Andrew announces distribution agreement with Graybar; additional distribution channel for LAN access and wiring products.ORLAND PARK Or·land Park A village of northeast Illinois, a residential and manufacturing suburb of Chicago. Population: 53,300. , Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 19, 1996--Andrew Corp. has signed a distribution agreement with Graybar, the distributor of communications, data and electrical products. The Graybar agreement enables Andrew to Andrew To (Chinese: 陶君行) is a member of the Wong Tai Sin District Council, Hong Kong. He is also the Secretary of The Frontier. His wife, Jackie Hung, is a leader of Civil Human Rights Front and Justice and Peace Commission of the Hong Kong Catholic Diocese. effectively meet the increasing demand for its wiring and LAN (Local Area Network) A communications network that serves users within a confined geographical area. The "clients" are the user's workstations typically running Windows, although Mac and Linux clients are also used. Access products, such as the SuperStar/500 concentrator and the SmartLine 16 hub. Under the agreement, Graybar will market and support these products across the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. , Canada and Mexico. "Andrew is teaming with Graybar to improve the support and distribution of our products by utilizing the proven technical and support skills of Graybar personnel and the wide reach of their established account base," said Phil Garfinkle, North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. Sales Director for Andrew Corp. He added, "The combination of Andrew and Graybar provides our customers with access to a network of highly trained and responsive sales and support staff." The Graybar agreement follows the June 25 announcement of a distribution agreement between Andrew and Anixter Inc., a $2 billion value-added provider of integrated communications systems and services. Andrew Corp. is a global provider of communications technologies covering the entire spectrum of voice, data and video transmission. Andrew Network Products provides complete connectivity solutions for IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) and Apple Macintosh Apple Macintosh - Macintosh computers, LANs, WANs, PCs, and terminals with a full range of cost-effective products. -0- Andrew Corp. is a global supplier of communications systems equipment and services. Major markets are wireless communications -- which includes cellular personal communications systems and land mobile radio -- broadcast and common carrier. Andrew is an S&P company listed on the Nasdaq National Market System under the symbol ANDW. Graybar is engaged internationally in the wholesale distribution of comm/data and electrical equipment and supplies, primarily to contractors, industrial plants, telephone companies, power utilities and commercial users. The company operates approximately 240 locations throughout the United States. Sales in 1995 exceeded $2.7 billion. CONTACT: Andrew Corp., Orland Park Greta Brown, 708/349-5661 greta.brown@andrew.com |
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