Allied Electronics, Inc. earns ISO 9002 registration.

FORT WORTH, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 28, 1995--David Yaniko, president of Allied Electronics, Inc., today announced that Allied has earned ISO 9002 registration. Since 1928, Allied has been an industry-leading catalog distributor of active and passive electronic components, test equipment and electronic equipment.

The International Standards Organization (ISO) 9000 is the general quality standard accepted throughout the European Economic Community. ISO was created to promote worldwide development of quality systems standardization and is currently accepted in over 90 countries. The ISO 9002 category of this standard specifically applies to the quality requirements of distributors and manufacturers.

To achieve 9002 registration, Allied's distribution processes were audited by the Quality Management Institute (QMI), a non-profit division of the Canadian Standards Association with an international reputation for thorough quality audits and stringent reporting standards.

"By earning the ISO 9002 registration, Allied has achieved a world-class, international standard of excellence," stated Yaniko. "I commend the entire Allied team for their quality efforts."

Allied is a member of Avnet's Electronic Marketing Group (EMG). Avnet EMG is the largest operating division of Avnet, Inc. (NYSE:AVT), a Fortune 500 company with annual sales exceeding $4.3 billion. Avnet EMG markets, inventories and adds value to the products of the most prestigious U.S. electronic components and equipment manufacturers for industrial and military customers.

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