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Digi-Key Corporation Announces Global Distribution Agreement with Cicoil
Dec. 20, 2012 11:30 AM
Global electronic
components distributor Digi-Key Corporation, recognized by design
engineers as having the industry’s largest
selection of electronic components available for immediate shipment,
today announced the signing of a global distribution agreement with
Cicoil, an industry leader in the manufacture of flexible flat cable
used in numerous commercial and military applications.
“Cicoil is very excited about becoming a supplier and partner with
Digi-Key,” said Howard Lind, president and CEO of Cicoil. “Due to
Digi-Key’s worldwide reach and exposure, Cicoil’s flexible cables will
now be readily available to purchase online, for immediate shipment
anywhere in the world. Everyone at Cicoil is very excited about the new
partnership, and we look forward to a long, successful future with
Digi-Key.”
Cicoil’s hyper-flexible cable/wire products can withstand harsh
environmental factors such as extreme cold and extreme heat (-65°C to
+260°C) and remain soft to the touch. Cicoil cables can also withstand
medical or industrial chemicals and meet NASA or ESA outgassing
requirements. This will give design engineer’s a new choice when needing
a cable for harsh environments that will retain its flexibility. Cicoil
cables can also be custom configured to include tubing, power, signal,
and video in one jacketed cable.
“The commercial and military aerospace industries are an expanding
market, and Cicoil is ideally placed to serve this area of growth,” said
Tom Busher, vice president, global interconnect, passives, and
electromechanical product at Digi-Key. “Cicoil’s rugged product provides
a unique dimension to our line card and we are pleased to enter into
this partnership.”
Cicoil has extensive engineering experience in specifying and designing
cable assemblies. The company's engineers have custom designed thousands
of custom cable assemblies, for a wide variety of environments and
applications. Cicoil cables are also used in medical equipment, and in
automated robotic process equipment, specifically where cables needed to
survive tens of millions of flexing, repetitive cycles.
The full line of Cicoil products is currently available for purchase on Digi-Key’s
global websites.
About Digi-Key Corporation
Digi-Key Corporation, based in Thief River Falls, Minn., is a global,
full-service provider of both prototype/design and production quantities
of electronic components, offering more than two million products from
over 650 quality name-brand manufacturers at www.digikey.com.
With over 790,000 products in stock, an impressive selection of online
resources, and the logistical advantage of more than 800,000 square feet
of expandable distribution space, Digi-Key continues to move forward,
affirming its commitment to stocking the broadest range of electronic
components in the industry and providing the best service possible to
its customers.
Digi-Key’s totally integrated, Internet-engaged business model, coupled
with its industry-leading breadth of components available for immediate
shipment anywhere in the world from a single location, clearly
differentiates Digi-Key from all other distributors. Digi-Key offers
customers a unique approach to a high-mix, low volume production
business strategy by transferring much inventory risk and carrying costs
from the customer to Digi-Key. From Prototype to Production®,
Digi-Key has the components and resources necessary to grow your
business to the next level.
Digi-Key’s online offerings and resources include: PTM®
product training modules; TechZoneSM
technology zones; Another
Geek Moment videos; Digi-Key
toolbar; PurchasingProSM
for electronics buyers; TechXchangeSM;
a
Mobile and Social Center; the Scheme-it
online schematic design tool; a Reference
Design Library; and the Dynamic
Catalog.
Additional information and access to Digi-Key’s broad product offering
is available at www.digikey.com.
About Cicoil
Cicoil has been a leader in designing and manufacturing high performance
flat cable assemblies for over fifty years. The company's unique
silicone coated flat cables provide high flexibility, extremely long
life, and they can withstand temperature extremes from -65 degrees to
+260 degrees Celsius. Cicoil's flat cables are used in thousands of
demanding applications; including aircraft fuel control cells,
semiconductor automation, and the Space Shuttle. Cicoil designs and
manufactures its cable and cable assemblies in an automated facility in
Valencia, California. Cicoil's quality assurance system is certified to
the ISO 9001 (AS9100) standard. Visit www.cicoil.com
for more information.
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