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PHOENIX -- The Avnet Electronics Marketing Americas business region of Avnet, Inc. (NYSE: AVT) has received KEMET Corporation's Top Sales Growth Award. The award recognizes Avnet for achieving the highest percentage of sales and highest gross sales for KEMET year-on-year in the Americas during Fiscal 2008.
"We are pleased to present Avnet with KEMET's sales growth award for fiscal year 2008," said Jim Bruorton, vice president of global distribution strategic marketing and business development for KEMET. "Avnet has established itself as a strategic channel partner for KEMET in the Americas, and we continue to count on their proven abilities to grow in excess of the market for us. We thank them for their outstanding performance in supporting the KEMET brand."
Ed Smith, senior vice president of sales for Avnet Electronics Marketing Americas, accepted the award on the company's behalf. "I'm honored to accept this award on behalf of the entire Avnet team recognizing their efforts over the past year. Avnet remains committed to bringing the complete line of KEMET technologies to market across the supply chain and we look forward to an even better Fiscal 2009."
For more information about Avnet and KEMET, please visit www.em.avnet.com/kemet.
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 more than 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 300 locations serving more than 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 June 30, 2007, Avnet generated revenue of $15.68 billion. For more information, visit www.avnet.com.
Contacts
Avnet Electronics Marketing, Phoenix
Jody Janusch LaRoque,
Public Relations,
480-643-2547
jody.janusch@avnet.com
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