AMETEK Pittman Names Avnet as Worldwide Distributor.PHOENIX -- Avnet Electronics Marketing, an operating group of Avnet, Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :AVT AVT avian arginine vasotocin. See vasotocin. ), and AMETEK Pittman Inc. today announced they have entered into a worldwide distribution agreement. Under the deal, Avnet Electronics Marketing will serve as a stocking distributor for all PITTMAN[R] brand products, including: brush-commutated and electronically commutated DC motors, AC motors, stepper motors A motor that rotates in small, fixed increments and is used to control the movement of the access arm on a disk drive. Contrast with voice coil. (hardware) stepper motor , and digital linear actuators A linear actuator is a device that develops force and motion from an available energy sourcelinearly. Basic operation A linear actuator is used to generate controlled physical linear displacement. There are various means of achieving this linear displacement. . AMETEK Pittman is a leading designer and manufacturer of highly engineered motors for niche applications in the data storage, medical, electronic equipment, factory automation and aviation markets with manufacturing locations in Harleysville, Penn., and Offanengo, Italy. "Avnet Electronics Marketing enjoys a rich history and leadership position in the motor modification business," said John S. Wolfe, vice president of sales and marketing for AMETEK Technical & Industrial Products. "The Avnet Motor Modification Center in Grapevine, Texas Grapevine is a city in Tarrant County, Texas, United States. As of the 2000 census the city population was 42,059, though the 2006 U.S. Census Bureau estimate puts the city's population at 48,583. , offers ISO- iso- or is- pref. 1. Equal; uniform: isobar. 2. Isomeric: isopropyl. 3. 9002 qualified services that include application engineering assistance, prototypes and volume production. Together, AMETEK Pittman Inc. and Avnet will provide total motor solutions for our customers." The resulting partnership between the two companies is expected to provide their customers with enhanced motor solutions and customization capabilities. "Adding AMETEK Pittman Inc. to our product lineup A criminal investigation technique in which the police arrange a number of individuals in a row before a witness to a crime and ask the witness to identify which, if any, of the individuals committed the crime. not only expands the Avnet product portfolio, but also makes one of the broadest miniature motor product lines in the industry readily available for our customers," said Tom McCartney, senior vice president of IP&E Business Development Worldwide for Avnet Electronics Marketing. "The combination of AMETEK Pittman's technical and product expertise, and the electrical modification capabilities and logistics Avnet offers, result in flexible and high-quality motor solutions that are a real benefit for our customers." 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 (NYSE: AVT) markets, distributes and adds value to the products of the world's leading electronic component suppliers, enterprise computer manufacturers and embedded Inserted into. See embedded system. subsystem A unit or device that is part of a larger system. For example, a disk subsystem is a part of a computer system. A bus is a part of the computer. A subsystem usually refers to hardware, but it may be used to describe software. 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/. |
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