Awards Recognize Digi Distributors That Achieve Strong Growth and Exemplify Best Practices in Channel Sales
MUNICH, March 27, 2017 – Digi International®, (NASDAQ: DGII, www.digi.com), a leading global provider of machine-to-machine (M2M) and Internet of Things (IoT) connectivity products and services, today recognized highly performing members of its European channel program. Award winners were announced at the Digi Europe IoT Conference, the company's annual European conference which took place in Munich, Germany, March 1-2.
Winners of the 2016 awards included:
Digi EMEA Partner of the Year: Atlantik Elektronik
Atlantik Elektronik is a leading marketer of technology, and an expert in design-in of innovative semiconductor products and semiconductor solutions, notably in high-end markets with branches in Germany, Austria, the Netherlands and Denmark. Atlantik Elektronik was honored as the distributor that delivered the most revenue for the fiscal year and serves as a role model for demand generation and promotions, staff training, sales and fulfillment and the ability to offer the full breadth of Digi products. This marks the 11th consecutive year that Atlantik Elektronik is Digi’s Partner of the Year.
Business Development Partner of the Year: Arrow Electronics
Arrow Electronics is a global provider of products, services and solutions to industrial and commercial users of electronic components and enterprise computing solutions. Arrow received the Business Development award as the Digi distributor that created the largest pipeline for fiscal year and was recognized for its ability to team with the Digi sales organization to cultivate prospects.
Growth Partner of the Year: Venco Electrónica S.A
Serving customers in Spain, Venco Electrónica provides power electronics, semiconductors, as well as lighting, power, embedded, and display systems. Venco Electrónica received the Growth Partner award based on its year-over-year growth through successful sales of Digi’s products, particularly by selling Digi’s newest products across all product lines.
“We want to thank our distributors and celebrate their hard work and dedication in bringing Digi products to market,” said Kevin C. Riley, chief operating officer, Digi International. “These awards go beyond sales growth to recognize distributors that have an in-depth knowledge and commitment to Digi products.”
About Digi International
Digi International (NASDAQ: DGII) is a leading global provider of business and mission-critical machine-to-machine (M2M) and Internet of Things (IoT) connectivity products and services. We help our customers create next-generation connected products and deploy and manage critical communications infrastructures in demanding environments with high levels of security, relentless reliability and bulletproof performance. Founded in 1985, we’ve helped our customers connect over 100 million things, and growing. For more information, visit Digi's website at www.digi.com, or call 877-912-3444 (U.S.) or 952-912-3444 (International).
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