Avnet and Kontron in Distribution Agreement

Under the terms of the agreement, Avnet will distribute Kontron's embedded boards, mezzanines, computer-on-modules, systems and platforms across North and South America. Kontron is committed to engineering and quality excellence, offering solutions based on a variety of architectures, form factors and processing power levels. "We look forward to the strategic engagement with Avnet's extensive customer base. Kontron's engineering expertise will help enable these customers to achieve a faster time to market with our embedded computing technology," stated Michael Kadri, Kontron's vice president of sales for Americas. "An increasing number of Avnet customers are utilizing embedded computing technologies, such as those offered by Kontron, for their applications," said Jeff Ittel, senior vice president of semiconductors for Avnet Electronics Marketing Americas. "The addition of Kontron enhances our range of solutions and delivers strategic flexibility to OEMs across the Americas."