One of the unique things about the connector industry is that engineers are often looking for a "mated set" of products, or two connectors that will fit together with a particular set of physical and electrical characteristics. The difficult thing about presenting products in mated sets is there is such a vast variety of connectors that will mate with one another, that no one in the industry (except Samtec) actually presents their products this way, and they certainly don't provide a mated … [Read more...]

As the need for quick access to environmental compliance documentation grows for our customers, we have added the ability to download REACH certificates of compliance to our already popular RoHS compliance tool. How to Download REACH Compliance Documents Navigate to the tool here to follow along: https://www.samtec.com/tools/rohs Using this new extension to our already popular RoHS compliance download tool, users can input up to 50 valid part numbers, choose from various checkboxes, and … [Read more...]

Happy New Year everyone! As 2022 came to a close, the Samtec Web team focused on the completion of our new REACH compliance tool as well as a few new content updates to various areas of the website. We also added some user experience updates to our new checkout system to make things flow more smoothly. Here are the major website updates to Samtec.com for December 2022. REACH Compliance Certificate Tool As the need for quick access to environmental compliance documentation grows for … [Read more...]

This month we added additional capabilities for users to manage order dates online, enhanced the ability to search part numbers, added a couple of new pieces of product literature, and improved the address matching in our checkout process. Here are the major website updates to Samtec.com for November 2022. All Users Can Now Manage Order Dates Online Prior to the pandemic in early 2020, we released a feature that allowed a small subset of users to edit requested ship dates on open … [Read more...]

Prior to the pandemic in early 2020, we released a feature that allowed a small subset of users to edit requested ship dates on open orders using their My Samtec account. This feature was well-received and highly used for a few months. Then we all know what happened in the spring of 2020. Supply chains were disrupted and lead times across multiple industries skyrocketed. Our industry was not spared. At that time, we had to pull that feature due to those lingering bottlenecks. However, that … [Read more...]

This month we fully launched our new checkout system, made some updates to our Picture Search, released a new industry standards page, and made some updates to how we use APIs across the website. Here are the major website updates to Samtec.com for October 2022. Full Checkout Launch Our new checkout has made the transition to the primary system to buy products on Samtec.com. The old system will be fully decommissioned by the end of November. This new system brings an improved user … [Read more...]

We processed our first order in the new checkout in early August 2022. This system replaced a legacy system that had been running for nearly a decade. It had a great run, but it was time for an upgrade. In August, the new system was a limited release only for those who chose to use it. Today we're happy to announce that the new Checkout system is fully launched and operational, and processing 99% of new orders on Samtec.com (there are still a few lingering integrations to the old one we are … [Read more...]

This month we released a really slick integration of our Solutionator tools on several relevant pages on our website, continued to increase performance through image optimization, added a new line of RF products, and made several updates to our new checkout system. Here were the major updates to Samtec.com for September 2022 Flex Stack and High-Speed Board-to-Board Solutionator Integrations We have recently released an integration of our new popular High-Speed Board-to-Board and Flex … [Read more...]

When it comes to website speed, a lot of things can be taken for granted these days. With increasing Internet speeds in many areas around the globe and enhanced adoption of cloud architecture and content delivery networks, sometimes website speed optimization can take a backseat to new feature development. Part of building modern website experiences is by making use of highly-detailed imagery, as Samtec.com does on many of its flagship product pages - High-Density Arrays, for example. While … [Read more...]