Arrow Sponsors Supply-Chain World North America 2000.

Business Editors

PITTSBURGH--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 24, 2000

Arrow Electronics, Inc. (NYSE: ARW), the world's largest distributor of electronic components and computer products and a leading provider of Digital Supply Chain Solutions(SM), will be one of the major sponsors supporting the Supply-Chain World North America conference and exhibition. Held April 10-12, 2000 at the Hyatt Regency O'Hare Hotel near Chicago, the theme for this year's conference is "e-nabling Dynamic Supply Chains."

Paul Katz, Arrow's Vice President of Value-Added Programs, will speak at the conference on Monday, April 10. His topic, Meeting Customer Priorities Through Digital Supply Chain Solutions(SM), will focus on the high-tech industry's value chain. Recently named No. 11 on Inter@ctive Week's "Internet 500" for online revenues, Arrow's approach to Digital Supply Chain Solutions will be discussed. The presentation will also cover Arrow's perspective on key concepts of e-commerce in supply chain design, as well as Arrow's current suite of e-commerce initiatives and capabilities, vision of the future, and migration issues and realities.

Arrow Electronics is the world's largest distributor of electronic components and computer products with 1999 sales of $9.3 billion. Headquartered in Melville, New York, Arrow serves as a supply channel partner for more than 600 suppliers and 175,000 original equipment manufacturers and commercial customers through more than 200 sales facilities and 25 distribution centers in 37 countries. Detailed information about Arrow's operations can be found at www.arrow.com.

For more information on attending and exhibiting in Supply-Chain World North America, contact the Council office at [phone], fax at 412-781-2871, or visit one of the Supply-Chain Council's web sites at: www.supply-chain.org or www.supplychainworld.org.