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.