Poing – 6th March 2008

Avnet Memec, the highly specialised semiconductor distributor of Avnet Electronics Marketing EMEA, announced today that it is extending its support team for Denmark. Mogens Poulsen and Mark Pauls are joining the Danish operation as Technical Sales Managers. With their long experiences in the semiconductor industry and within distribution they will add an excellent mix of technical and commercial understanding to the Avnet Memec Danish support team.

"We are pleased to welcome Mogens and Mark in the Danish team", says Jan Malmgren, Sales Director Nordics at Avnet Memec. "We are very certain they will provide best in class support."

Avnet Memec has, as part of a focused strategy, strengthened their Nordic team considerably during the last 6 months. In Sweden they will have doubled their sales and engineering resources before this summer.

Avnet Memec, an independent business unit of Avnet Electronics Marketing EMEA, is a highly specialised semiconductor distributor, operating on a pan-European basis and employing a significant number of engineers to support customers’ design efforts. Avnet Memec specialises in highly innovative suppliers and technologies, which will help a variety of customers to differentiate their designs. Its area of specialisation extends from Analog and Microcontrollers to RF, Datacom and Networking. The business unit operates out of 30 offices in 17 European countries and represents major semiconductor franchises on a pan-European basis. Its many major supplier partners include Cirrus Logic, Lattice, Marvell, NEC, Silicon Laboratories.