Avnet Singapore Wins Xilinx Taiwan and ASEAN Best Distributor DFAE Award

China – September 12, 2017 – Avnet (NYSE: AVT), a leading global technology distributor, today announced that it has received the Xilinx Dedicated Field Application Engineering (DFAE) award for Taiwan and the ASEAN region. This award recognizes Avnet's outstanding contributions to driving sales and achieving profitability growth.

Xilinx is a global leader in All Programmable products and technologies and one of Avnet's longest-standing partners, with a collaboration spanning over 25 years. Through close collaboration, they provide Xilinx All Programmable technology to Avnet's vast customer base across various industries. Avnet's field application engineers conduct in-depth analysis of customer and industry needs to deliver optimal technical solutions for every market application.

The DFAE Award recognizes Avnet's outstanding performance and support for Xilinx, especially its excellent technical cooperation with one of Vietnam's largest mobile network operators.

Arthur Chung, Director of Supplier and Product Management at Avnet Asia, stated, “Vietnam is a rapidly developing economy with a thriving technology industry. From conception to design, and from prototyping to mass production, Avnet’s professional FAE team provides comprehensive support to our clients, helping them discover new business opportunities. We are honored to receive the Xilinx Taiwan and ASEAN Best Distributor (DFAE) Award, which is a recognition of the value we bring to Vietnamese companies. Our successful partnership with Xilinx and excellent teamwork are our guarantee to better serve our customers. This also demonstrates Avnet’s outstanding ability to provide high-value and innovative solutions to customers in the region.”

Jay Wang, Sales Manager for Xilinx Taiwan and ASEAN, said, “Avnet has played a pivotal role in the market success of Xilinx products. This award is not only a high recognition of the outstanding business performance of the Avnet team, but also an affirmation of their dedication and efforts in helping our customers achieve success.”

Avnet offers a broad portfolio of Xilinx products, including Xilinx development kits, system modules (SOMs), and embedded board solutions, providing designers with support at every stage from concept development to production. Avnet focuses on customers' design needs with system-level hardware and software solutions, while also offering unique Xilinx training programs, including in-person and on-demand services, to help designers acquire the information they need in a simple and practical way.