Digi-Key Announces Stock on DIGITUS® Professional Fiber Optic Patch Cords from ASSMANN Electronics

THIEF RIVER FALLS, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Electronic components distributor Digi-Key Corporation, recognized by design engineers as having the industry’s broadest selection of electronic components available for immediate shipment, today announced it has stock on DIGITUS^® Professional fiber optic patch cords from ASSMANN Electronics, Inc.

These products are now available for purchase on Digi-Key’s global websites and will be featured in future print and online catalogs.

Made from the highest quality materials, DIGITUS fiber optic patch cords are ideal for high data rate systems, including FDDI, multimedia, Ethernet backbones, ATMs, or any network that requires the transfer of large and time-consuming files. Connectors feature ceramic ferrules to protect against damage, splitting, and wear. Additionally, an individual test report is included with every patch cord.

For more information about the DIGITUS Professional fiber optic patch cords from ASSMANN, go to www.digikey.com.

Digi-Key Corporation focuses on providing customers with superior service, which includes product selection and availability, on-time delivery, and responsiveness. Using leading-edge processes and state-of-the-art technologies, Digi-Key serves a global customer base from its 600,000 square foot facility in Thief River Falls, Minnesota, USA.

About Digi-Key Corporation
As one of the world’s fastest growing distributors of electronic components, Digi-Key Corporation has earned its reputation as an industry leader through its total commitment to service and performance. Digi-Key is a full-service provider of both prototype/design and production quantities of electronic components, offering more than 1.7 million products from over 440 quality name-brand manufacturers. A testament to Digi-Key’s unparalleled commitment to service, North American design engineers have ranked Digi-Key #1 for Overall Performance for 18 consecutive years (EE Times Distribution Study/August 2009). Additional information and access to Digi-Key’s broad product offering is available at www.digikey.com.

About The ASSMANN Group
ASSMANN Electronics GmbH was founded in 1969 in Ludenscheid/Germany, and ASSMANN Electronics, Inc. in 1988 in Tempe, Arizona as an industrial manufacturer of connectors, cables – standard and custom – and adapters. With branches in Austria, France, Sweden, Switzerland, Croatia, Slovenia, Poland, Mexico, China, and Taiwan, this USO-certified specialist in the industrial market and network solutions supplies IT distributors and key accounts worldwide. In 1994 the brand name DIGITUS^® was introduced to the US. DIGITUS^® is now well known in many markets worldwide for its “Best Value for the Money” quality. The wide range of high quality active and passive network components, KVMs, USB and fire wire products, cables, fiber and patch cables, cabinets, patch panels, adapters and connectors, ATA/SCSI products, peripherals, notebook, PDA, computer, and multimedia accessories are supplied for private consumers and professional users.

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