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Avnet, Inc. is a distributor of electronic components headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona, named after Charles Avnet, who founded the company in 1921. After its start on Manhattan's Radio Row , the company became incorporated in 1955 and began trading on the New York Stock Exchange in 1961.
Newark, also called Newark Electronics, Newark element14, or Newark (an Avnet Company), is a high-service electronic components distributor serving North America and parts of Central and South America.
On 17 October 2016, American company Avnet completed its acquisition of Premier Farnell in a deal valued at approximately £691 million, [2] leading to delisting of Premier Farnell shares. [20] In 2019 the business was rebranded as Farnell, [21] although the company's legal name continues to be Premier Farnell Limited. [22]
Avnet, Inc. Reaches Programming Services Milestone Company leads the technology distribution industry by programming more than 330,000,000 electronic components annually PHOENIX--(BUSINESS WIRE ...
In September 2016, Tech Data announced that it had entered into an agreement to acquire the Technology Solutions operating group from Avnet, Inc. in a stock and cash transaction valued at approximately US$2.6 billion. Under the terms of the agreement, Avnet received at closing approximately US$2.4 billion in cash and 2.785 million shares of ...
Avnet was born to a Jewish family in 1888 in Russia. [1] [2] [3]In 1921, [4] Avnet began buying surplus ham radio parts and selling them to the public on Radio Row in the lower Manhattan [1] capitalizing on the end of the World War I era ban on the trade of radio parts in 1918. [2]
Avnet was born in Brooklyn, the son of Joan Bertha (née Grossman) and Lester Francis Avnet, a corporate executive with Avnet (a global distributor of IT & electronics) [1] [2] [3] founded by his grandfather, Charles Avnet. He has two siblings, Carole Avnet Rocherolle and Rosalind Avnet Lazarus. [2]
Avnet Embedded to Distribute TechNexion Industrial Computer Products in the Americas PHOENIX--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Avnet Embedded, a division of Avnet Electronics Marketing Americas, a business ...