Avnet

Avnet, Inc. (Avnet), along with its subsidiaries, is an industrial distributor of electronic components, enterprise computer and storage products and embedded subsystems. It distributes electronic components, computer products and software as received from its suppliers or with assembly or other value added by Avnet. It also provides engineering design, materials management and logistics services, system integration and configuration, and supply chain services that can be customized to meet the requirements of both customers and suppliers. It has two primary operating groups: Electronics Marketing, which markets and sells semiconductors and interconnect, passive and electromechanical devices and embedded products for more than 300 electronic component manufacturers; and Technology Solutions, which markets and sells mid- to high-end servers, data storage, software and the services required to implement these products and solutions to the value-added reseller channel. More from Reuters »