Future Technology Devices Internationa has signed a global distribution agreement with Arrow Electronics, Inc. Under the agreement, Arrow will distribute FTDI’s complete portfolio to customers in the Americas, EMEA and Asia Pacific regions.

“Arrow brings best-in-class engineering and support infrastructure, successful execution and global reach to the connectivity needs of the USB interface market,” said Fred Dart, founder and chief executive officer of FTDI Chip. “Arrow’s strength in design demand support, global supply chain and value-added services will be appreciated by existing and new FTDI Chip users. With the recent launch of our new X-Chip series of USB bridge interface chips, our teams can now engage the market to deliver the X-treme value proposition of these devices.”

“USB is one of the more ubiquitous standards for data transfer, and FTDI Chip helps simplify USB implementation,” said Jeff Eastman, senior vice president of global supplier marketing and asset management for Arrow Electronics. “The FTDI portfolio offers comprehensive USB solutions for existing and new applications, with full compatibility, support and leadership products. FTDI is a solid addition to our line card and we look forward to a productive relationship.”

About Future Technology Devices International (FTDI Chip)
Future Technology Devices International (FTDI Chip) specializes in the design and supply of silicon and software solutions for the Universal Serial Bus (USB). FTDI Chip offers a simple route to USB migration by combining easy-to-implement IC devices with ready-to-use, royalty-free USB firmware and driver software. A wide range of evaluation kits and modules are available to evaluate FTDI Chip’s silicon prior to design-in.

FTDI Chip is a global fab-less semiconductor company with R&D centers in Glasgow and Singapore and regional sales offices in Oregon, USA, Shanghai, China and Taipei, Taiwan.

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ON Semiconductor has announced its top 2011 distribution partners. These awards honor the distributor in each region that led overall channel sales, grew market share, captured increased sales of products from acquisitions made by ON Semiconductor, and scored high on overall process excellence.

The 2011 awards are as follows:
• Arrow Electronics: Leading Distribution Partner for the Americas
• Arrow Electronics: Leading Distribution Partner for Europe
• Yosun: Leading Distribution Partner for China
• World Peace International: Leading Distribution Partner for Taiwan
• Uniquest: Leading Distribution Partner for Korea
• Arrow Electronics: Leading Distribution Partner for Southeast Asia
• Yosun: Leading Distribution Partner for India
• Mouser Electronics: Leading Global Distribution Partner for New Product Introduction

“Distribution sales accounted for approximately 36 percent of ON Semiconductor’s 2011 annual revenues and are expected to continue to grow,” said Jeff Thomson, vice president of Global Channel Sales for ON Semiconductor. “The ongoing market penetration and overall product revenue growth of the company continue to be highly dependent on the collaborative working relationships and unique channel sales programs we have fostered with our worldwide distribution partners. Each of the 2011 award winners successfully grew product sales, generated significant new business, and effectively supported both our customers’ needs and ON Semiconductor’s initiatives for operational excellence. ON Semiconductor is pleased to recognize these outstanding channel partners for their valuable contributions throughout 2011.”

Lattice Semiconductor Corporation today announced the transfer of its Standard Military Drawing (SMD) product portfolio to Arrow Electronics Inc., effective immediately. Lattice’s SMD products include the GAL® family (GAL16V8, GAL20V8 and GAL22V10) of simple PLDs and the ispLSI®1000 family (ispLSI 1016, ispLSI 1024, ispLSI 1032 and ispLSI 1048) of complex PLDs. Lattice’s SMD products were formally discontinued by Lattice via its Product Change Notification (PCN) process in 2011. A copy of PCN 05A-10 can be found here. By transferring the SMD product family to Arrow Electronics, Lattice SMD customers now have a new supply channel that can support the ongoing demand for these popular devices.

Arrow Electronics has a strong history of providing support for discontinued SMD products, and supports a broad array of military-grade products in the Programmable Logic, Memory and Analog market segments. “This agreement and others like it make it possible for Arrow to fulfill our commitment to long-term support for our aerospace and defense customers. By acquiring finished goods, die-level products, and the necessary test equipment, Arrow Electronics will support delivery of these critical components for many years to come,” said Tyler Moore, Director of Supply Assurance for Arrow Electronics.

“This is great news for Lattice customers, who now have an ongoing source of supply for the SMD versions of the GAL and ispLSI 1000 device families,” said Steve Stark, Lattice’s Director of Business Group Operations. “Importantly, this new source of supply is Arrow Electronics, an industry leader in the support of discontinued products to the military marketplace.”

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Murata announced today that it has extended its distribution agreement with Arrow Electronics. Already a strong partner for Murata over many years, the new contract expands the geographical reach to include a number of new countries.

Gary Atkins – Director of Murata’s European Distribution business commented, “With the many changes in Murata’s distribution network and the integration of Murata Power Solutions, where New Horizons were already appointed on a European basis, it is now the perfect time to fully align our companies with all products into all territories. This decision will allow Arrow Electronics to further enhance its Murata product promotions to a wider customer base, and to offer all possible technology solutions.”

Dean Hassell, VP Pemco, Arrow EMEA comments, “By broadening its areas of cooperation with Arrow, Murata will be able to benefit from Arrow’s unrivalled scale and breadth in EMEA. This includes access to Arrow’s full European technical and field sales resources together with our extensive customer base. All our customers across EMEA will now have access to Murata’s portfolio via their existing dedicated Arrow customer support team.”

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Lattice Semiconductor and Arrow Electronics EMEA today announced they have signed a distribution agreement for Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA). Headquartered in Hillsboro, Oregon, Lattice is a supplier of innovative low power, low cost FPGA, PLD and programmable power management design solutions. With development, manufacturing and sales offices worldwide, Lattice primarily addresses customers in communications, computing, consumer and industrial end markets.

“Lattice is an important addition to enhance our offering as a provider of technology solutions in Europe,” said Brian McNally, president of Arrow Electronics in EMEA. “Their strong portfolio of innovative PLD, FPGA and unique power management devices will allow Arrow to offer our customers differentiated programmable solutions, particularly in terms of low power, cost effectiveness and time to market.”

“We are pleased to have Arrow as a distribution partner in Europe. Arrow’s comprehensive supply chain and logistic capabilities, combined with its history of demand generation and superior customer service, will be invaluable assets as we expand our presence in the European market,” said Darin G. Billerbeck, Lattice President and Chief Executive Officer.

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Arrow Electronics, Inc. (NYSE:ARW) today announced a global distribution agreement with Samsung Electro-Mechanics, a leading manufacturer of electronic components and technologies.

Arrow will provide distribution and design-in services for Samsung Electro-Mechanics worldwide, excluding Korea, for Samsung’s broad product offering in the passives area of capacitors, resistors, inductors and crystals.

“Samsung is an innovator and a globally recognized leader in technology and electronics,” said Peter Kong president of global components for Arrow Electronics. “Together with Arrow’s strength in supply chain services, value-added capabilities, and global reach, this relationship will help expand our ability to serve our customers’ diverse needs around the world.”

“Samsung is engaging with Arrow Electronics in a global franchise agreement because of their market position with global customers, excellent sales and technical support and logistics expertise,” said Dr. CJ Choi, executive vice president/chief of business unit for Samsung Electro-Mechanics. “We are looking forward to reaching new markets with our technology into Arrow’s global customer base.”

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• Arrow Electronics named top distributor for Americas and leading ASIC design partner globally
• Future Electronics honored as leading EMEA distributor
• Mouser Electronics awarded leading distributor for New Product Introduction

ON Semiconductor a premier supplier of high performance silicon solutions for efficient electronics, has announced its top distribution partners of the year. The honors were given to distributors that led overall channel sales, grew market share, captured increased sales of products from acquisitions made by ON Semiconductor, and scored high on overall process excellence.

“Distribution sales accounted for approximately 45 percent of ON Semiconductor’s 2010 annual revenues,” said Jeff Thomson, vice president of Global Channel Sales for ON Semiconductor. “The collaborative working relationships and unique channel sales programs we have forged with our worldwide distribution partners continue to be key to the ongoing growth and success of the company. Each of the three winners of this year’s “Distribution Partner of the Year” awards successfully grew product sales, generated significant new business, and effectively supported both our customers’ needs and ON Semiconductor’s initiatives for operational excellence. ON Semiconductor is pleased to recognize Arrow Electronics, Future Electronics and Mouser Electronics for their valuable contributions in 2010.”

Americas

Arrow Electronics Inc, won dual honors from ON Semiconductor – being named “2010 Distribution Partner of the Year” for the Americas and “2010 ASIC Partner of the Year” globally.

“We value our long-term relationship with ON Semiconductor, strengthened this year by securing new ASIC business through the channel with our Custom Logic Solutions group,” said Jeff Eastman, senior vice president of global supplier marketing and asset management for Arrow Electronics. “Also, our North American components team provided the highest level of service and a commitment to excellence for which Arrow is well-known in the industry. We look forward to working together with ON Semiconductor to identify new and innovative ways to expand this successful relationship.”

Arrow’s Custom Logic Solutions group successfully drove application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) design, development and revenues throughout 2010. In this focus area, Arrow was key in assisting ON Semiconductor in nearly doubling its yearly lifetime revenue on ASIC design wins compared to 2009.

Arrow Electronics is a global provider of products, services and solutions to industrial and commercial users of electronic components and enterprise computing solutions. Arrow serves as a channel partner through its global network of more than 340 locations in 52 countries and territories. Arrow’s Custom Logic Solutions group provides comprehensive ASIC services to the global customer semiconductor marketplace.

Europe, Middle East, Africa (EMEA)

Future Electronics was named ON Semiconductor’s “2010 Distribution Partner of the Year” for Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA).

“Future Electronics is delighted to be recognized by ON Semiconductor, one of our key partners here in EMEA, for our performance together in 2010, delivering our unique value model to our customers in a very demanding market,” said Andy Keenan, Future Electronics’ vice president of Marketing for EMEA. “We are excited about the continued product development at ON Semiconductor, and we will ensure our customers get full value from these technologies as we work together to deliver best-in-class solutions through 2011.”

Future Electronics is a world class leader and innovator in the distribution and marketing of electronic

components. Uniquely positioned to support global customers of all sizes, Future Electronics currently operates in 169 locations in 42 countries in the Americas, Europe and Asia.

New Product Introduction

Mouser Electronics, Inc. has been named “2010 Distribution Partner of the Year” for overall new product introduction (NPI).

“We are very excited and proud to win this prestigious award from ON Semiconductor, particularly in the area of New Product Introduction,” states Glenn Smith, Mouser Electronics’ president and CEO. “We continually strive to have the newest products in stock to give our customers the best possible chance to differentiate their products in both feature sets and performance. Being recognized by ON Semiconductor as their top NPI distributor for 2010 is the result of our focus on ‘What’s Next’ and the collaborative efforts of the entire Mouser team and the great product management team at ON Semiconductor.”

Mouser Electronics, Inc. is an award-winning global distributor of semiconductors and electronic components that caters to design engineers and buyers with its rapid introduction of the newest products and emerging technologies. Mouser, a subsidiary of TTI, Inc., is part of the Berkshire Hathaway family of companies.

Arrow Electronics, Inc. (NYSE: ARW) has signed a global distribution agreement with SiTime Corporation, a leader in MEMS-based silicon timing solutions. Under the agreement, Arrow will distribute SiTime’s complete portfolio of MEMS-based oscillators and clock generators to customers in the Americas, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Asia-Pacific regions.

“Arrow brings best-in-class engineering and support infrastructure, successful execution and global reach to the multibillion-dollar timing industry,” said Rajesh Vashist, chief executive officer of SiTime. “Every qualified customer engagement at SiTime has resulted in replacing quartz products with our MEMS-based silicon timing solutions. We look forward to accelerating the deployment of our solutions to customers worldwide, with Arrow’s strength in new design demand creation, global supply chain and value-added programming services.”

“Timing products are the heartbeat of today’s electronic systems and are crucial to their performance and reliability,” said Jeff Eastman, senior vice president of global supplier marketing and asset management for Arrow Electronics. “SiTime’s products offer precise programmability – a unique differentiator which enables Arrow to have products in stock, deliver them within short lead times, and configured to the customer’s specifications. SiTime is a solid addition to our linecard and we look forward to a productive relationship.”

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Effective immediately, Arrow Electronics, Inc. will distribute Carclo Optics lighting products in the EMEA region. Carclo Optics, based in Slough, United Kingdom, is a business division of Carclo Technical Plastics Ltd. (CTP), and supplies a range of lighting products including lenses, reflectors, optics and modules. Carclo develops street lighting systems, among others.

Its partnership with Carclo Optics enables Arrow to expand its range of lighting solutions in the high-power LED and solid-state lighting sectors. In combination with technical consultancy from its EMEA Lighting Team specialists, Arrow is in a position to offer an overall product range for the development and production of a lighting application, from drivers and connectors through power and thermal management solutions through to LEDs.

“Following our numerous successful projects in Northern Europe, we are now expanding our cooperation with Arrow in the EMEA region in order to benefit from the distributor’s broad range of customers and expertise in the lighting segment,” explains David Sumner, LED Optics division manager, CTP. “Arrow has in recent years placed a clear emphasis on lighting, and has built up considerable expertise in lighting solutions of all kinds. This, combined with its global strength, makes Arrow an important partner for us, as CTP is a strongly export-oriented business.”

“With Carclo, we have been able to join forces with a company with a lengthy tradition, which has been developing optical technologies since 1936,” says Paul Drosihn, technology development manager in lighting, Arrow EMEA. “The high degree of specialisation of Carclo’s Optics division, which has its own development, specialised tooling and polish capabilities, opens up new service opportunities for us. We are focusing on the overall lighting applications of our customers, and Carclo is a partner with whom we will be able to optimally fulfil this requirement in the market.”

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Increases presence in fast-growing Asia Pacific market Accretive to earnings in first year

Arrow Electronics today announced that it has agreed to acquire Nu Horizons Electronics (“Nu Horizons”) in an all cash transaction for $7.00 per share. Nu Horizons is a leading global distributor of advanced technology semiconductor, display, illumination, and power solutions to a wide variety of commercial original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and electronic manufacturing services providers (EMS).

Nu Horizons has sales facilities in more than 50 locations across North America, Asia, and Europe and regional logistics centers throughout the globe, serving a wide variety of end markets including industrial, military, networking, telecommunications, and data communications. Nu Horizons partners with best-in-class suppliers to provide in-depth product development, custom logistics, and life-cycle support to its customers. Active components distributed by the company, principally to OEMs, include mainly commercial semiconductor products, such as memory chips, microprocessors, digital and linear circuits, microwave, radio frequency (RF) and fiber-optic components, transistors and diodes.

“This acquisition builds on our strategy to expand our global capabilities, especially in the fast-growing Asia-Pacific region,” said Michael J. Long, chairman, president, and chief executive officer of Arrow Electronics, Inc. “Nu Horizons’ strong customer and supplier relationships and talented employees will allow us to continue to enhance shareholder value.”

Nu Horizons is headquartered in Melville, N.Y., and has over 700 employees. Total sales were $671 million for the fiscal year ended February 28, 2010. The transaction is expected to be $.05-$.10 per share accretive to earnings in the first full year of operations. The acquisition has been approved by the Boards of Directors of both companies and is subject to the approval of Nu Horizons’ shareholders as well as customary regulatory approvals. The transaction is expected to close during the fourth quarter of 2010

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