Avnet Electronics Marketing Wins Rain Bird Supplier Award.PHOENIX -- Award spotlights Avnet's Outstanding Achievement in New Product Development, Responsiveness, Quality and Cost Reduction Avnet Electronics Marketing, an operating group of Avnet Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :AVT AVT avian arginine vasotocin. See vasotocin. ), announces the company has been awarded the Rain Bird Supplier Award for Outstanding Achievement in new product development, responsiveness, quality and cost reduction. Avnet provides Rain Bird with both design-chain and supply-chain services, including forecast management and a bonded inventory program. This is the second year Rain Bird has recognized Avnet with an achievement award. The award was presented at a supplier gathering with more than 105 suppliers in attendance. "Rain Bird and Avnet have a long history as partners -- and it's been mutually beneficial Adj. 1. mutually beneficial - mutually dependent interdependent, mutualist dependent - relying on or requiring a person or thing for support, supply, or what is needed; "dependent children"; "dependent on moisture" . We are constantly looking at how to further that partnership and expect to expand our programs going forward," said Phil Gallagher, president of Avnet Electronics Marketing, Americas. "Together the Rain Bird and Avnet teams have worked toward continuous improvement in all aspects of our business relationship. We look forward to a great future together." About Avnet Electronics Marketing Avnet Electronics Marketing is the largest operating group of Phoenix-based Avnet Inc., a Fortune 500 company with fiscal 2004 sales exceeding $10 billion, and one of the world's largest technology marketing, distribution and services companies. Avnet Electronics Marketing, Americas (EMA (1) (Enterprise Management Architecture) An earlier strategic plan from Digital for integrating network, system and application management. It provided the operating environment for managing a multi-vendor network. ) serves electronic original equipment manufacturers (EOEMs) and electronic manufacturing services (EMS) providers in 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. and Brazil distributing electronic components from leading manufacturers and providing associated services. The company's Web site is located at www.em.avnet.com. About Rain Bird Corp. Rain Bird Corp., based in Glendora, Calif., is the leading manufacturer and provider of irrigation irrigation, in agriculture, artificial watering of the land. Although used chiefly in regions with annual rainfall of less than 20 in. (51 cm), it is also used in wetter areas to grow certain crops, e.g., rice. products and services. Since its beginnings in 1933, Rain Bird has continued to offer the industry's broadest range of irrigation products for golf courses, sports arenas, farms, commercial developments, and homes in more than 130 countries around the world. Rain Bird has been awarded more than 130 patents, including the first in 1935 for the impact sprinkler An Impact sprinkler (sometimes incorrectly called an impulse sprinkler) is a type of Irrigation sprinkler used primarily to irrigate farm fields. It is by far the most widely recognized type of sprinkler, particularly by the sound it makes while operating. . Rain Bird and The Intelligent Use of Water(TM) is about using water wisely. Its commitment extends beyond products to education, training and services for the industry and the community. Rain Bird maintains state-of-the-art manufacturing assembly facilities in 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. , France, Sweden and Mexico. www.Rain Bird.com. |
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