As part of its strategy to strengthen its level of customer support and service in Europe and Asia, C&K Components, Watertown, MA, has signed a worldwide distribution agreement with Future Electronics. Future will offer C&K's switch products to customers around the world, with 46 branches throughout Europe and 27 locations in Asia. C&K is a leader in the design and manufacture of electromechanical switches, membrane switches and interface products used in a wide range of applications that include computers and peripherals, telecomm, medical, instrumentation, appliances, and consumer products. Future is the fourth largest industrial distributor of electronic components, specializing in the sale of semiconductors and passive, interconnect and electromechanical components.