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Keithley Instruments, Inc. and TestMart Sign Government Services Partnership
Partnership helps government users, military personnel, and federal contractors save taxpayer money when buying technical equipment
SAN BRUNO, CALIFORNIA and CLEVELAND, OHIO, August 8, 2006 — Keithley Instruments, Inc. (NYSE:KEI), a leader in solutions for emerging measurement needs, announced today a new partnership agreement with TestMart, Inc., the leading marketplace operator and service provider for the IT, network maintenance, and test and measurement industries. The agreement authorizes TestMart to present a catalog of Keithley’s precision test and measurement equipment, including digital multimeters, data acquisition/dataloggers, switching systems, source-measure instruments, power supplies, RF instruments, pulse/pattern generators, nanovoltmeters, and electrometers, as well as government marketplace services for Keithley to meet the needs of federal customers.
“Including Keithley in the TestMart product offering provides us with the opportunity to offer the federal government an even broader array of high quality test instrumentation,” said Peter Ostrow, President and CEO of TestMart. “US government users and buyers will continue to have an easy way to search and procure the highest quality items that are compliant with the Federal Acquisition Regulations (FARs).”
"TestMart is an important channel for reaching our customers in the military and GSA marketplace, and we're pleased to bring our level of precision measurement technology to its expanding family of high quality offerings," said Mark Hoersten, Keithley Vice President, Business Management.
Keithley products are under General Services Administration (GSA) Multiple Award Schedules (MAS) managed by TestMart, which will provide content, transaction, marketing, sales support, and reporting services around them. TestMart also will provide presentation and order processing though the GSA’s e-commerce web site, www.gsaadvantage.gov, and the company’s own online marketplace, www.usa.testmart.com.
About TestMart
TestMart is the leading sales, marketing, and online strategy partner for the test and measurement community. Manufacturers and sellers use TestMart to increase their military, government, and commercial sales. Buyers rely on TestMart as an honest and efficient marketplace for purchasing test and measurement equipment. Headquartered in San Bruno, California, TestMart is a privately funded company. For more information, please visit www.testmart.com.
About Keithley Instruments, Inc.
With 60 years of measurement expertise, Keithley Instruments has become a world leader in advanced electrical test instruments and systems from DC to RF (radio frequency). Its products solve emerging measurement needs in production testing, process monitoring, product development, and research. The company's customers are scientists and engineers in the worldwide electronics industry involved with advanced materials research, semiconductor device and wafer characterization and functional test, and the production of end products such as electronic assemblies or portable wireless devices. The value Keithley provides its customers is a combination of precision measurement technology and a rich understanding of their applications to improve the quality, throughput, and yield of their products.
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