PULLMAN, WA., July 22, 2024 –
Digilent, now a part of Emerson, has selected DigiKey to win the 2023 Distributor of the Year Award. The Distributor of the Year Award is awarded by Digilent to the finalist who most admirably exhibits peak industry performance in multiple capacities. DigiKey and Digilent’s business partnership dates to 2012, and this is the company’s second time to win the award.
DigiKey demonstrated its worthiness of the award last year by investing in its selection of Digilent products and working closely with Digilent on joint promotions – such as 2023’s Analog Discovery 3 product release – to drive sales worldwide, while providing effective service to customers when needed.
2023 showed a sales growth of 82% for Digilent’s products through DigiKey’s channels, due in no small part to being consistently featured in the newsletter and the supply team being remarkably accommodating to Digilent’s changing needs.
“DigiKey is thrilled to accept the Distributor of the Year award from Digilent,” said Ken Paxton, Director, Advanced Semiconductor at DigiKey. “This recognition underscores our joint commitment to fostering innovation among students, universities, and engineers worldwide through affordable embedded development kits and tools. We look forward to continued collaboration with Digilent to advance STEM and shape the future of engineering.”
Digilent’s Key Accounts Manager, Jarrell Sultemeier, remarks that, “Our partnership with DigiKey has been incredibly valuable to us this past year and helped to stimulate our year-over-year growth.”
DigiKey carries a wide variety of Digilent’s embedded boards, modular connectors and multi-instrument oscilloscopes.
About DigiKey
DigiKey, headquartered in Thief River Falls, Minn., USA, is recognized as the global leader and continuous innovator in the cutting-edge commerce distribution of electronic components and automation products worldwide. We get technical by providing more than 15.3 million components from over 2,900 quality name-brand manufacturers with an industry-leading breadth and depth of product in stock and available for immediate shipment. DigiKey also supports engineers, designers, builders and procurement professionals with a wealth of digital solutions, frictionless interactions and tools to make their jobs more efficient. Additional information can be found at digikey.com and on Facebook, X, YouTube, Instagram and LinkedIn.
