Avnet Electronics Marketing Americas, a business region of Avnet, Inc. (NYSE: AVT), today announced a distribution agreement with Abracon Corporation, a global manufacturer of precision frequency control, signal conditioning, clock distribution and inductive products. Avnet Electronics Marketing will now begin distributing Abracon's complete line within the Americas region.
As an industry leader for close to 20 years, Abracon has built a reputation for providing the latest emerging technology with a broad range of products ranging from crystal oscillators to micro-electronic machines (MEMs) oscillators to surface acoustic wave (SAW) filters. Ideally suited for handheld and wireless applications, Abracon's ultra-miniature surface-mount packaging extends across all of its product lines, making it easy to incorporate into any design.
"Design engineers and purchasing professionals will benefit from the combination of Abracon's broad product portfolio of leading technology products and Avnet's design and supply chain expertise," said Christopher Polley, president and founding partner of Abracon Corporation.
"The demand for precision timing products is increasing in many industries such as wireless, medical, industrial and automotive," said Alex Iuorio, senior vice president of supplier marketing at Avnet Electronics Marketing Americas. "Abracon is a highly recognized brand within our industry. By expanding our current distribution agreement from Asia to the Americas, we increase our ability to meet our customers' demands worldwide."
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About Abracon
Abracon Corporation was established August 5, 1992 with the vision of becoming a top tier global manufacturer of Frequency Control, Signal Conditioning, Clock Distribution, and Magnetic Components with global design and technical support. In pursuit of this vision, Abracon has obtained ISO9001-2008 quality certification, made select equity investments in off-shore manufacturing facilities and installed quick-turn prototyping capabilities for custom magnetic and programmable devices at its California headquarters. Additionally, Abracon formed strategic, long term partnerships with off-shore manufacturing operations in order to share manufacturing expertise, advanced technology, capital investments and overall cost benefits obtained by outsourced production. For more information, visit: www.abracon.com.
About Avnet Electronics Marketing
Avnet Electronics Marketing is an operating group of Phoenix-based Avnet, Inc. that serves electronic original equipment manufacturers (EOEMs) and electronic manufacturing services (EMS) providers in more than 70 countries, distributing electronic components from leading manufacturers and providing associated design-chain and supply-chain services. The group's website is located at www.em.avnet.com. Avnet, Inc. (NYSE: AVT), a Fortune 500 company, is one of the largest distributors of electronic components, computer products and embedded technology in the world. Avnet accelerates its partners' success by connecting the world's leading technology suppliers with a broad base of more than 100,000 customers and providing cost-effective, value-added services and solutions. For the fiscal year ended June 27, 2009, Avnet generated revenue of $16.23 billion. For more information, visit www.avnet.com.
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Avnet Electronics Marketing
Bethany Helvie, Public Relations,
480-643-7183
Bethany.Helvie@avnet.com
