Stockholm, 8th September , 2008

Avnet Memec, the highly specialised semiconductor distributor of Avnet Electronics Marketing EMEA, announced today that Rolf Wennergren will join the company as a new Technical Account Manager for Sweden. Rolf has a very strong commercial and technical background making him a perfect add to the Nordic team.

Rolf Wennergren joined Avnet Memec from Nanoradio where he was responsible as Product and Project Manager for Wi-Fi IC’s. He started his carrier at Rifa as development engineer for IC’s and later moved to application engineering for industrial applications at Ericsson Microelectronics. Over the last 17 years Rolf was a Product Manager for motor driver, Bluetooth, GPS, Wi-Fi IC's and handsfree devices for vehicles at various companies like Infineon and Smarteq.

“We are pleased to welcome Rolf in the Swedish team”, says Jan Malmgren, Sales Director Nordics at Avnet Memec. “Avnet Memec has, as part of a focused strategy, strengthened their Nordic team considerably during the last 12 months. With his experience in the market he will help to strengthen our position and to further extend Avnet Memec’s business opportunities in Sweden.”

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.