Avnet Electronics Marketing Wins Smtek Supplier Award

    Business Editors/Hardware Writers

    PHOENIX--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 19, 2005--Avnet Electronics Marketing, an operating group of Avnet Inc. (NYSE:AVT), has received the Supplier Excellence Award from Smtek International Inc.
    This is the second consecutive year Smtek has recognized Avnet's efforts. Last year, Avnet was named Smtek's Supplier of the Year. This year's award was presented by Interim President Kirk Waldron, Vice President of Operations Rich Fitzgerald, and Director of Global Supply Chain Vic Ciceran at Smtek's annual Supplier Appreciation Day in Moorpark, Calif.
    "Avnet provides excellent support, and has led the way in expanding its offerings to Smtek, from consignment programs to just-in-time delivery, to its point-of-use replenishment system (POURS). "We've developed a good relationship with local Avnet offices in all our regions," Fitzgerald said.
    Avnet is one of Smtek's largest suppliers as measured by dollars spent.
    "This is a great acknowledgment of our partnership with Smtek and it's a testament to the Avnet Electronics Marketing team's hard work," said Phil Gallagher, president of Avnet Electronics Marketing, Americas. "Smtek is a great partner to Avnet in North America. In the 15 years that we've been trading partners, our relationship has continued to evolve and strengthen. We look forward to growing and adapting with Smtek going forward."

    About Avnet Electronics Marketing

    Avnet Electronics Marketing is the largest operating group of Phoenix-based Avnet Inc., a Fortune 500 company with fiscal 2004 sales exceeding $10 billion, and one of the world's largest technology marketing, distribution and services companies. Avnet Electronics Marketing, Americas (EMA) serves electronic original equipment manufacturers (EOEMs) and electronic manufacturing services (EMS) providers in North America and Brazil distributing electronic components from leading manufacturers and providing associated services. The company's Web site is located at www.em.avnet.com.

    About Smtek International Inc.

    Smtek is an electronics manufacturing services (EMS) provider serving original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) in the medical, industrial instrumentation, telecommunications, security, financial services automation, aerospace and defense industries, including integrated solutions across the entire product life cycle, from design to manufacturing to end-of-life services. The company's four facilities are located in Moorpark and Santa Clara, Calif.; Marlborough, Mass.; and the Ayutthya Province in Thailand.

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