Arrow Electronics Kicks Off 11-City Technical Solutions Forums.

Training presented by Arrow and Logic Product Development

MELVILLE, N.Y. -- Full-day, hands-on workshops to help engineers create differentiated devices for a broad range of applications, including commercial and consumer electronic products, are being hosted by Arrow Electronics, Inc. (NYSE: ARW), with the first being held in Los Angeles today.

The workshops will be held in 11 cities and feature how to build Windows[R] Embedded CE 6.0 applications and images running on ARM platforms, as well as how to bring those new devices to market quickly.

Training is presented by Arrow and Logic Product Development, a Microsoft[R] Windows Embedded Gold Partner. Leading industry suppliers Atmel, Texas Instruments and Freescale Semiconductor will present individual sessions on their state-of-the-art ARM designs during the workshops.

"The Arrow Technical Solutions Forums are designed to provide real-world solutions to complex engineering designs, with sessions that are much more interactive than standard seminars," said David West, vice president of engineering and new business development at Arrow.

The technical forums will run through October. For more information on locations and dates, please visit http://www.arrownac.com/events-training/atsf/wince-solutions/

About Arrow Electronics

Arrow Electronics (www.arrow.com) is a global provider of products, services and solutions to industrial and commercial users of electronic components and enterprise computing solutions. Headquartered in Melville, N.Y., Arrow serves as a supply channel partner for approximately 700 suppliers and 140,000 original equipment manufacturers, contract manufacturers and commercial customers through a global network of more than 300 locations in 50 countries and territories.