Avnet Electronics Marketing and ITT Cannon Celebrate 55 Years.

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M2 PRESSWIRE-2 April 2008-AVNET: Avnet Electronics Marketing and ITT Cannon Celebrate 55 Years(C)1994-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD

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PHOENIX -- Avnet Electronics Marketing, an operating group of Avnet, Inc. (NYSE: AVT), and global electronics manufacturer and supplier, ITT Interconnect Solutions, an operating group of ITT Corporation (NYSE: ITT), are celebrating their 55-year alliance.

The year was 1952. The Summer Olympic Games of the XV Olympiad took place in Helsinki, Finland and the VI Winter Games were hosted in Oslo, Norway. U.S. Winter Olympians took home gold medals for skiing in women's slalom and women's giant slalom, men's figure skating and men's 500 meter speed skating.

It was also an important year for...