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EMS Firm Trivo Awards Digi-Key with Best Supplier for NPI of the Year
September 1, 2017 | PRNewswireEstimated reading time: 2 minutes
Digi-Key Electronics received Trivo (Taicang) Technologies Co. Ltd’s 2016-2017 Best Supplier for NPI of the Year award on August 16, 2017.
Trivo is a professional EMS company that delivers high quality services, focusing on total cost solutions to OEM/ODM customers. Trivo provides a full range of turnkey EMS, design and fulfillment, and global supply chain management.
“We are an EMS focusing on High Mix Low Volume (HMLV) business across different continents, from Asia to Europe and the Americas,” said Jeffrey Cai, President of Trivo. “We help customers in areas like industrial, telecom, automotive, medical, and more; and partnering with Digi-Key allows us to fulfill the HMLV needs of those customers with the newest and most innovative products.”
A supply chain program has also been set up for Trivo’s HMLV projects to maximize their production flexibility while minimizing inventory risk.
“We are pleased that Digi-Key has been a preferred source of components for Trivo,” said Tony Ng, General Manager, Greater China & ASEAN, at Digi-Key. “We are in the process of developing the data sharing of API connectivity which supports their fast quote and BOM completion services. Digi-Key supports their NPI projects with one of the fastest cycle times of sample and prototype builds, as well as fulfilling short lead times for mass production orders. We look forward to continuing to help Trivo and their customers get their products to market faster.”
About Trivo (Taicang) Technologies
Trivo (Taicang) Technologies Co. Ltd is located in Taicang, Jiangsu Province, China. 30 minutes from Shanghai Hongqiao Airport, and 1.5 hours from Shanghai Pudong Airport. Trivo was founded in 2009, with full capability to take projects from any stage to completion. Trivo supports high and low-mix PCB and assembly for volumes that range from just a few units for prototypes, to modest quantities for pre-production, to hundreds of thousands in volume production. Trivo also provides total solutions and can ship final products to anywhere customers need.
About Digi-Key Electronics
Digi-Key Electronics, headquartered in Thief River Falls, Minn., USA, is a B2B global, full-service, authorized distributor of both prototype/design and production quantities of electronic components, offering more than six million products, with over 1.3 million products in stock and available for immediate shipment, from over 650 quality name-brand manufacturers. Digi-Key ensures timely delivery with over 99.5% of orders being shipped the same day. The company also offers robust EDI, API and XML solutions. Additional information and access to Digi-Key's broad product offering is available at www.digikey.com.
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