Newark takes home 14 supplier achievement awards from EDS 2008
CHICAGO-MAY 29, 2008
Distributor of the Year and Top Performing Distributor
Newark, a leading multi-channel electronics distributor in the Americas and part of the global Premier Farnell Group, was presented with 14 sales and marketing achievement awards from its suppliers, during the Electronic Distribution Show (EDS), held May 5-8 in Las Vegas.
The awards are from APEM (Distribution Excellence Award); C&K Components (Great Effort during Transition Year); Cherry (Distributor of the Year); Crydom (Top Performing Distributor); Emerson Network Power Connectivity Solutions (2007 Top Distributor); Keystone (Gold Level Distributor); Lambda (Greatest Percentage Growth in 2007); Lumex (3rd Place for Growth in Purchases); NTE (Outstanding Sales & Support); Ohmite (Chairman's Award - Top Distributor); Schaffner (Distributor Product Manager of the Year); Sola Hevi-Duty (Outstanding Sales Performance); VCC LED Mounting Components (2007 Outstanding Sales Achievement); and Wago (Million Dollar Club).
"We think of these as partnership awards, rather than supplier awards," comments Paul Buckley, Senior VP of Product & Supplier Management. "The great results that were achieved came about through close collaboration between our respective marketing, sales and product teams."
About Newark
Newark, a subsidiary of global distributor Premier Farnell Ltd, is North America's leading small-quantity distributor of electronic components and test equipment, and its #1 source for RoHS compliant parts and information. RoHS is the acronym for the European Union's Restrictions of certain Hazardous Substances directive, which took effect July 1, 2006.
Visited by thousands of engineers and electronics buyers each week, Newark's RoHS Express site at www.element14.com/community/community/legislation provides critical information to help companies transition to compliance, including: the latest news, on-demand lead-free soldering webinars, downloadable step-by-step guides to compliance and updates on US and Canadian green laws.
In addition to offering the broadest electronics selection from 440+ top manufacturers for same-day shipping, Newark provides a unique range of value-added services at no charge, including, RoHS Bill of Materials updates, eProcurement implementation and support, and automatic re-reeling for components.
With multiple sales channels, customers do business with Newark through contact centers, a local branch network in the US, Canada, Mexico and Brazil, a dedicated field sales force and a world-class website at www.Newark.com. The holder of a General Services Administration schedule (#GS-06F-0044M,) Newark also supports federal government customers through a dedicated website, www.teamgov.com, and a specially trained team of representatives.
Newark's parent company, Premier Farnell Ltd, is a leading global marketer and distributor of electronic, maintenance repair and operations (MRO) and specialist products and services, trading in more than 100 countries with a database of 2 million customer contacts. For general information, visit www.Newark.com and www.premierfarnell.com. Also, you can reach Newark's media contact, Janice Fleisher, at 773.907.5941 and at jfleisher@Newarkinone.com.
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