Digi-Key Corporation and NDK Sign Global Distribution AgreementTHIEF RIVER FALLS, Minnesota and TOKYO, Japan - December 05, 2006 — Digi-Key Corporation and Nihon Dempa Kogyo Co., Ltd. (NDK) announced today the signing of a global distribution agreement. One of the fastest growing distributors of electronic components, Digi-Key Corporation ships products to more than 140 countries from its single facility in Minnesota USA. Through its pursuit of quality and customer satisfaction, NDK strives to become a top-rated supplier and brand in the quartz crystal devices industry. Its products include crystal devices such as crystal units, crystal oscillators, crystal filters, ultrasonic transducers, synthetic quartz and crystal blanks. The NDK surface mount crystals and oscillators stocked by Digi-Key will be featured in both Digi-Key’s print and online catalogs with this new distribution agreement enabling Digi-Key to fulfill both the design and production needs of its diverse customer base. “We are certain NDK’s products will be of great interest and appeal to our customers,” said Mark Larson, Digi-Key’s president and COO. “This company’s commitment to quality and customer satisfaction makes it a good match for Digi-Key, and we are very pleased to add NDK to our line card.” 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 800,000 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 www.digikey.com. About NDKNDK is the leading company of crystal industry and has eight factories, five design centers and 20 sales sites in the world. Since it succeeded in industrially manufacturing synthetic quartz crystals in 1958, NDK has been mass-producing quartz crystals of uniform high quality utilizing its own technology. Based on this experience, NDK manufactures and supplies highly accurate, highly reliable crystal products using advanced technology and thorough quality control techniques. NDK's main products are ultra-miniature crystal units, high precision crystal units for mobile communications equipment, heat and shock resistant crystal units for vehicle emission controllers, crystal oscillators, crystal filters, SAW devices and ultrasonic transducers. SOURCE: Digi-Key Corporation CONTACT: Steven G. Tsukichi, VP/Marketing, Digi-Key Corporation, 800-338-4105 x1001 (voice), steve.tsukichi@digikey.com; Tsutomu Tanemura, NDK, 011-81-3-5453-6723, tanemura@ndk.com |
