Digi-Key Surpasses Milestone of 50 Million Packages Shipped; Celebrates 43 Years of Innovation Worldwide

THIEF RIVER FALLS, Minnesota, USA – Global electronic components distributor Digi-Key Electronics, the industry leader in electronic component selection, availability and delivery, is announcing they have surpassed shipping its 50 millionth package in the history of the company.

“Digi-Key has been serving electronic design engineers and ‘Makers’ in our industry before they were even called ‘Makers’ since our very beginning in 1972,” according to Dave Doherty, President. “So recognizing this milestone of shipping our 50,000,000^th package was something we wanted to celebrate. But we also wanted to recognize our customers who have driven our success; and not just a single customer, because we do business with well over 400,000 different companies each year.”

In celebration of this key milestone, Digi-Key has been featuring key customers in regions all around the world. In Israel, RH Electronics was recently recognized for their role in this unique milestone with the presentation of a “bronze package” award by David Mahal, Sales Director, Israel for Digi-Key.

RH Electronics is known for their full product lifecycles services, a vast array of high-end real-time monitored manufacturing technology, hallmarked quality certifications in a wide area of operations with special expertise in Defense & Aerospace and medical devices, and reliability and innovation in New Product Introduction.

RH Electronics was selected by Digi-Key as they typify the broad range of products and services they provide to enable innovation in the marketplace.

Digi-Key provides engineers with over 1.2 million products in stock and ready for immediate shipment, as well as access to more than 4.6 million components online. The company is an authorized distributor for 650+ quality name-brand manufacturers, ensuring customers get the latest technology, state-of-the-art products, unparalleled service, and continual new product introduction.

Digi-Key also supports the design process with numerous EDA and design tools, plus a comprehensive BOM manger tool. The company’s main objective is to accelerate the time to market for design engineers around the world.

in featured pic: Plexus receiving their “Bronze Package” award (Photo: Digi-Key