DigiKey Signs Kingston

DigiKey is partnering with memory manufacturer Kingston Technology to distribute its memory and storage systems globally.

Kingston options including eMMC, eMCP, ePoP, UFS and DRAM components for industrial and embedded OEM customers. The company also provides an industrial SSD line of SATA and NVMe solid state drives (SSDs). These are created for system designers and builders.

End user applications cover IoT, networking and communications, embedded, infotainment, bio-medical, and industrial.

The Taiwanese company has been selling through DigiKey’s Marketplace e-commerce platform, as a third-party, for two years. It will now be directly included from DigiKey’s distribution centres.

“Kingston is a fantastic addition to DigiKey’s line card, and this partnership will allow customers around the globe access to their world-class memory products,” said Jason Gums, manager of product management at DigiKey.

“We’re thrilled to offer Kingston’s high-performing solutions to designers, tinkerers, and engineers everywhere, all backed by DigiKey’s seamless logistics and excellent customer service.”

You can find more information on the DigiKey website.

“Kingston is very excited to expand our partnership to DigiKey’s core supplier program by providing Kingston memory and storage solutions directly from DigiKey’s world-class distribution centre,” said Bryan Miltner, U.S. sales manager at Kingston.

“We have enjoyed continuous success and growth through DigiKey’s Marketplace e-commerce platform for the past two years, and we anticipate reaching an even broader audience with DigiKey’s global customer base more efficiently through the core supplier program.”