Mentor Graphics signs Electro Source as distributor for Canada

USA: Mentor Graphics Corp. has signed Electro Source, Inc. (ESI), an established leader in delivering hardware and electronic design automation (EDA) solutions, as a new distributor for all provinces and territories across Canada. ESI will provide consulting, training, delivery and implementation of the Mentor Graphics technologies, particularly system design, analysis, and manufacturing.

In addition, Electro Source will leverage their existing knowledge and represent Mentor Graphics solutions for the PCB systems design and system modeling markets. The Mentor Graphics product portfolio represented by ESI includes PADS PCB design flows; the Valor® NPI Platform offering concurrent design-for-manufacturing (DFM) analysis; the HDL Designer Series product family; and the HyperLynx® family of high-speed PCB simulation and analysis tools.

Electro Source started as a premier manufacturers' representative nearly 30 years ago. Today, ESI provides industry-leading technical account managers addressing system-level architecture and design process solutions.

"Mentor Graphics enables ESI to create new value for our Canadian customers by reducing time and cost-to-market, while improving their overall system performance," said Mike Nykoluk, president of Electro Source. “Mentor Graphics is an EDA market leader and will strengthen our position across the Canadian electronics market.”