>> We had to use a rare type of those in a product for a demanding customer
>> (oil refinery valves, all parts had to be exactly as specified) and the
>> manufacturer of the valves had to buy a ridiculous amount of pins from
>> TYCO, the MOQ was 1,000,000 pins or something like that.
> 
> Would the valve manufacturer be willing to sell a few (maybe even tens of) 
> 1000s of these?
> 
> Is there anyone else here interested? I think if the order could be split 
> several ways, it would open up more opportunities.

I can ask them but you missed the "rare type of those" part.

The type we use is a straight pin parallel to PCB and for 1mm PCB 
thickness. You can see it here:

http://www.conrad.de/ce/de/product/733245/LOeTKONTAKTE-SIL-09-11-50-STUeCK

They are out of stock, we bought everything they had.

Djula
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