Smiths Interconnect iss excited to announce its top-performing distributors for the year 2023.
Our distribution awards program recognises and celebrates our valued business partners who have significantly contributed to the growth of Smiths Interconnect across the Americas, EMEA, and Asia. The winners in each region were selected based on their exceptional sales growth compared to the previous fiscal year.
In the Americas, TTI IP&E has been named Distributor of the Year for their outstanding
Americas 2023 award revenue growth and exceptional inventory management programs that have consistently delighted our customers. The expertise of TTI's Corporate Product Marketing team in promoting the Smiths Interconnect product portfolio has been instrumental in their success.
In EMEA, TTI IP&E - Europe has received the regional award for achieving remarkable
EMEA 2023 award growth. With a strong sales network, this European company has delivered excellent results in the German industrial market and in the defense, aerospace, and space sectors outside Germany.
In Asia the award for the best distributor goes to ACLink Technologies Limited, one of the few distributors of the group representing the brands of all our business units. Over the years they have proven to be one of the most results focused distributor in the region.
In collaboration with their sister company Shanghai Huili Technologies Limited, ACLink has has been instrumental in driving growth and providing exceptional support to our customers in the Semiconductor Test business. Their invaluable contribution extended to supporting the sales team in a pivotal initiative aimed at expanding our semiconductor test business in China.
With a focused approach and strategic mindset, ACLink played a key role in establishing relationships with leading blue-chip Chinese customers, facilitating the introduction of our state-of-the-art products such as the DaVinci 45G, DaVinci 56G, DaVinci 112G, and the DaVinci Micro test sockets. Their assistance in the stocking of our pogo pins proved invaluable, helping us to streamline operations, reduce lead times, and exceed customer and market expectations.
ASIA 2023 award celebrations with our VP Global Sales Kenny Quah and Arthur Shu, AC Link’s General Manager, at Smiths Interconnect offices in Shanghai
They also secured a significant victory by winning our first Burn-In socket contract with a leading electronics system design company, marking a key achievement in the Chinese Burn-In socket market following the acquisition of the Plastronics business.
For Connectors and Fiber Optic and RF Components business, ACLink helped reduce delivery times by stocking some Part Numbers for our customers and gave a strong support to customer development in China. This turned into a quicker turnaround and to gain more business for the entire group.
Staying in Asia, our Korean authorized distributor, Bizmile Co. Ltd, demonstrated exceptional performance with significant booking and revenue growth, earning them the Highly Commended Distributor for Business Growth 2023 award.
Director of Sales SM Hong and Kwangho Choi, Bizmile’s President, at their offices in Anyang, South Korea.
Julian Fagge, President of Smiths Interconnect, expressed his appreciation for our distribution partners and said: “We place a tremendous value on our distribution partners. I would like to take the opportunity with the 2023 award celebrations to thank them all for the hard work and collaboration to grow our respective businesses and congratulate the winners.”