Forbes.com Names ChipCenter as One of the Best B2B Internet Companies

Business Wire, June 30, 2000

Business & High Tech Editors

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 30, 2000

ChipCenter, LLC (www.chipcenter.com), the Internet's premier destination for engineers and purchasers in the electronics OEM industry, has been named by Forbes.com as one of the best Web marketplace sites, as part of its first annual Best of the Web: B2B Guide issue.

ChipCenter was named in the guide's Computers & Electronics category.

Forbes.com editors have picked 200 of the most promising and competitive B2B companies in 25 industries. Each company was judged by the following criteria: strategy, execution, financial staying power and Web site.

About ChipCenter

ChipCenter is a new kind of marketing channel for electronic-component information and sourcing that consolidates editorial content, demand creation, interest fulfillment and e-commerce transactions into one seamless service. Boasting 75 years of editorial staff experience, five former chief editors and a total of 80 contributing editors, ChipCenter publishes more daily content than any online offering. Combined with the world's largest and most comprehensive franchised network of electronic components inventory, ChipCenter allows engineers and purchasing agents to learn, find, and buy at one convenient location. ChipCenter LLC is owned by Arrow Electronics, Inc. (NYSE:ARW), Aspect Development, Inc. (NASDAQ:ASDV), Avnet, Inc. (NYSE:AVT), CMP Media, Inc., and Pioneer-Standard Electronics, Inc. (NASDAQ:PIOS). http://www.chipcenter.com.