Press Release 21/2011
Keithley Instruments Signs Distribution Agreement with Nortelco Electronics of Sweden
Germering, Germany, August 18, 2011 * * * Keithley Instruments, Inc., a world leader in advanced electrical test instruments and systems, has signed a distribution agreement with Nortelco Electronics to handle sales and support of the company’s products in Sweden. Nortelco Electronics is currently establishing a new sales office in Stockholm to handle Keithley and its other distribution clients.
The new sales office will open by October 1, 2011, under the direction of a new local sales manager. Nortelco Electronics is already established in the broadcast industry in Sweden as a distributor of Tektronix video test and related equipment from other vendors. In 2010, Keithley joined Tektronix and operates today as part of its test and measurement portfolio.
As part of the agreement, Nortelco Electronics will sell the comprehensive line of Keithley instruments geared to the specialized needs of electronics manufacturers for high performance production testing, process monitoring, and product develop-ment solutions, including:
• Digital multimeters and systems
• Switching and control
• Specialized power supplies
• Source and measure products
• Low level measurement and sourcing, including low current/high resistance measurements and low voltage/low resistance measurements
• Semiconductor test
• Optoelectronics test
• Data acquisition products
Mark Hoersten, Keithley’s vice president of business management, notes, “This dis-tribution agreement with Nortelco Electronics allows us to provide the best support for our customers. By working as a team, Keithley and Nortelco will be able to deliv-er superior test and measurement solutions in the region. In this way, we can offer our customers efficient access to our products, coupled with the superior local sup-port that Nortelco’s technical sales engineers and service organization can provide.” Nortelco Electronics is a well-known distributor in the test and measurement market in Norway and Denmark and has been representing Keithley Instruments for many years.
“Keithley Instruments has a history of innovative and significant product introduc-tions, and it will be exciting to introduce them to all three Scandinavian markets,” notes Svein Hermansen, COO/vice president of Nortelco Electronics AS.
About Keithley Instruments, Inc.
With more than 60 years of measurement expertise, Keithley Instruments has be-come a world leader in advanced electrical test instruments and systems. Our cus-tomers are scientists and engineers in the worldwide electronics industry involved with advanced materials research, semiconductor device development and fabrica-tion, and the production of end products such as portable wireless devices. The value we provide them is a combination of products for their critical measurement needs and a rich understanding of their applications to improve the quality of their products and reduce their cost of test. In 2010, Keithley Instruments joined Tektronix as part of its test and measurement portfolio.
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