Digi-Key Receives Boeing Silver Performance Excellence Award

THIEF RIVER FALLS, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Global electronic components distributor Digi-Key Corporation, the industry leader in electronic component selection, availability, and delivery, today announced that it received a 2012 Boeing Performance Excellence Award. The award recognized suppliers who achieved superior sales and service performance over a 12-month period from October 2011 through September 2012.

“We are honored to receive this accolade”

“We are honored to receive this accolade,” said Chris Beeson, Vice President, Global Sales and Business Development, Digi-Key Corporation. “Digi-Key continually strives to exceed customer expectations by providing unmatched product selection and superior customer service. Recognition from a well-respected company such as Boeing only serves to validate the success of these efforts.”

For more information on the Boeing Performance Excellence Award, visit the Boeing Supplier Performance Recognition Programs page.

About Digi-Key Corporation

Digi-Key Corporation, based in Thief River Falls, Minn., is a global, full-service provider of both prototype/design and production quantities of electronic components, offering more than two million products from over 650 quality name-brand manufacturers at www.digikey.com.

With over 800,000 products in stock, an impressive selection of online resources, and the logistical advantage of more than 800,000 square feet of expandable distribution space, Digi-Key continues to move forward, affirming its commitment to stocking the broadest range of electronic components in the industry and providing the best service possible to its customers.

Digi-Key’s totally integrated, Internet-engaged business model, coupled with its industry-leading breadth of components available for immediate shipment anywhere in the world from a single location, clearly differentiates Digi-Key from all other distributors. Digi-Key offers customers a unique approach to a high-mix, low volume production business strategy by transferring much inventory risk and carrying costs from the customer to Digi-Key. From Prototype to Production^®, Digi-Key has the components and resources necessary to grow your business to the next level.

Digi-Key’s online offerings and resources include: PTM^® product training modules; TechZone^SM technology zones; Another Geek Moment videos; Digi-Key toolbar; SupplyChainHQ for electronics buyers; TechXchange^SM; a Mobile and Social Center; the Scheme-it online schematic design tool; a Reference Design Library; and the Dynamic Catalog.