Press Releases – Woodstock Wire

Best-selling author Jason Jennings in his new book, “The Reinventors,” reveals how great companies continue to grow and stay one step ahead of the competition.

In “The Reinventors,” Mr. Jennings describes Arrow Electronics Chairman, President and CEO Mike Long as “The Quintessential Reinventor,” and examines some of Mr. Long’s central business beliefs. The book reveals what Mr. Long means when he says: “We keep the entrepreneurs ‘entrepreneurial’,” “We make everyone feel they’re a part of it,” and “We are ferocious learners.” The following are two brief excerpts:
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RFMW, Ltd. The premier RF & Microwave specialty distributor announces they have been granted registration to ISO 9001:2008 standard by the International Standards Authority.
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October 24, 2011 – Mouser Electronics, Inc., regarded as a top design engineering resource and global distributor for semiconductors and electronic components, today publicized its global distribution agreement with ultra-low-power (ULP) RF specialist Nordic Semiconductor ASA.
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WALTHAM, MASS, September 27, 2011 – Harvest Power, a leader in producing renewable energy, soil and mulch products from organic materials, has added BJ Hess, former SVP of Global Operations for Arrow Electronics, to its Board of Directors. Hess brings a wealth of experience to the Harvest Board having run Arrow’s logistics, information technology, HR and management development before retiring in 2004.
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Montreal, Canada – September 20, 2011 – Future Electronics is pleased to announce they are providing complete customer support including shipping during the last weekend of the calendar quarter.
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GREENVILLE, S.C. (July 28, 2011) — AVX Corporation, a leading manufacturer
of passive components and interconnect solutions, recently received Arrow
Electronics’ 2010 Largest Sales Dollars Growth – Passives Supplier Award at
the 2011 Electronic Distribution Show (EDS). Recognized as Arrow’s largest
passive supplier, AVX was found to provide a very high standard of product
quality and customer service. AVX has received this award multiple times
from Arrow since 2009, demonstrating the mutual commitment between the
companies to increase sales and provide exemplary customer service.
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QuasarBrite UV LEDs outshine CCFLs–offering longer lifespan, superior light performance, 50% cost savings, up to 70% energy consumption savings

CHICAGO, JULY 28, 2011 Newark, a leading multi-channel, high-service electronics distributor in the Americas, announced today it was stocking the newest QuasarBrite™ UV LED technologies from Lumex, which include three new standard wavelengths.
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Atlanta, GA — Michael Long, chairman, president and chief executive officer of Arrow Electronics, Inc., will be a keynote speaker at the 2011 ECIA Executive Conference, “Partnering for Profitable Growth,” October 23-25, at the InterContinental Chicago O’Hare Hotel.
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Swissbit NA Inc., the wholly owned subsidiary of Swissbit AG, has signed a distribution agreement with Arrow Electronics, Inc. for the Americas. Under the agreement, Arrow customers in that region will have access to Swissbit’s high-quality extended temperature memory solutions to the industrial, embedded, telecommunications, military, automotive and aerospace markets.
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In a recent annual independent distributor survey conducted by United Business Media, Arrow Electronics, Inc. was identified as the number-one broad-line distributor for on-time delivery.
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