Founded in 1934 as Newark Electric, a small Chicago shop selling radio parts, the company is the Americas division of Farnell Global (part of Avnet) and is one of the largest electronics distributor worldwide.

The firm was first established in 1934 as Newark Electric, a small shop in Chicago that sold radio parts.

Newark markets and distributes electronic components and test equipment for engineers and maintenance professionals throughout the US, Canada and Mexico.

Newark's warehouse serving customers throughout the Americas is based in Gaffney, South Carolina.

Newark is home to the element14 Community, an online information hub and forum for electrical engineers.