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Avnet Electronics Marketing Inks Expanded Distribution Agreement with Amphenol

Business Wire, Feb 8, 2007

PHOENIX -- Avnet Electronics Marketing Americas has expanded its franchise agreement with Amphenol to include the Amphenol Alden Products Company portfolio of high performance connectors and cable assemblies. The expanded agreement will enable Avnet and Amphenol to provide more products, services, and logistical support to customers throughout North America.

Amphenol Alden Products are used in medical, instrumentation and harsh-environment industrial Ethernet applications. Products are engineered for reliability and functionality while exposed to rough environmental and mechanical stress, including areas outside of the electronic enclosure box - something internal components and wiring never see.

The additional product lineup offers customers a wide range of off-the-shelf components and the ability to quickly modify and customize standard modular connector packages to meet unique application challenges. "Amphenol Alden Products' 'art to part' interconnect solution is a very innovative and unique approach to servicing customers that includes design, development and manufacturing - and it will help our customers who need customized interconnect product in their next generation designs," said Pat Wastal, senior vice president of IP&E for Avnet Electronics Marketing. "We look forward to marrying Avnet's design and supply chain capabilities with Amphenol Alden's products and customization ability to meet our customers' application challenges."

"Amphenol Alden Products views the recent agreement with Avnet Electronics Marketing as a clear path to expand our customer base, harnessing the design and marketing power that Avnet is known for within the industry," said Sharon Thomas, Amphenol Alden products business development manager.

Amphenol Alden Products also offers a signature line of Pulse-Lok[R] auto-coupling connectors, high voltage, and custom overmolded cable assemblies that span a multitude of applications and markets for high density, power and Ethernet requirements.

For more information, please visit the Avnet Electronics Marketing Manufacturer Gateway.

About Avnet Electronics Marketing

Avnet Electronics Marketing is an operating group of Phoenix-based Avnet, Inc. (NYSE:AVT), a Fortune 500 company. Avnet Electronics Marketing serves electronic original equipment manufacturers (EOEMs) and electronic manufacturing services (EMS) providers in 70 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.

About Avnet

With more than 250 locations serving customers in 70 countries worldwide, Avnet markets, distributes and adds value to the products of the world's leading electronic component suppliers, enterprise computer manufacturers and embedded subsystem providers. Additionally, Avnet brings a breadth and depth of service capabilities, such as supply-chain optimization, logistics solutions, product assembly, device programming, computer system integration and engineering design assistance. For the fiscal year ended July 1, 2006, Avnet generated revenue of $14.25 billion. Visit www.avnet.com/.>