Digi-Key
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Digi-Key is the fourth largest electronic component distributor in North America and a broad-line distributor of board level components. It ranks as the 8th largest electronic component distributor in the world. Ronald Stordahl
founded the company in 1972 and its name was derived from the digital electronic keyer kit that he developed and marketed to amateur radio
enthusiasts. It was called the “Digi-Keyer Kit.”
Mark Larson, who joined Digi-Key in 1976 as its general manager, has been its president since 1985. He has led the company from its initial focus on the hobbyist market to the expanded market it serves today.
In 1995, Digi-Key introduced its website that offers complete online commerce capabilities along with access to product inventory. Digi-Key currently hosts 82 websites in eight supported languages.
In only six years, Digi-Key has moved from 16th largest to fifth largest among the more than 300 electronic component distributors in North America. According to their website, in 2007 EE Times
conducted a survey in which engineers rated Digi-Key “#1 for Overall Performance for the 16th Consecutive Year.”
Digi-Key is located in a single, centralized location in Thief River Falls, Minnesota, USA. Its facility measures 600000 square feet (55,741.8 m²) and houses over 2,400 employees. Its product distribution center stocks over 500,000 products from over 470 manufacturers and ships to 170 countries worldwide.
Digi-Key serves design engineers and the prototyping market, as well as an expanding role in supplying production quantities for OEMs and contract manufacturers.
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Ronald Stordahl
Dr. Ronald Stordahl is the chief executive officer of electronic component distributor Digi-Key Corporation, located in Thief River Falls, Minnesota. It was Dr. Ronald A. Stordahl's interest in ham radio that provided the springboard for what has become Digi-Key Corporation today...
founded the company in 1972 and its name was derived from the digital electronic keyer kit that he developed and marketed to amateur radio
Amateur radio
Amateur radio is the use of designated radio frequency spectrum for purposes of private recreation, non-commercial exchange of messages, wireless experimentation, self-training, and emergency communication...
enthusiasts. It was called the “Digi-Keyer Kit.”
Mark Larson, who joined Digi-Key in 1976 as its general manager, has been its president since 1985. He has led the company from its initial focus on the hobbyist market to the expanded market it serves today.
In 1995, Digi-Key introduced its website that offers complete online commerce capabilities along with access to product inventory. Digi-Key currently hosts 82 websites in eight supported languages.
In only six years, Digi-Key has moved from 16th largest to fifth largest among the more than 300 electronic component distributors in North America. According to their website, in 2007 EE Times
EE Times
EE Times is an electronics industry newspaper published in the USA by UBM Electronics, a division of United Business Media. Launched in 1972 by Gerard G. Leeds of CMP Publishing. CMP was acquired by United in 1999...
conducted a survey in which engineers rated Digi-Key “#1 for Overall Performance for the 16th Consecutive Year.”
Digi-Key is located in a single, centralized location in Thief River Falls, Minnesota, USA. Its facility measures 600000 square feet (55,741.8 m²) and houses over 2,400 employees. Its product distribution center stocks over 500,000 products from over 470 manufacturers and ships to 170 countries worldwide.
Digi-Key serves design engineers and the prototyping market, as well as an expanding role in supplying production quantities for OEMs and contract manufacturers.
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