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Data I/O Corporation: Data I/O Announces New Sales Representative Partnership With Kurt Whitlock Associates, Inc. in Florida

^{Published on 2009-01-07 08:12:30, Last Modified on 2009-01-07 08:13:01 - Market Wire}
 

REDMOND, WA--(Marketwire - January 7, 2009) - 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 Kurt Whitlock Associates, Inc.

Kurt Whitlock Associates, Inc. will represent Data I/O in the Florida electronics market. Located in St. Cloud, Florida, Kurt Whitlock Associates has served the electronic assembly equipment market in Florida for the past thirty years by focusing on delivering complete process solutions for PCB assembly and test with world class customer service.

"We're excited about increasing our presences in Florida," notes David Boak, Director of Sales, Americas at Data I/O. "Together, with Data I/O's manufacturing programming solutions and Kurt Whitlock Associates' technical expertise and dedication to supporting customers, we will deliver complete solutions that will streamline our customers' processes and lower their operating costs."

Additional company information is available at: [ www.kurtwhitlock.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.