SINGAPORE, Feb. 7--Xinhua-PRNewswire-AsiaNet/InfoQuest Avnet Electronics Marketing, the world's No 1 global distributor of electronic components, has added another first to its list of industry accolades. The organisation has been named Distributor of the Year 2005 -- Asia Pacific by ON Semiconductor, a leading global supplier of advanced power managementsolutions. Speaking at an award ceremony held in Macau, ON Semiconductor president and CEO Keith Jackson applauded Avnet Electronics Marketing for its leadership level of service and responsiveness over the past year. "Avnet Electronics Marketing has played a very significant role inhelping ON Semiconductor boost sales and tap a greater share of the booming market in the region for advanced power solutions for computers, cell phones and portabledevices, consumer products and industrial systems. I am certain that this partnership will continue to deliver mutual advantages to all in 2006 -- to Avnet, to ON Semiconductor and, more importantly, to our customers," Accepting the award on behalf of Avnet Electronics Marketing, Stephen Wong, president of Asia Pacific, pointed out that the success was very much a team effort and praised the contribution of all concerned, particularly Prince Yun, managing director Avnet Electronics Marketing Taiwan. "We are extremely pleased to receive this award. I think it speaks volumes for both companies -- for ON Semiconductor, whose products are solving the toughest problems of power management, and for Avnet Electronics Marketing which is delivering those solutions and thereby enabling our customers to meet the challenge of creating ever greater functionality on ever shrinking power levels," said Wong of Avnet. About Avnet Avnet, Inc., (NYSE: AVT) enables success from the centre of the technology industry, providing cost-effective services and solutions vital to a broad base of more than 100,000 customers and 300 suppliers. The company markets, distributes and adds value to a wide variety of electronic components, enterprise computer products and embedded subsystems. Through its premier market position, Avnet brings a breadth and depth of capabilities that help its trading partners accelerate growth and realise cost efficiencies. Avnet, Inc., a Fortune 500 company, is one of the world's largest technology marketing, distribution and services companies. Avnet and recently acquired company, Memec, generated combined revenue in excess of US$13 billion in the past year through sales in 68 countries. Avnet Electronics Marketing is the largest operating group of Avnet Inc., serving a wide range of customers including original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), electronic manufacturing services (EMS) providers, and small-to-medium customers in 68 countries, distributing electronic components from leading manufacturers and providing associated design-chain and supply-chain services. The company's web site is located at http://www.em.avnet.com . For further information please contact: Lai Peng Tan Tel: +852-2410-2735 Email: [email protected] SOURCE Avnet Electronics Marketing --Distributed by AsiaNet (www.asianetnews.net)--