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Mouser Tops for Dialight

 

 

 

 

 

 

Prizegiving Day: Robert E Derringer (left), channel and marketing manager for Dialight presents his company's Catalogue Distributor of the Year award to Mike Scott, vice president, active products, Mouser Electronics.

Said Derringer, "When considering our choice as Catalogue Distributor of the Year for 2008, Dialight not only considered Mouser's outstanding sales growth over the prior year, but also their commitment to rapid introduction of Dialight's new product offerings to the electronic design community. They offer everything from our 598 chipLED discrete LEDs and PCB indicators to LED panel-mount indicators.

Mike Scott responded, "We are honoured to accept this award from Dialight. To be recognised for our commitment to the rapid introduction of Dialight's new products reinforces our objective for being the primary source for the newest products."

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Smiles (nearly) all round: Folks from Avnet EM EMEA and Enics pause for a lensmeister to record the distributor's acceptance of Enics' Distribution Partner of the Year award. All the Avnet EM companies - EBV Elektronik, Avnet Silica, Avnet Memec and Avnet Abacus - have mucked in to contribute to Enics' successful expansion and manufacturing strategy and earn this recognition.

Rejo Itkonen, president and chief executive officer of Enics praised Avnet. "We have worked closely with Avnet and its business units for many years, and the company's global footprint has helped us a lot in driving our own expansion. At the same time the local support in EMEA, which is in close proximity to our manufacturing locations, has been excellent and supported our local sourcing and manufacturing strategy. " Sharon Kielty-White, Avnet EMEA's corporate account manager for Enics was thanked by Itkonen for her work in coordinating the Avnet efforts across Europe.

Harold Feather, director corporate account management for Avnet EM EMEA commented, "Avnet has been partnering with Enics over the past two years to develop a global supply chain that allows the quality and flexibility necessary in today's fast-moving global environment. We are very pleased that Enics regards our supply chain expertise as complementary to their expansion plans."

The award was presented at Enics' Success Through Innovation '09 Fair in Helsinki.

Captured for posterity in the picture are l to r Sanna Nevalainen, Avnet Memec, Bill Osterlund, Silica, Sharon Kielty-White, Avnet EM, Risto Naumenen, Enics, Timo Juvonen, EBV Elektronik, Mikael Rosenqvist, Avnet Memec and Harold Feather, Avnet EM.

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