Avnet Electronics Marketing Americas and Tundra Semiconductor Sign North American Distribution Agreement.PHOENIX -- Avnet Electronics Marketing, Americas, the largest operating group of Avnet Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : AVT AVT avian arginine vasotocin. See vasotocin. ), today announced it has signed a distribution agreement with Tundra Semiconductor Tundra Semiconductor Corporation (TSX: TUN) supplies communications, computing and storage companies with system interconnect products, intellectual property and design services backed by customer service and technical support. Corp. (TSX TSX Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE before April, 2002) TSX Transfer from Stack Pointer to Index TSX True Space Extension : TUN) to promote, supply and support Tundra tundra (tŭn`drə), treeless plains of N North America and N Eurasia, lying principally along the Arctic Circle, on the coasts and islands of the Arctic Ocean, and to the north of the coniferous forest belt. System Interconnect (1) To attach one device to another. (2) A physical port (plug, socket) or wireless port (transmitter, receiver) used to attach one device to another. products throughout North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. . The new relationship addresses the growing demand from key communications, networking, storage and information technology leaders for Tundra System Interconnect products. Avnet will add its breadth of industry knowledge, extensive customer relationships and strong regional coverage to Tundra's current sales network in the region. Tundra System Interconnect products are a complementary fit with Avnet's product line portfolio and broad customer base with opportunities in high-growth markets for all products, including industry-leading RapidIO and PowerPC interconnect devices. "Tundra's relationship with Avnet is based on a shared vision -- together we will deliver and support a broad range of interconnect products that enable our customers to build strong competitive advantages and get to market faster," said Robert Fischer, director of North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. sales for Tundra Semiconductor. "Avnet's depth of design and applications, extensive field support services support services Psychology Non-health care-related ancillary services–eg, transportation, financial aid, support groups, homemaker services, respite services, and other services and product marketing strength complements Tundra's extensive System Interconnect product portfolio. We intend to expand our business in North America, and are confident that the combined strengths of our two companies will prove to be a win-win situation for customers." "Tundra is increasingly recognized as the market leader in System Interconnect, and has continued to excel in the successful development of relevant and innovative interconnect devices," added Jeff Ittel, senior vice president of semiconductors for Avnet Electronics Marketing Americas. "We are confident that Tundra System Interconnect products are not only designed to exceed customer requirements for performance and power, but that together Avnet and Tundra will deliver outstanding value to our mutual customers, and address their demands to help them stay steps ahead of the competition." About Tundra Semiconductor Corp. Tundra Semiconductor Corp. is the global leader in System Interconnect, providing world-class customer and technical support, leading-edge semiconductor solutions and design services to the world's foremost communications, networking, storage system and information technology vendors. For more information, please visit www.tundra.com. About Avnet Electronics Marketing Avnet Electronics Marketing is the largest operating group of Phoenix-based Avnet Inc., a Fortune 500 company. Avnet Electronics Marketing serves electronic original equipment manufacturers (EOEMs) and electronic manufacturing services (EMS) providers in 68 countries, distributing electronic components from leading manufacturers and providing associated design-chain and supply-chain services. The group's Web site is located at http://www.em.avnet.com. Avnet enables success from the center of the technology industry, providing cost-effective services and solutions vital to a broad base of more than 100,000 customers and 300 suppliers. The company markets, distributes and adds value to a wide variety of electronic components, enterprise computer products and embedded Inserted into. See embedded system. subsystems. Through its premier market position, Avnet brings a breadth and depth of capabilities that help its trading partners accelerate growth and realize cost efficiencies. For fiscal year ended July 2, 2005, Avnet and Memec, the company it acquired on July 5, 2005, generated combined revenue in excess of $13 billion in the past year through sales in approximately 70 countries. Visit www.avnet.com/. |
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