Avnet Electronics Marketing and Samsung Electro-Mechanics Ink Global Distribution Agreement

	PHOENIX -- Avnet Electronics Marketing, a business group of Avnet, Inc. (NYSE: AVT), has signed a global distribution agreement with Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd, one of the world's largest manufacturers of advanced electronics components. This agreement will enable Avnet Electronics Marketing to bring Samsung Electro-Mechanics’ line of state-of-the-art electronics passive components to their customers around the world. Click to Tweet: Avnet Electronics Marketing and Samsung Electro-Mechanics Ink Global Distribution Agreement Samsung Electro-Mechanics offers a broad line of high-tech material components such as: multi-layer ceramic chip capacitors, tantalum capacitors, chip beads/inductors, chip resistors and crystal. To view Avnet’s entire offering of Samsung Electro-Mechanics products, visit the Avnet Electronics Marketing e-Commerce website: www.AvnetExpress.com. “We chose to partner with Avnet because of their world-class sales and technical support and logistics expertise,” said Dr. CJ Choi, executive vice president/chief of business unit for Samsung Electro-Mechanics. “We are looking forward to making our technology available to Avnet’s global customer-base.” “Purchasing professionals and design engineers will benefit from the combination of Samsung Electro-Mechanics’ broad portfolio of leading-edge technology and Avnet’s design chain and supply chain expertise,” said Tom McCartney, senior vice-president of IP&E business development worldwide, Avnet Electronics Marketing. “This relationship further enables Avnet to meet our customers’ dynamic demands the world over.” Follow us on Twitter @ http://twitter.com/AvnetDesignWire Contribute to our technical forums @ http://community.em.avnet.com View product and company videos @ http://www.avnetondemand.com/components/channel/7/ Buy our components @ http://www.avnetexpress.com  About Samsung Electro-Mechanics  Samsung Electro-Mechanics is the electronic component manufacturer that has continued to develop and manufacture core electronic components since its foundation in 1973. We pioneered the technological framework for Korean production of A/V components in the 1970s, and diversified into materials and computer components in the 1980s. In the early 1990s, our focus was on manufacturing promising products such as chip components, MLB (multi-layer board), mobile communication components and optical ones. Since the late 1990s, we have expanded our operation into the production of digital components with high-frequency, software, engineering and design technologies. We have positioned ourselves as a leading electronic components maker at home and abroad. As a global player, Samsung Electro-Mechanics will continue to expand worldwide manufacturing and sales operations and establish a global supply chain to ensure high customer satisfaction by offering the shortest delivery time based on local production and sales. Samsung Electro-Mechanics is headquartered in Suwon, South Korea. For additional information, please visit www.sem.samsung.com  About Avnet Electronics Marketing  Avnet Electronics Marketing is an operating group of Phoenix-based Avnet, Inc. that 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 website is located at www.em.avnet.com. About Avnet, Inc.  Avnet, Inc. (NYSE:AVT), a Fortune 500 company, is one of the largest distributors of electronic components, computer products and embedded technology serving customers in more than 70 countries worldwide. Avnet accelerates its partners' success by connecting the world's leading technology suppliers with a broad base of more than 100,000 customers by providing cost-effective, value-added services and solutions. For the fiscal year ended July 3, 2010, Avnet generated revenue of $19.16 billion. For more information, visit www.avnet.com.