Duesseldorf, Germany, November 08, 2005 - ALPS Electric Europa GmbH, one of the leading manufacturers of electronic components, today announced that it has designated its distribution partner Trinity Electronics as "No. 1 Channel Partner 2005". ALPS presented the award to the company honoring its close collaboration and outstanding performance in the distribution of ALPS' 3,5" Floppy Disk Drive resulting in significant sales increase in Russia and CIS. Trinity is also the largest single customer of ALPS Electric Europa GmbH in 2005. The award was presented on the occasion of the visit of Frank Steinrucken, Senior Manager Sales & Marketing, ALPS, and Stephan Wirkner, Manager Sales & Marketing Computer Products, ALPS, in Moscow at November 08, 2005.

ALPS and Trinity Electronics have a business partnership since November 2000. The cooperation is primarily focused on ALPS' Floppy Disk Drives (FDD). With it Trinity reaches a significant volume.

With headquarters in Moscow and further sales offices in Ukraine, Trinity Electronics is an authorized distributor successfully working in IT business for over 10 years. Since 2002, it possesses a major role in supplement of Russian and CIS markets with optical storage devices and drives, hard drives, motherboards, monitors and a variety of other components, essential for the assembly and service of different computer systems.

"We are delighted to recognize Trinity Electronics for their excellent performance in continuous raising and supporting the sales of our products. Trinity's outstanding growth rate and turn over in number of pieces could only be reached through a very dedicated team and the focus on ALPS' FDDs", stated Frank Steinrucken.

The Award for Excellent Performance	Frank Steinruken	Stefan Wirkner

Handing the award to Trinity Electronics	Handing the award to Trinity Electronics & ALPS Europe