Mini-Circuits Recognized Among Top 100 Suppliers at Keysight Conference

PENANG, MALAYSIA - December 5, 2019 – Mini-Circuits, a leading global supplier of radio frequency (RF) and microwave components and integrated assemblies, has been recognized by Keysight Technologies as one of its top 100 suppliers. Mini-Circuits received the award at the Keysight Supplier Conference, held Dec. 5, 2019, at Keysights' manufacturing site in Penang, Malaysia.

Keysight, a 40-plus-year client of Mini-Circuits, calculated its top 100 suppliers based on a zero-to-four scoring system encompassing technology, quality, responsiveness, delivery and cost (TQRDC). Mini-Circuits was the highest-ranked supplier in its commodity category.

Mini-Circuits' Vice President of Technical Marketing Steven Scheinkopf, who attended the conference along with Technical Sales Manager Fox Foo and Disman Bakner Field Sales Engineer, Ueli Lippuner, said the award is a reflection of Mini-Circuits’ commitment to quality.

"Keysight maintains extremely stringent requirements for supplier excellence," Scheinkopf said. "Performance must be measurable and repeatable, and products can never fail in a customer's production environment. It is therefore a testament to the quality and performance of our products to be counted among Keysight's top suppliers."

Mini-Circuits currently supplies to Keysight more than 1,200 different parts for use across the various industry sectors the company serves, including aerospace and defense, automotive and energy, communications and more. As a trusted and innovative partner, Mini-Circuits is actively supporting the early development of Keysight's 5G and IoT-enabled products.

"Our relationship with Keysight has grown to its highest level," Scheinkopf said. "As a trusted partner, and we look forward to taking that relationship to new heights."

"Keysight Technologies seeks to establish excellent long-term working relationships with suppliers to ensure shared success and growth," said Keysight in a statement. "Mini-Circuits consistently exceeds expectations across all key supplier performance measures."

About Mini-Circuits
Mini-Circuits is a global leader in the design, manufacture, and distribution of RF and microwave components and systems with 27 product lines and over 10,000 active models from DC to 86 GHz. Proudly serving over 20,000 customers worldwide, demanding quality standards, value pricing, on-time delivery, and world-class customer support have made Mini-Circuits the world's preferred supplier of RF and microwave products for over 50 years.

About Keysight Technologies
Keysight Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: KEYS) is a leading technology company that helps enterprises, service providers and governments accelerate innovation to connect and secure the world. Keysight's solutions optimize networks and bring electronic products to market faster and at a lower cost with offerings from design simulation, to prototype validation, to manufacturing test, to optimization in networks and cloud environments. Customers span the worldwide communications ecosystem, aerospace and defense, automotive, energy, semiconductor and general electronics end markets. Keysight generated revenues of $4.3B in fiscal year 2019. More information is available at www.keysight.com.