Zdi partners with Finisar to globally represent and distribute its products.

For Immediate Release:
Zdi partners with Finisar to globally represent and distribute its products.
Largo, FL, February 16, 2010

ZD Integrated Circuits, Inc., with 18 years of experience in electronic component distribution, and Finisar Corporation, a Manufacturer of Optic Components and Sub Systems, have entered into an agreement allowing Zdi to represent and sell it’s products globally that will provide a suite of material management services for customers who build, maintain and upgrade high reliability data switching systems. The relationship capitalizes on the experience gained by both companies working in technology for 2 decades.

“Zdi has matured as a global leader in Supply Chain Services in the market place. Our global footprint, market knowledge and unrivaled quality process makes us a distributor of choice. We are the preferred supply chain partner of technology companies,” stated Craig Zurman, founder and CEO of ZD Integrated Circuits, Inc. “We have developed the expertise to verify the quality of incoming products and the facilities to store and distribute those products in a controlled environment for periods of time exceeding 10 years”, said Zurman.

“The ability of ZD Integrated Circuits material management and distribution capabilities with Finisar’s leading optic products create a distribution partnership that is uniquely positioned to provide services to the Original Equipment Manufacturers and Electronic Manufacturing Services companies” said Gavin Blackett of Finisar. Blackett explained that “we recognize the value of how Zdi can provide relationships with their Military Prime Contract customer base and can assist us with open item returns and re-distribute these items to the market place with their Technology Remarketing Programs.”

About ZD Integrated Circuits, Inc.
ZD Integrated Circuits, Inc. operates as an electronic component distributor to a large customer base of contract electronic manufacturers and original equipment manufacturers. With offices in Florida, Tennessee, Hong Kong and Shenzhen, China, ZD Integrated Circuits offers purchasing services as well as third party logistics, warehousing and supply chain management programs. ZD Integrated Circuits, Inc. has been in the electronics industry for 18 years with an exemplary record of sales and service to thousands of customers around the world.

About Finisar Corporation Internet video, high-definition television, Voice over Internet (VoIP), and the exploding volume and growth of enterprise data - these factors drive a global explosion in the world's need for information and bandwidth. Optical communications are the foundation. For more than 20 years, Finisar has provided optical components and modules that enable high-speed voice, video and data communications for networking, storage, wireless, and cable TV applications.