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Avnet Team Presents Power Seminar, Participates in Panel Discussions at APEC.


PHOENIX -- Avnet Electronics Marketing, an operating group of Avnet, Inc. (NYSE NYSE

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), will share its power expertise at next week's Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition by offering a technical seminar on power design. Avnet executives will also speak about the topics of lean supply chains and the implications environmental law has on the electronics community.

The Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC APEC
 in full Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation

Trade group established in 1989 in response to the growing interdependence of Asia-Pacific economies and the advent of regional economic blocs (such as the European Union and the North American Free Trade Area)
) is the premier power electronics event for individuals with all levels of experience and technical backgrounds. The APEC program covers a broad range of topics relating to relating to relate prepconcernant

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 the design, manufacturing, marketing and use of power electronics equipment. It includes education seminars, referred papers and presentations made by more than 125 companies. The event takes place at the Disneyland Hotel Disneyland Hotel may refer to:
  • The Disneyland Hotel at the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California, USA
  • The Disneyland Hotel at the Disneyland Resort Paris in Marne-la-Vallée, France
 in Anaheim, Calif., Feb. 25-Mar. 1.

Avnet's Pat Hunter, power technology specialist; and Field Applications Engineers (FAEs) Chris Cooper Famous people called Chris Cooper include:
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 and Daniel Godfrey will present a professional education seminar on Sunday, Feb. 25. Their presentation, "Power Design for Digital Designers," is based on a paper authored by the group and provides a comprehensive introduction to power supply design for digital design engineers faced with powering modern digital integrated circuits Integrated circuits

Miniature electronic circuits produced within and upon a single semiconductor crystal, usually silicon. Integrated circuits range in complexity from simple logic circuits and amplifiers, about 1/20 in. (1.
 such as FPGAs, DSPs and microprocessors. It focuses on the practical design techniques of digital power design.

On Monday, Ed Smith, senior vice president of sales, will present, "Enabling Lean Supply Chains," during the IPC (1) (InterProcess Communication) The exchange of data between one program and another either within the same computer or over a network. It implies a protocol that guarantees a response to a request.  EMS management meeting. Smith's presentation will touch on the goals of lean supply chain, the challenges facing electronics manufacturing This article presents a typical manufacturing process of an electronic assembly. Component manufacturing
Components such as resistors, capacitors and integrated circuits are generally made by specialized contractors.
 and how Avnet's Supply Chain Services Group is integrating processes to minimize waste.

APEC will also offer a series of special subject matter presentations focusing on green systems on Thursday, Mar. 1. These presentations will provide information relating to energy efficiency, renewable energy Renewable energy utilizes natural resources such as sunlight, wind, tides and geothermal heat, which are naturally replenished. Renewable energy technologies range from solar power, wind power, and hydroelectricity to biomass and biofuels for transportation.  and environmental capability for OEMs and their suppliers. Glenn Bassett Glenn Bassett was an American tennis player in the mid-20th century who later would be one of the most successful college tennis coaches of all time.

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, vice president of strategic business development, will discuss the impact environmental law is having on the industry during his presentation, "Environmental Law Impact on Design and Supply Chains."

"The evolution of power-related technology has broad-reaching implications for the entire electronics supply chain, and Avnet has resources that help from the design phase through production," said Ed Smith. "Our customers often have aggressive time-to-market milestones to overcome and our power specialists work to create power solutions that address customer-specific design challenges and constraints."

About Avnet Electronics Marketing

Avnet Electronics Marketing is an operating group of Phoenix-based Avnet, Inc. (NYSE:AVT), a Fortune 500 company. Avnet Electronics Marketing serves electronic original equipment manufacturers (EOEMs) and electronic manufacturing services (EMS) providers in 70 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.

About Avnet

Avnet, Inc. (NYSE:AVT) is one of the largest distributors of electronic components, computer products and technology services and solutions with more than 250 locations serving 70 countries worldwide. The company markets, distributes and optimizes the supply-chain and provides design-chain services for the products of the world's leading electronic component suppliers, enterprise computer manufacturers and embedded subsystem providers. Avnet brings a breadth and depth of capabilities, such as maximizing inventory efficiency, managing logistics, assembling products and providing engineering design assistance for its 100,000 customers, accelerating their growth through cost-effective, value-added services and solutions. For the fiscal year ended July 1, 2006, Avnet generated revenue of $14.25 billion. For more information, visit www.avnet.com.
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