When you're researching a product, one of the first things you want to know aside from "will it work?" is "when can I have it?" Well, we've just made that a lot easier to understand in a couple of key places on Samtec.com. You can now see up-to-the-minute product availability directly on the Technical Specifications pages for a large number of Samtec products. For most products, this information is available instantly when the page loads without having to run a manual lookup. This … [Read more...]

In June of 2019, we rolled out a new web experience to help users better navigate our products, added real-time availability to our product pages, improved the user experience on our Pricing and Delivery page, and our Material Declaration and RoHS tools. Here are the major updates to Samtec.com for June 2019. Solution Blocks Page Samtec has grown immensely since being founded in 1976 with just a few products of standard board-to-board connectors. Now, with nearly 1,000 unique … [Read more...]

The 15th annual Manufacturing Leadership Awards Gala, by the National Association of Manufacturers, took place on June 12, 2019. The Manufacturing Leadership Awards honor manufacturing companies and individual manufacturing leaders that are shaping the future of global manufacturing. Judges look for leaders that have demonstrated achievement across a wide variety of domains including sustainability, operational excellence, innovation, supply chain management, and more. Samtec Wins … [Read more...]

In May of 2019, we spent the majority of our time working on a few larger applications that are due to release soon, several minor maintenance tasks, and a few front-end enhancements. Here were the major updates to Samtec.com for May 2019. User Experience Updates to Family Pages We have released several updates to our product family pages in the last few months. In May, we completed the updates for a new way to get in touch with our product experts on these pages, as well as more … [Read more...]

One of the main draws for engineers to Samtec.com is the widespread availability of technical documentation throughout our website, virtually all of which is available without a login or even an email address. With the addition of our configurator tool and 3D model availability a few years ago, 3D model downloads from Samtec.com have skyrocketed in popularity. Now we hope to expand this capability by offering easy Electrical and Mechanical model downloads, again, without requiring a login … [Read more...]

In April 2019, we focused on several user experience upgrades to Samtec.com, and a few new content updates, while we continue to work on several larger projects in the background (mentioned below). Here are the major updates to Samtec.com for April 2019. Design Update to Series Product Pages We first released the most modern version of our Series Product Pages (aka Tech Specs pages) in March of 2016. These pages make up the bread and butter of Samtec.com, with nearly 1000 … [Read more...]

We first released the most modern version of our Series Product Pages (aka Tech Specs pages) in March of 2016. These pages make up the bread and butter of Samtec.com, with nearly 1000 different variations based on the product you are viewing. These also lead into full part number product pages, which number in the trillions (yes, trillions), but we've left those alone for now. With 2016's update, it was a major upgrade from a previous version not only in design, but also in back-end … [Read more...]

Samtec.com users have had the ability to search competitor cross references for over a year as I write this post, however we received some feedback that this was not always easy to access since it was a direct integration with our search. Our users were looking for more of a standalone experience. With this most recent update, we have pulled the Cross Reference search feature into an application of its own, which is accessible in the Resources area of our main navigation. Check out the new … [Read more...]