Arrow Electronics Expands Design Engineering and Post-Manufacturing Services for Industrial OEMs.

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. -- Arrow OEM Computing Solutions (OCS), the division of Arrow Electronics, Inc. (NYSE:ARW) that provides manufacturing, system integration, and supply chain management services to industrial OEMs and intellectual property-based companies, today announced the expansion of its design engineering and post-manufacturing services to complement each phase of its industrial OEM customers' product lifecycle management requirements.

"Arrow's expansion of services in design engineering and post-manufacturing is in response to the growing demand from its intellectual property-rich OEM customers to rely on a single partner to provide end-to-end services," said Chuck Kostalnick, vice president of sales, Arrow OEM Computing Solutions.

The expanded and enhanced services from Arrow OCS strengthens its value proposition to customers as a one-stop full service partner for the manufacturing and product lifecycle support of industrial computing solutions in key vertical markets, including federal (defense, aerospace), medical, industrial, communications, and point-of-access/gaming.

Building on Arrow's proven track record in value-added manufacturing and related services, Arrow OCS's complete services offering to customers includes the following:

Design Services for Hardware Including Flat Panels:

--Class 1000 Clean Room

--Custom Enclosure

--System Design & Qualification

--Thermal Testing

--Electrical Testing

--UL/CE Certifications

--NEBS Certification

--FDA Expertise

--Mechanical Engineering

--Custom Flat Panel Design

--Touchscreen Qualification

--Conformal Coating

--Display Ruggedization

--PCB/System Ruggedization

--Engineering Support Services

Design Services for Software:

--Device Drivers

--BSPs - XPE, CE, NTE, Linux

--O/S - Microsoft, Linux, QNX, VxWorks

--SDKs

--Application Development

--O/S Porting

--Training

--Engineering Support Services

Post-Manufacturing Services:

--Product Fulfillment

--Service Parts Logistics Management

--Installment/Deployment

--Technical Support

--Hardware Maintenance

Arrow has been in the business of embedded computing since 1982 and enables its customers to turn complex concepts into profitable reality.

About the North American Computer Products group of Arrow Electronics

The North American Computer Products group of Arrow Electronics, Inc. (NYSE:ARW) is a leading distributor of enterprise and embedded computing systems to resellers and OEM customers in North America. Based in Englewood, Colo., the group is comprised of four divisions that make up Enterprise Computing Solutions (Support Net, SBM, MOCA, Enterprise Storage Solutions) and OEM Computing Solutions, which serves complex and industrial OEM customers. Visit us at www.arrownacp.com.

Arrow Electronics is one of the world's largest distributors of electronic components and computer products and a leading provider of services to the electronics industry.