Avnet First
AVNET
FIRST
Then, Now, Tomorrow
Listen. Hear that? Jazz, news, baseball, drama –
The space race. The computer, internet
Putting our
the joyous cacophony of the Roaring Twenties on
and wireless revolutions. Who knows what
imprint on
New York City’s Radio Row. It was there that
wonders await? One thing is certain: Avnet
technology
America’s first technology distribution company,
will be there, working hand-in-hand with top
products
Avnet, Inc., got its start, and we’ve been at the
suppliers, resellers and manufacturers to
since 1921.
centre of the technology industry ever since.
bring you everything the world has to offer.
For more than 85 years, Avnet has distributed,
$14 billion in sales. 70 countries. 300
marketed and added value in myriad ways to the
locations. 11,000 people helping our
electronic components and computer products
partners grow and thrive. That’s technology
that power our lives. Radio and television.
distribution with the personal touch.
CUSTOMER
FIRST
Service Excellence
Business is about people. No two people are
We help our suppliers get their technology
“The main thing
alike, nor are any two business relationships.
products sold into a broad market. We help
to our business is
Each is as individual as a fingerprint. At Avnet,
our customers choose the right technology
service and that’s
every interaction, every transaction is aimed
products and services for their applications.
what everybody
squarely at accelerating our partners’ success.
From component and equipment manufacturers
likes.”
We create and deliver unique technology
to software vendors and computer system
solutions tailored to their needs, whether they’re
builders, integrators and resellers, more than
Charles Avnet
new businesses targeting emerging markets or
100,000 technology providers count on us daily.
Founder
established companies competing on an
Custom care for customers. At Avnet, business
international scale.
is personal.
FIRST
RESPONSE
Disaster Recovery
Electrical fire. Virus attack. Power outage. Coffee
management team. Along with – and even for –
When real-world
spill. When it’s your data, there’s no such thing
our technology partners, we reduce risk and
disaster strikes,
as a small disaster. You want your information
control IT costs for customers by hosting,
Avnet keeps your
kept safe, and you want to access it whenever
monitoring and running their data centres,
virtual world
and wherever you need to. You want your
providing backup data storage, serving as their
running.
website to remain open for business. You want
help desk, creating secure duplicate servers and
your people working, not worrying. You want to
supporting their email infrastructure. With Avnet
focus on the business of your business, not the
and its partners, your data is safe. Accessible.
whims of your IT infrastructure. When it comes
Anytime and every time. Isn’t that all you want to
to disaster recovery, Avnet is your emergency
have to know?
FIRST
FLIGHT
Military/Aerospace
Planes don’t come cheap. Neither do radar
authorised to assemble the Amphenol (Bendix)
and sonar tracking systems, satellites, missile
and ITT Cannon connectors used in NASA
defence systems or space stations. Simple
rockets and ground equipment. Since the
economics demands that critical, complex
1950s, we have been providing zero-defect
military and aerospace equipment be designed
connectors and other components for lunar
Whether it flies,
for decades of use. At the same time, rapid
spacecraft, rockets and weather radar
shoots, pings or
advances in technology drive the need for
equipment to companies such as Hughes
receives, Avnet
cutting-edge applications for tomorrow’s
Aircraft, Grumman Aircraft Engineering,
soars.
inventions. It’s no easy feat to support both.
Douglas Aircraft and RCA. We offer the perfect
It’s also not for the timid – when it comes to
balance of engineering savvy, international
such equipment, people’s lives are often at
reach, long-term relationships, and computer
stake. For more than half a century, military
systems and components, old and new. When
and aerospace manufacturers have put their
there’s no room for error, the world’s leading
trust in us. Avnet is the only distributor
manufacturers choose Avnet.
FIRST
RUN
Industrial
Think the industrial revolution is over? Think
unmatched design and supply chain services
Design in the
again! It’s gone global, and it’s more competitive
and access to components from hundreds of
Americas.
than ever. Automotive and security systems.
suppliers. We give them sales, marketing and
Manufacture in Asia.
Test and measurement equipment. Medical
engineering expertise. Reference design,
Sell in Europe.
electronics. Floor automation. Robotic devices
hardware evaluation, intellectual property tools
With Avnet, the
for manufacturing. Embedded computing
and component design centres. Scale and scope
world is your
systems powering everything from appliances to
advantages, logistics services and a global IT
market.
petrol pumps. For manufacturers of industrial
infrastructure supporting the worldwide
goods like these, it is absolutely essential that
movement of products and information.
they design efficiently and get to market fast.
Globalisation has given “world-class” a whole
Avnet gives them a competitive edge through
new meaning, and it’s synonymous with Avnet.
FIRST
WATCH
Lights, camera,
Avnet! We’re making
stars of companies
serving the digital
consumer world.
Audio/ Video
Movies. Animation. Computer games.
movie studios a unique mix of high-definition
Glamorous? Sure. But we’re not talking movie
technology and digital solutions. Video recorders.
stars. We’re talking support for the unsung
Edit suites. Archiving software. Technical,
heroes of the audio/video world, those who
marketing and logistics support. We make it
create the digital content – music, information,
easy for them to buy the right technology and
images – you download onto your computer,
get the right services for their customers from a
TV, MP3 player and other electronic devices
single source. We give them an advantage in the
every day. Avnet partners with industry
marketplace. We help them grow more rapidly
powerhouses to give companies serving game
than they would without us. That’s worth far
creators, producers, television broadcasters and
more than 15 minutes of fame.
FIRST
WORD
Communications
In the beginning, people talked face to face. How
them to you faster, cheaper and more efficiently.
Talk. Type. Watch.
quaint. Now, the word “communications” means
Avnet’s technology design, distribution, inventory,
Rock on. Avnet
sharing information in just about every other way.
logistics, marketing and support services link
speaks your
You may not think of Avnet when you call your
thousands of component suppliers and
language.
mother, email your boss, surf the Net, hook up
communications equipment manufacturers
your network or jam to your playlist, but there’s a
around the world. In a global economy where
good chance we played a role in helping you do
products are designed in one region,
it. We don’t make the communications products
manufactured in another and sold in a third,
you use, we make sure those who do can get
that just about says it all.
FIRST
PART
Components
Delight in a new idea. The satisfaction of
research thousands of parts and rely on
Applied wonder.
seeing it brought to life. At Avnet, we specialise
Avnet’s engineers for objective analysis
At Avnet, the
in giving imagination room to roam,
of component efficacy, life span and
whole truly is
surrounding our partners with technology
environmental compliance. Our supply chain
greater than the
services and solutions that support their
experts help maintain a steady stream of
sum of the
business and give them the freedom to focus
components to manufacturing facilities,
parts.
on what they do best. No one distributes and
adjusting appropriately as demand fluctuates.
adds value to electronic components better
So go ahead. Daydream. Invent. Build.
than Avnet. Suppliers rely on us to identify
Avnet will be there. From design to production,
emerging customers and tap new markets for
engineering solutions to worldwide supply
their products within our wide-ranging customer
chain management, we give our partners
base. Product designers use our online tools to
support across the board.
FIRST
IMPRESSION
Healthcare
When you need healthcare, you’re thinking
crucial, as are state-of-the-art diagnostic, lab
Avnet’s solutions
doctors and diagnoses, not computers and
and office systems. Avnet creates and nurtures
help healthcare
connectivity. Heartbeat, not heart monitor.
fluid alliances of component suppliers,
industry technology
Baby, not patient records transfer. But today’s
equipment manufacturers and hardware,
providers grow and
medical environment is as much about
software, network installation and computer
thrive.
technological prowess as medical expertise.
support vendors to give the healthcare industry
From rural family practice to big-city hospital,
smart, flexible technology tools and solutions.
patient data protection, lean administrative
The scalpel and the semiconductor: Here’s to
costs, and X-ray and records mobility are
your health.
FIRST
CONNECTION
Solutions
Efficiency and effectiveness. Not the most
services, make possible innumerable
Connecting
electrifying concepts, but imagine your business
combinations that allow us and our partners to
business,
without them. Avnet delivers the IT solutions
craft the perfect solutions for our customers.
people and
and infrastructures companies rely on to drive
We have relationships with the world’s leading
technology.
cost-effective organisations. Whether they’re
technology suppliers. We offer flexible assembly,
Solving
competing in emerging markets like radio
software preloading, and system configuration,
real-world
frequency identification (RFID), LED lighting
customisation and support. Our technical,
problems.
and homeland security or more traditional,
marketing and financial services are second to
mature arenas, our kaleidoscope of capabilities,
none. The options are endless, but our mantra
including embedded components, servers,
is simple: more connections, more possibilities,
monitors, storage, networking, software and
compliments of Avnet.
FIRST
MOVE
Navigating the
global economy to
get to market first
can be daunting.
Avnet simplifies
the complex.
Logistics
The world is a big place, and it’s getting smaller
products along the technology supply chain.
every day. Paradox? No, efficient logistics.
Automatic inventory replacement systems.
Wherever high-tech companies choose to invent,
In-plant stores. Wireless tracking and data
warehouse, manufacture, enhance or sell their
collection solutions. Online tools that transform
products, Avnet supports their quest. Every day,
the build, order and shipping process.
we programme or assemble 650,000 devices
Transportation services that ease the way
so our partners don’t have to. Every year, we
through international customs and trade
integrate more than 20,000 computer systems.
regulations. Whether the order is for 10,000
In all, more than 11 million items pass through
semiconductors or one uniquely configured
our 18 Logistics and Solutions Centres annually
server, we make sure the right pieces get to
on their way to points around the globe. Avnet
the right place at the right time, put together
uses the latest technology to ensure the smooth
as requested. When it comes to logistics,
movement of our customers’ and suppliers’
Avnet delivers.
FIRST
PERSON
Passion and Expertise
You want a career, not just a job. You want a
engineers, salespeople, product specialists
Avnet puts you at the heart
global outlook, a strong culture, a company of
and warehouse professionals to operational
of the technology industry.
value and values that places a premium on
excellence gurus, marketing pros, IT geniuses,
Innovative thinkers welcome.
education, ethics and community service.
supply chain and design chain experts, finance
You want a proven track record and the
wizards and a whole lot more. Chances are,
promise of more to come. You want a place at
those opportunities are available near you.
the table with a world leader in the technology
We sell our products, services and solutions
industry. You want Avnet, and we want you.
throughout the Americas, Europe, the Middle
With expertise spanning the technology supply
East, Africa and Asia. See what we’re all about
chain, we have opportunities for everyone from
on www.avnet.com.
FIRST
CALL
Portfolio
Why invest in Avnet? Because our partners do.
their business to the right partner. They depend
Established in 1921.
More than 300 world-class technology
on our reputation as a company whose
Incorporated in 1955.
suppliers and 100,000 customers depend on
corporate governance scores rank among the
The first technology
Avnet to help them grow faster and manage
highest. They depend on our global scope to
distributor on the
costs, including AMD, HP, IBM (we are its
expand their reach and our services and
New York Stock
largest partner), Intel, Microsoft, Motorola,
solutions to give them a competitive edge.
Exchange and still
Texas Instruments and Xilinx. They depend on
We market their products and manage their
growing strong.
the knowledge of our senior management
inventory. We reduce their working capital and
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team, with more than two hundred years of
lower their risk. We make their designs more
collective industry experience. They depend on
cost-effective and their supply chains more
our people, whose commitment to continuing
efficient. A trillion-dollar technology industry is
education and to our culture of performance
our oyster, and Avnet is at the centre of it.
and values assures them they’ve entrusted
Opportunities abound.
computer hardware,
software, solutions
networking
systems
AVNET
TOUCH
testing
devices
appliances
data
communications
mobile phones
LED
lighting
video
games
Technology Personified
automotive
systems
One degree of separation. Is that really all
complex interrelationship of products,
there is between you and someone on the
information, knowledge and financial
Avnet team? As the world’s largest distributor
transactions for technology suppliers,
of electronic components, computer products,
resellers and manufacturers doing business
and technology services and solutions,
around the world. Our innovative culture
chances are that sometime today, you’ve
and entrepreneurial spirit, coupled with our
A world of
touched something we’ve had a hand in.
commitment to customer service and strong
technology from
Moving goods from Point A to Point B is just
business relationships, assures them Avnet
our hands to
the beginning. Avnet keeps its finger on the
will help them get to market quickly, efficiently
yours.
pulse of the global supply chain, managing the
and profitably. That’s the Avnet touch.
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