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Then, Now, Tomorrow Listen. Hear that? Jazz, news, baseball, drama –

The space race. The computer, internet

Putting our

the joyous cacophony of the Roaring Twenties on

and wireless revolutions. Who knows what

imprint on

New York City’s Radio Row. It was there that

wonders await? One thing is certain: Avnet

technology

America’s first technology distribution company,

will be there, working hand-in-hand with top

products

Avnet, Inc., got its start, and we’ve been at the

suppliers, resellers and manufacturers to

since 1921.

centre of the technology industry ever since.

bring you everything the world has to offer.

For more than 85 years, Avnet has distributed,

$14 billion in sales. 70 countries. 300

marketed and added value in myriad ways to the

locations. 11,000 people helping our

electronic components and computer products

partners grow and thrive. That’s technology

that power our lives. Radio and television.

distribution with the personal touch.

CUSTOMER

FIRST

Service Excellence Business is about people. No two people are

We help our suppliers get their technology

“The main thing

alike, nor are any two business relationships.

products sold into a broad market. We help

to our business is

Each is as individual as a fingerprint. At Avnet,

our customers choose the right technology

service and that’s

every interaction, every transaction is aimed

products and services for their applications.

what everybody

squarely at accelerating our partners’ success.

From component and equipment manufacturers

likes.”

We create and deliver unique technology

to software vendors and computer system

solutions tailored to their needs, whether they’re

builders, integrators and resellers, more than

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new businesses targeting emerging markets or

100,000 technology providers count on us daily.

Founder

established companies competing on an

Custom care for customers. At Avnet, business

international scale.

is personal.

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RESPONSE

Disaster Recovery Electrical fire. Virus attack. Power outage. Coffee

management team. Along with – and even for –

When real-world

spill. When it’s your data, there’s no such thing

our technology partners, we reduce risk and

disaster strikes,

as a small disaster. You want your information

control IT costs for customers by hosting,

Avnet keeps your

kept safe, and you want to access it whenever

monitoring and running their data centres,

virtual world

and wherever you need to. You want your

providing backup data storage, serving as their

running.

website to remain open for business. You want

help desk, creating secure duplicate servers and

your people working, not worrying. You want to

supporting their email infrastructure. With Avnet

focus on the business of your business, not the

and its partners, your data is safe. Accessible.

whims of your IT infrastructure. When it comes

Anytime and every time. Isn’t that all you want to

to disaster recovery, Avnet is your emergency

have to know?

FIRST

FLIGHT

Military/Aerospace Planes don’t come cheap. Neither do radar

authorised to assemble the Amphenol (Bendix)

and sonar tracking systems, satellites, missile

and ITT Cannon connectors used in NASA

defence systems or space stations. Simple

rockets and ground equipment. Since the

economics demands that critical, complex

1950s, we have been providing zero-defect

military and aerospace equipment be designed

connectors and other components for lunar

Whether it flies,

for decades of use. At the same time, rapid

spacecraft, rockets and weather radar

shoots, pings or

advances in technology drive the need for

equipment to companies such as Hughes

receives, Avnet

cutting-edge applications for tomorrow’s

Aircraft, Grumman Aircraft Engineering,

soars.

inventions. It’s no easy feat to support both.

Douglas Aircraft and RCA. We offer the perfect

It’s also not for the timid – when it comes to

balance of engineering savvy, international

such equipment, people’s lives are often at

reach, long-term relationships, and computer

stake. For more than half a century, military

systems and components, old and new. When

and aerospace manufacturers have put their

there’s no room for error, the world’s leading

trust in us. Avnet is the only distributor

manufacturers choose Avnet.

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RUN

Industrial Think the industrial revolution is over? Think

unmatched design and supply chain services

Design in the

again! It’s gone global, and it’s more competitive

and access to components from hundreds of

Americas.

than ever. Automotive and security systems.

suppliers. We give them sales, marketing and

Manufacture in Asia.

Test and measurement equipment. Medical

engineering expertise. Reference design,

Sell in Europe.

electronics. Floor automation. Robotic devices

hardware evaluation, intellectual property tools

With Avnet, the

for manufacturing. Embedded computing

and component design centres. Scale and scope

world is your

systems powering everything from appliances to

advantages, logistics services and a global IT

market.

petrol pumps. For manufacturers of industrial

infrastructure supporting the worldwide

goods like these, it is absolutely essential that

movement of products and information.

they design efficiently and get to market fast.

Globalisation has given “world-class” a whole

Avnet gives them a competitive edge through

new meaning, and it’s synonymous with Avnet.

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WATCH Lights, camera, Avnet! We’re making stars of companies serving the digital consumer world.

Audio/ Video Movies. Animation. Computer games.

movie studios a unique mix of high-definition

Glamorous? Sure. But we’re not talking movie

technology and digital solutions. Video recorders.

stars. We’re talking support for the unsung

Edit suites. Archiving software. Technical,

heroes of the audio/video world, those who

marketing and logistics support. We make it

create the digital content – music, information,

easy for them to buy the right technology and

images – you download onto your computer,

get the right services for their customers from a

TV, MP3 player and other electronic devices

single source. We give them an advantage in the

every day. Avnet partners with industry

marketplace. We help them grow more rapidly

powerhouses to give companies serving game

than they would without us. That’s worth far

creators, producers, television broadcasters and

more than 15 minutes of fame.

FIRST

WORD

Communications In the beginning, people talked face to face. How

them to you faster, cheaper and more efficiently.

Talk. Type. Watch.

quaint. Now, the word “communications” means

Avnet’s technology design, distribution, inventory,

Rock on. Avnet

sharing information in just about every other way.

logistics, marketing and support services link

speaks your

You may not think of Avnet when you call your

thousands of component suppliers and

language.

mother, email your boss, surf the Net, hook up

communications equipment manufacturers

your network or jam to your playlist, but there’s a

around the world. In a global economy where

good chance we played a role in helping you do

products are designed in one region,

it. We don’t make the communications products

manufactured in another and sold in a third,

you use, we make sure those who do can get

that just about says it all.

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PART

Components Delight in a new idea. The satisfaction of

research thousands of parts and rely on

Applied wonder.

seeing it brought to life. At Avnet, we specialise

Avnet’s engineers for objective analysis

At Avnet, the

in giving imagination room to roam,

of component efficacy, life span and

whole truly is

surrounding our partners with technology

environmental compliance. Our supply chain

greater than the

services and solutions that support their

experts help maintain a steady stream of

sum of the

business and give them the freedom to focus

components to manufacturing facilities,

parts.

on what they do best. No one distributes and

adjusting appropriately as demand fluctuates.

adds value to electronic components better

So go ahead. Daydream. Invent. Build.

than Avnet. Suppliers rely on us to identify

Avnet will be there. From design to production,

emerging customers and tap new markets for

engineering solutions to worldwide supply

their products within our wide-ranging customer

chain management, we give our partners

base. Product designers use our online tools to

support across the board.

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IMPRESSION

Healthcare When you need healthcare, you’re thinking

crucial, as are state-of-the-art diagnostic, lab

Avnet’s solutions

doctors and diagnoses, not computers and

and office systems. Avnet creates and nurtures

help healthcare

connectivity. Heartbeat, not heart monitor.

fluid alliances of component suppliers,

industry technology

Baby, not patient records transfer. But today’s

equipment manufacturers and hardware,

providers grow and

medical environment is as much about

software, network installation and computer

thrive.

technological prowess as medical expertise.

support vendors to give the healthcare industry

From rural family practice to big-city hospital,

smart, flexible technology tools and solutions.

patient data protection, lean administrative

The scalpel and the semiconductor: Here’s to

costs, and X-ray and records mobility are

your health.

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CONNECTION

Solutions Efficiency and effectiveness. Not the most

services, make possible innumerable

Connecting

electrifying concepts, but imagine your business

combinations that allow us and our partners to

business,

without them. Avnet delivers the IT solutions

craft the perfect solutions for our customers.

people and

and infrastructures companies rely on to drive

We have relationships with the world’s leading

technology.

cost-effective organisations. Whether they’re

technology suppliers. We offer flexible assembly,

Solving

competing in emerging markets like radio

software preloading, and system configuration,

real-world

frequency identification (RFID), LED lighting

customisation and support. Our technical,

problems.

and homeland security or more traditional,

marketing and financial services are second to

mature arenas, our kaleidoscope of capabilities,

none. The options are endless, but our mantra

including embedded components, servers,

is simple: more connections, more possibilities,

monitors, storage, networking, software and

compliments of Avnet.

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MOVE Navigating the global economy to get to market first can be daunting. Avnet simplifies the complex.

Logistics The world is a big place, and it’s getting smaller

products along the technology supply chain.

every day. Paradox? No, efficient logistics.

Automatic inventory replacement systems.

Wherever high-tech companies choose to invent,

In-plant stores. Wireless tracking and data

warehouse, manufacture, enhance or sell their

collection solutions. Online tools that transform

products, Avnet supports their quest. Every day,

the build, order and shipping process.

we programme or assemble 650,000 devices

Transportation services that ease the way

so our partners don’t have to. Every year, we

through international customs and trade

integrate more than 20,000 computer systems.

regulations. Whether the order is for 10,000

In all, more than 11 million items pass through

semiconductors or one uniquely configured

our 18 Logistics and Solutions Centres annually

server, we make sure the right pieces get to

on their way to points around the globe. Avnet

the right place at the right time, put together

uses the latest technology to ensure the smooth

as requested. When it comes to logistics,

movement of our customers’ and suppliers’

Avnet delivers.

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PERSON

Passion and Expertise You want a career, not just a job. You want a

engineers, salespeople, product specialists

Avnet puts you at the heart

global outlook, a strong culture, a company of

and warehouse professionals to operational

of the technology industry.

value and values that places a premium on

excellence gurus, marketing pros, IT geniuses,

Innovative thinkers welcome.

education, ethics and community service.

supply chain and design chain experts, finance

You want a proven track record and the

wizards and a whole lot more. Chances are,

promise of more to come. You want a place at

those opportunities are available near you.

the table with a world leader in the technology

We sell our products, services and solutions

industry. You want Avnet, and we want you.

throughout the Americas, Europe, the Middle

With expertise spanning the technology supply

East, Africa and Asia. See what we’re all about

chain, we have opportunities for everyone from

on www.avnet.com.

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CALL

Portfolio Why invest in Avnet? Because our partners do.

their business to the right partner. They depend

Established in 1921.

More than 300 world-class technology

on our reputation as a company whose

Incorporated in 1955.

suppliers and 100,000 customers depend on

corporate governance scores rank among the

The first technology

Avnet to help them grow faster and manage

highest. They depend on our global scope to

distributor on the

costs, including AMD, HP, IBM (we are its

expand their reach and our services and

New York Stock

largest partner), Intel, Microsoft, Motorola,

solutions to give them a competitive edge.

Exchange and still

Texas Instruments and Xilinx. They depend on

We market their products and manage their

growing strong.

the knowledge of our senior management

inventory. We reduce their working capital and

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team, with more than two hundred years of

lower their risk. We make their designs more

collective industry experience. They depend on

cost-effective and their supply chains more

our people, whose commitment to continuing

efficient. A trillion-dollar technology industry is

education and to our culture of performance

our oyster, and Avnet is at the centre of it.

and values assures them they’ve entrusted

Opportunities abound.

computer hardware, software, solutions networking systems

AVNET

TOUCH

testing devices

appliances

data communications

mobile phones LED lighting

video games

Technology Personified

automotive systems

One degree of separation. Is that really all

complex interrelationship of products,

there is between you and someone on the

information, knowledge and financial

Avnet team? As the world’s largest distributor

transactions for technology suppliers,

of electronic components, computer products,

resellers and manufacturers doing business

and technology services and solutions,

around the world. Our innovative culture

chances are that sometime today, you’ve

and entrepreneurial spirit, coupled with our

A world of

touched something we’ve had a hand in.

commitment to customer service and strong

technology from

Moving goods from Point A to Point B is just

business relationships, assures them Avnet

our hands to

the beginning. Avnet keeps its finger on the

will help them get to market quickly, efficiently

yours.

pulse of the global supply chain, managing the

and profitably. That’s the Avnet touch.

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