Avnet's strong presence across the Asia-Pacific region will greatly enhance Abracon's ability to provide a high level of service and technical support to our growing customer base," said Christopher Polley, President of Abracon Corporation. "Avnet's large field sales engineering force will provide Abracon an excellent channel in which to create demand for our latest emerging technology Frequency Control and Magnetic products. Abracon and Avnet have already developed a strong relationship supporting a group of select Asia based customers and now with a distribution agreement in place both companies can both look forward to further growth throughout the Asia-Pacific region."

"ABRACON is a top tier supplier of Frequency Control and Magnetic products with strong design and technical support. Abracon is an important complement to our line card. Combining with our extensive and compatible product offerings, our experienced IP&E sales team will be able to create many opportunities for Abracon's products in the Asia market," said Alex Tsai, Managing Director IP&E Marketing-Greater China.

About Avnet Electronics Marketing

Avnet Electronics Marketing Asia is part of the largest operating group of Phoenix-based Avnet, Inc. (NSYE: AVT), a Fortune 500 company with fiscal 2005 sales exceeding USD13 billion. Operating in approximately 70 countries, Avnet is one of the world's largest technology marketing, distribution and services companies.

Avnet Electronics Marketing has a significant presence in Asia-Pacific - the fastest growing electronics market in the world. Headquartered in Singapore , the company has over 40 sales offices in 10 countries in Asia . It distributes semiconductors, interconnect, passive and electromechanical components to serve a wide range of customers including original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), electronic manufacturing services ( EMS ) providers, and small-to-medium customers, providing support of associated design-chain and supply-chain services.

With 20 branch offices in all major locations including 3 design centers (Hong Kong, Shanghai and Shenzhen) and 4 distribution centers (Hong Kong, Shenzhen, Shanghai and Tianjin), Avnet Electronics Marketing is truly the leading distributor equipped with global resources and local presence in China. The company's web site is located at www.em.avnet.com

About Abracon Corporation:

Abracon Corporation, founded in 1992, is a privately held California corporation and a worldwide leading manufacturer of frequency control, Signal Conditioning, Clock Distribution, and Magnetic Components with local design and technical support . The company is ISO9001:2000 certified and has manufacturing facilities certified to TS16949 standards. Global customer support is provided by Abracon through sales and engineering offices located in California, China, Taiwan, Singapore, Germany, and India. In addition, Abracon products are marketed worldwide through independently owned contracted representatives and authorized distributors.