Digi-Key Corporation to Distribute Fox Electronics Frequency Control ProductsTHIEF RIVER FALLS, Minnesota and FORT MYERS, Florida – August 10, 2006 — Fox Electronics, one of America’s leading suppliers of frequency control products, and Digi-Key Corporation today announced the signing of a global distribution agreement. Digi-Key is one of the world’s fastest growing electronic component distributors and ships product to more than 140 countries around the globe. As the newest worldwide distributor of Fox Electronics’ products, Digi-Key will stock Fox’s broad range of crystals, oscillators, VCXOs, TCXOs and OXCOs. New leading edge products will be added to Digi-Key’s line as they are announced by Fox. “We are pleased to be able to distribute our product line through Digi-Key,” said E.L. Fox, president of Fox Electronics. “Because of our rapid growth, both internationally and in North America, it became necessary to find a quality distributor that could help us better meet the needs of our customers as will continually expand. We are confident in Digi-Key’s abilities to do just that.” Mark Larson, Digi-Key’s president and COO stated, “Digi-Key is thrilled to add Fox Electronics to its growing list of supplier partners, and we are certain that its broad range of radio frequency products will be of consequential interest and appeal to our customers.” Fox products will be featured in Digi-Key’s print and online catalogs with this new distribution agreement enabling Digi-Key to fulfill both the prototype and production needs of its diverse customer base. About Digi-Key CorporationOne of the world’s fastest growing distributors of electronic components, Digi-Key has earned its reputation as an industry leader through its total commitment to service and performance. As a full-service provider of both prototype/design and production quantities of electronic components, Digi-Key has been ranked #1 for Overall Performance for 15 consecutive years from among the nation’s more than 200 distributors (EE Times Distribution Study/ May 2006). Offering more than 700,000 parts from over 330 quality name-brand manufacturers Digi-Key’s commitment to inventory is unparalleled. Access to the company’s broad product offering is available 24-hours-a-day, seven-days-a-week at Digi-Key’s top-rated Web site at ca.digikey.com. About Fox ElectronicsFox Electronics is America’s leading supplier of standard and custom frequency control products, including the industries broadest line of crystals, oscillators, XpressO oscillators, VCXOs, TCXOs, OCXOs, and crystal filters. The company, headquartered in Fort Myers, FL, has facilities, representatives and distributors throughout the world. For more information, please visit www.foxonline.com or contact Customer Service, Fox Electronics, 5570 Enterprise Parkway, Fort Myers, FL 33905. Tel: 888/GET-2-FOX; Fax: 239/693-1554; Email: www.foxonline.com/email.htm; Web: www.foxonline.com. MEDIA DOWLOADS: Logos, Images SOURCE: Digi-Key Corporation CONTACT: Steven G. Tsukichi, VP/Marketing, Digi-Key Corporation, 800-338-4105 x1001 (voice), steve.tsukichi@digikey.com; Rachel Lufkin or Beth Smith, Fox Electronics, 215-453-8700, publicrelations@simongroup.com |
