwide become more mobile-friendly to their workforce, the Internet needs to evolve to match. This has been a huge trend in the B2C space for the last decade, and is now quickly catching up to the B2B space. We’ve seen our mobile user base grow rapidly in the past 12 months during M-F, and have even noticed many weekend warriors who use Samtec.com at extremely high rates on mobile devices over the weekends. We expect these trends to continue. This month we rolled out … [Read more...]

The majority of Samtec.com has been translated into four additional languages, German, Hindi, Japanese, and Simplified Chinese. Users can access the translated pages by navigating to Samtec.com and clicking on the "Languages" tool at the top-right of the website. This setting will be stored for the future as well, so when the user returns, their selected language will load automatically. You can see the Japanese translation of the homepage below, for example. Also included in … [Read more...]