Description Nu Horizons Electronics sees new electronic components on the horizon. The company distributes active components (microprocessors, memory chips, diodes, transistors) from manufacturers such as Atmel, Marvell, Micron, Renesas, and Vitesse. It also sells system-level products such as servers, storage, and software from the likes of IBM, Oracle, and Alcatel-Lucent. Subsidiary NIC Components is the exclusive North American distributor of passive components (capacitors and resistors) made by Japan's Nippon Industries. More than half of sales are to customers in North America. Rival Arrow Electronics bought Nu Horizons for about $130 million in cash in early 2011.
Nu Horizons Electronics has an employee rating of 4.4 out of 5 stars, based on 17 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Nu Horizons Electronics employee rating is 25% above average for employers within the Retail & Wholesale industry (3.5 stars).
Overall, 67% of employees would recommend working at Nu Horizons Electronics to a friend. This is based on 17 anonymously submitted reviews on Glassdoor.