TTI Names KOA Speer a Platinum Level Supplier


Bradford, PA - April 28, 2008 - KOA Speer Electronics Inc. announces they have earned the TTI Supplier Excellence Award for 2007. KOA Speer Electronics is once again a Platinum Level recipient from TTI, an honor that can only be reached by receiving the Supplier Excellence Award for 5 consecutive years. KOA Speer has been an award recipient in 12 of the 13 years TTI has presented this recognition.

Melanie Pizzey, Vice President Global Product Operations at TTI, made the announcement. Achievement of this award not only represents the dedication of all KOA Speer Electronics employees to TTI, but also management's commitment and overall operating philosophy for excellence by allocation of resources allowing employees the opportunity to do the right thing in order to ensure customer satisfaction.

The TTI Supplier Excellence Award represents the highest recognition possible of a supplier's performance within TTI. The program is centered on quality measurements that include: on time delivery, receiving quality, customer quality, administrative quality and business systems. In addition, there also are performance measurements including sales results, profitability and percent growth.

About TTI, Inc.

Headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas, TTI, Inc. is the largest distributor specialist of passive, interconnect and electromechanical components. TTI is the distributor of choice for industrial and consumer electronic manufacturers worldwide. TTI's extensive product line includes: resistors, capacitors, connectors, potentiometers, trimmers, magnetic and circuit protection components, wire and cable, wire management, identification products, application tools, and electromechanical devices. Our products, personalized service and supply chain solutions earned us the most preferred passives distributor title by CMP publications. TTI employs 1,500+ at 50 locations throughout North America, Europe and Asia. For more information about TTI visit www.ttiinc.com.

About KOA Speer

KOA Speer Electronics is a QS 9000, ISO 9002 certified company that has been serving the electronics industry since 1980 and is a leading supplier of surface mount products including resistors, circuit protection components, inductors, capacitors and EMI/EMC filtering components. Leaded products including resistors and networks are also available. KOA Speer products are distributed primarily to the North American market for applications including automotive, telecommunications, computer and instrumentation.

For more information, contact Dawn McGriff, KOA Speer Electronics, Inc., Bolivar Drive, P.O. Box 547, Bradford, PA, 16701. Phone: 814-362-5536, ext. 266. Fax: 814-362-8883. Web site: www.koaspeer.com.

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