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Data I/O Corporation: Data I/O Announces New Sales Representative Partnership With Technical Representatives, Inc. in the Mid-A

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^{Published in Science and Technology on Wednesday, December 17th 2008 at 12:29 GMT by Market Wire}  

REDMOND, WA--(Marketwire - December 17, 2008) - Data I/O Corporation (NASDAQ: [ DAIO ]), the leading provider of manual and automated device programming solutions, announced the company completed a sales representative agreement with Technical Representatives, Inc. (TRi).

TRi, a well-known and respected sales representative, is focused on delivering the highest level of sales support with an emphasis on solutions that address the challenges its customers face. Headquartered in Herndon, Virginia, with offices located throughout the mid-Atlantic region of the East Coast, TRi represents Data I/O's platforms and solutions in Virginia, West Virginia, District of Columbia, Maryland, Pennsylvania and New Jersey.

"We're excited about expanding our sales in the mid-Atlantic region," notes David Boak, Director of Sales, Americas at Data I/O. "TRi brings a level of expertise, industry success and a commitment to quality that will allow both Data I/O and TRi to deliver the solutions customers require to lower their operating costs and protect their intellectual property."

Additional company information is available at [ www.trirep.com ].

About Data I/O

With over 35 years of expertise in delivering intellectual property to programmable devices, Data I/O offers complete, integrated manufacturing solutions in wireless, automotive, programming center, semiconductor, and industrial control market segments for OEM, ODM, EMS and semiconductor companies. Data I/O provides hardware and software solutions for turn-key programming and device testing services, as well as in-system (on-board), in-line (right before use at the SMT line), or in-socket (off-line) programming with special manufacturing options such as serialization, traceability, version control, statistical data logging, co-planarity test, and bad block management. These solutions are scalable for small, medium and large volume applications with different device mixes. For further information on Data I/O, please visit [ www.dataio.com ] or call 800-426-1045.