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Avnet Electronics Marketing Americas Launches Newly Designed Web Site

Business Wire, July 18, 2006

PHOENIX -- Avnet Electronics Marketing Americas, the largest operating group of Avnet Inc. (NYSE: AVT), announces the launch of its newly designed Web site, www.em.avnet.com. New site features include customer-focused sections, streamlined checkout, Hazmat information and integrated search applications.

The new and improved Avnet Electronics Marketing Americas Web site is now divided into four customer-focused sections for quick and easy navigation: Products, Services, About Avnet and "My Avnet" for e-commerce and user-profile/maintenance activities. Additionally, the site features a streamlined e-commerce checkout process. Customers making credit card purchases can complete their transactions without having to fill out a site registration or wait for e-mail validation.

The part search engine has also been updated to display Hazmat information in the search results, and the Avnet PartBuilder(TM) Parametric search application has been integrated into the Product pages.

"Visitors will appreciate the ease in which they are able to navigate the new Web site," said Beth Ely, senior vice president of New Channel Development for Avnet Electronics Marketing Americas. "In addition to easy access to the Design Resource Center, information on events and seminars and special offers, we feel the customer-focused sections, streamlined checkout and integrated search applications are welcome additions to the site. We also look forward to implementing additional enhancements to the site over the next several months."

About Avnet Electronics Marketing

Avnet Electronics Marketing is the largest operating group of Phoenix-based Avnet Inc., a Fortune 500 company. Avnet Electronics Marketing serves electronic original equipment manufacturers (EOEMs) and electronic manufacturing services (EMS) providers in 68 countries, distributing electronic components from leading manufacturers and providing associated design-chain and supply-chain services. The group's Web site is located at http://www.em.avnet.com.

Avnet enables success from the center of the technology industry, providing cost-effective services and solutions vital to a broad base of more than 100,000 customers and 300 suppliers. The company markets, distributes and adds value to a wide variety of electronic components, enterprise computer products and embedded subsystems. Through its premier market position, Avnet brings a breadth and depth of capabilities that help its trading partners accelerate growth and realize cost efficiencies. For fiscal year ended July 2, 2005, Avnet and the recently acquired Memec (closed July 5, 2005) generated combined revenue in excess of $13 billion in the past year through sales in approximately 70 countries. Visit www.avnet.com/.>