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Top Ten Global Electronic Distributors

2015-05-29


  NO.1  Avnet  

  Avnet, a member of Fortune 500 Companies, is one of the world's largest distributors of electronic components, computer products and embedded technology, serving customers in more than 70 countries. Avnet connects the world's leading technology providers with more than 100,000 customers covering a wide range of areas, and helps its partners succeed by providing cost-effective value-added services and solutions. As of July 3, 2010, the financial revenue of Avnet reached $19.16 billion.

  In the Asia-Pacific region, the fastest growing electronics market in the world, the position of the Avnet’s electronic components play a leading role. Headquartered in Singapore, the company has more than 40 sales agencies in 10 Asian countries, which distribute semiconductor, interconnection, passive and electromechanical components, and provide design chains and supply chain support for OEMs, EMS suppliers and SMEs.

  Based on the precise understanding of the development trend of IT services, the accurate grasp of customer needs and the development thinking of win-win channels, Avnet has just entered China for two years, and has made magnificent achievements. Hundreds of partners including IBM, SUN, Oracle, Huawei and so on have already worked with Avnet, and have established a close business relationship. Avnet has not only introduced the world's first-class product providers into the Chinese market, but also brought a variety of advanced IT solutions. At present, Avnet has built four exhibition and transplantation centers in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Chengdu. In the future,Avnet will further expand its coverage from east to west, from central cities to second-and third-tier cities, and make continuous efforts to meet the increasingly complex IT needs of the Chinese market.

  NO.2  ArrowElectronics

  ArrowElectronics is the world's leading supplier of products, services and solutions for the electronic parts and computer products industry and commercial users. It is one of the world's leading distributors of components, and headquartered in Colorado, USA. In 2013, its global sales amounted to $21.4 billion, providing products and services to more than 100,000 electronics manufacturers worldwide, with more than 460 offices in 58 countries and regions. In 2013, it ranked 141 among Fortune 500 Companies

  NO.3  WPGHoldings

  WPGHoldings is the largest semiconductor component access provider in the Asia-Pacific region. Headquartered in Taipei, it has World Peace Industrial Group, Silicon Application Corp. Group, AIT Group and Yosun. It employs nearly 6,000 people, has more than 250 suppliers, and has more than 130 distribution outlets worldwide (about 80 in the Asia-Pacific region). Its turnover reached US$13.7 billion in 2013.

  WPGHoldings creates an industrial holding platform, continuously optimizes the front-end marketing and logistics support team, acts as a professional partner in the industrial supply chain, provides value-added services such as Demand Creation, Turnkey Solution, technical support, warehousing logistics and e-commerce to meet the needs of original equipment manufacturers (OEM) as well as different customer needs, such as original design manufacturer (ODM), electronic manufacturing service provider (EMS) and small and medium-sized enterprises. International operation scale and local flexibility have brought long-term deep cultivation of the Asia-Pacific market. It has been awarded "Asia's Best IC Pathway Business" by professional media for many years, and is the third largest electronic parts Pathway Business in the world.

  NO.4  FutureElectronics

  FutureElectronics Ltd. is short for Future or Fuchang Electronics. Future is a global electronic components agency, founded in 1968, headquartered in Montreal, Canada, and has three regional headquarters in the United States, the United Kingdom and Singapore, with 169 sales outlets in 42 countries.

  FutureElectronics is the third largest distributor of electronic components in the world. It sells semiconductor and passive components for nearly 200 famous manufacturers of electronic components in the world. Warehouses around the world store various types of semiconductor, memory, microprocessor and passive components valued at up to $750 million. Adequate inventory and efficient computer systems enable Future to answer any queries related to customers within 24 hours.

  FutureElectronics was founded in 1968 by Robert Miller, headquartered in Montreal, Canada, and is the largest privately-owned company in Quebec.

  In 2008, Future integrates FAI services for major global customers and supports customers of small to medium-sized enterprises, and integrates them into a single global FAI integrated system.

  In October 2008, it launched its upgraded official network and has built a world-class network platform. The upgraded website has the world's deepest and latest electronic product information database. By using visual navigation assistants, customers can get 3D images of products, application notes, models, block diagrams, design skills, customer evaluation, which can greatly reduce delivery time. Future also operates an advanced engineering application. Engineers around the world provide product selection and engineering support to help a group of circuit design engineers.

  NO.5  WTMicroelectronics

  WTMicroelectronics was founded on December 23, 1993 by Zheng Wenzong, the current chairman and general manager. Since its establishment, it has an elite professional management team. More than 20% of the managers have more than 20 years' experience in the electronic industry. Their accumulated familiarity with agency products and marketing planning experience, together with customer demand and market control, has created the direction of WTMicroelectronics’ operation and successfully established a close marketing channel.

  In the fiercely competitive electronic information industry, WTMicroelectronics plays the role of a professional technology electronic component channel provider, which is the best bridge between the upstream and downstream of the electronic technology industry. In addition to real-time delivery and continuous improvement of service quality, WTMicroelectronics also uses the technology of "supporting downstream customers to shorten the research and development time, and assisting upstream suppliers to define products". Its positioning has become a key factor behind customer cost reduction and supplier's collection of market information. It has a high added value for channel providers.

  Since its establishment, WTMicroelectronics has passed the OTC qualification in only six and a half years, and was re-listed in the following year, which has won the recognition of the market.

  NO.6  ElectrocomponentsPLC

  ECOMponents calls itself "engineer's Amazon" and promises to provide delivery for global customers in next day. The company has added 80,000 new products to warehouses across Asia in response to the demand for suppliers to enter the 8 billion-pound market in Asia.

  Faced with weak growth prospects in European and British markets, the company is seeking to increase its presence in China's second-tier cities, such as Chongqing, Dalian and Chengdu, where growth exceeds the national average.

  The European and British markets contributed 64% of the company's revenue this year, compared with 13% in the Asia-Pacific region. However, sales in the UK grew by only 1% between October and January last year, while sales in the Asia-Pacific region grew by 7%.

  The FTSE 250 component company also intends to benefit from China's 12th Five-Year Plan from 2011 to 2015, including government’s investment plan in key areas, such as high-end manufacturing, new energy, medical equipment and alternative energy vehicles.

  Some economists are warning that China's economic growth may slow down. However, Robin Speakman, an analyst at Shore Capital, said: "Asia has such great opportunities that even if economic growth does stagnate in the short term, it will not derail them."

  The biggest challenge facing the company, he said, is to improve profitability in Asia, where the profit margin is only 9%. Profit margins in the UK and European markets exceed 20%. The company has high inventories in the UK and Europe and can deliver goods to customers quickly.

  NO.7  TTI

  TTI is TE's long-term distribution partner in the Asia-Pacific region. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway. It mainly provides passive components, connectors, electromechanical and discrete components. TTI is the world's leading authoritative distributor in this field. TTI's broad product line and supply chain solutions have made it a major distribution partner for global industrial, military, aerospace and consumer electronics manufacturers.

  TTI has been focusing on IP&E distribution business for more than 40 years. So far, the product line of TTI has been controlled within 20-30 brands. Over the years, TTI has trained a group of experts with rich professional knowledge and product experience, and has leaped and continued to become the most authoritative expert in the field of electronic parts, whose sales team has also been trained in all aspects. It is reported that in each branch, TTI has a team of professional product managers to provide additional technical support for customers.

  NO.8  PremierFarnell

  PremierFarnell Group is a listed company that operates and distributes electronic components, provides maintenance and services for listed companies, whose business area covers the UK, continental Europe, North America and the Asia-Pacific region. PremierFarnell has branches in 21 countries with product marketing in more than 100 countries. It has more than 4100 employees, and a database of more than 2 million global customer information. PremierFarnell works with more than 3,000 suppliers and has over 400,000 inventory types, providing more than 4.3 million products. Combining with the traditional distribution mode, the company concentrates on the market, takes the customer as the guidance, explores the increasingly developing technology and market norms. At the same time, PremierFarnell is also a leader and innovator in e-commerce, and strives to build world-class e-procurement system solutions to serve the business needs of larger companies.

  PremierFarnell specializes in tailoring high value-added services for small-volume purchasing customers, including R&D and design, production and maintenance, maintenance and operation, covering almost all industries. As a multi-channel group, PremierFarnell will provide customers with perfect and flexible product selection methods to accurately meet customer needs. PremierFarnell's subsidiaries include Newark Paris Alliance, CadSoft Corporation, CPC, MCM, and Akron Brass.

  NO.9  Digi-Key

  Digi-Key is an all-round service provider for prototype/design and mass production of electronic components. It is also an authorized distributor for more than 400 manufacturers of semiconductor, photoelectric and display products, passive, power and electromechanical products, interconnection, testing and measurement, sensors and special products. Digi-Key serves electronic design engineers and procurement commissioners in more than 140 countries.

  Digi-Key was founded by Dr. Ronald Stordahl in 1972. The company's name comes from Dr. Stordahl's digital keyer suite, which he developed and sold to amateur radio enthusiasts before starting his distribution business.

  Mark Larson joined Digi-Key as general manager in 1976. Since 1985, he has been president of the company and led the company to shift its focus from the initial amateur market to the expanded market of current services.

  All orders came from Digi-Key's headquarters in Thief River Falls, Minnesota, USA, covering 600,000 square feet and employing about 2,000 employees. Digi-Key operates 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Digi-Key has customer support sites in the Netherlands, Hong Kong, South Korea and Japan that operate during normal working hours.

  NO.10  Rutronik

  Rutronik is a distributor of electronic components from Europe, headquartered in Ispringen, Germany. Rutronik's branches are based in all major European metropolitan centres. As we all know, globalization makes the world smaller and smaller. On the contrary, the challenges faced by an enterprise in the international arena are also growing steadily. Rutronik has fully met these changing challenges and achieved tremendous achievements in 35 years. In terms of business, Rutronik has changed a lot since its inception. There are many new applications, such as LED lighting, distribution of electronic components, renewable energy and smart meters, which play a key role.

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