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About SilicaSilica, an Avnet, Inc. (NYSE:AVT) company, is one of the leading semiconductor distributors in Europe. Silica accelerates its customers’ success by connecting 25 technology suppliers with a broad base of more than 15,000 customers and providing in-depth design support and cost-effective, value-added services and solutions. For more information, visit www.silica.com

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SILICA Expands ArchiTech with the Addition of Hachiko

New development board supplied with full Linux support for fast time to market Poing, Germany 24th March 2014 – SILICA, an Avnet Inc. (NYSE: AVT) company, is launching a new ArchiTech development board that offers a low cost streamlined platform for Linux based designs. The ArchiTech Hachiko board is supplied with a Linux kernel optimised for the Renesas RZ/A1H MCU, to work with a small memory footprint together with a BSP (Board Support Package) for the on-board peripherals, minimizing development time. The Linux distribution with Hachiko is Yocto compatible, enabling customers to

ArchiTech takes centre stage for Silica at Embedded World 2014

Hall 1 Stand 340, Embedded World 2014, Nuremburg 25th – 27th February SILICA showcases ArchiTech hardware solutions, complete with embedded Linux support, developed with the Yocto project Poing, Germany, 28 January 2014 – Silica, an Avnet, Inc. (NYSE: AVT) company, will be highlighting the benefits of its ArchiTech strategy during Embedded World, 25th – 27th February in Nuremburg. ArchiTech provides a solutions-oriented development ecosystem including a portfolio of boards created in collaboration with key vendors together with Board Support Packages (BSPs), software drivers and

SILICA adds Business Manager to its Lighting Team in Central Europe

Poing, Germany, 16 January 2014 – Silica, an Avnet Inc. (NYSE: AVT) company, has added industry experience to its growing European Lighting team. Berkant Koeprueluegil is joining Silica as Business Manager for Lighting in Central Europe, heading up the team of dedicated Lighting experts. Berkant Koeprueluegil reports directly to Martin Bielesch, Regional Vice President Sales Central Europe. “The lighting industry is highly innovative and one of the largest growing markets in Europe. With Berkant being part of the team we have the capability to strengthen our growth strategy, focusing on

Silica to attend LuxLive 2013 in London

LuxLive 2013 – Stand # D12, 20-21st November, Earls Court, London. Key partners and suppliers will be on hand to discuss technologies and applications Poing, Germany, 31 October 2013 – Silica, an Avnet, Inc. (NYSE:AVT) company, with partners Avnet Abacus, Seoul Semiconductor and Sharp Microelectronics Europe will be showcasing the latest innovative lighting solutions at LuxLive 2013 in London. Technical and market experts will be available on booth D12 to discuss advances in lighting technology and applications. In addition to exhibiting the latest technologies, Silica’s Technical

SILICA introduces power supply module board from ROHM Semiconductor to the European Market

New power supply module board optimized for Xilinx 7 series FPGAs and Zynq™-7000 all programmable SoC’s. Poing, 30 October 2013 – SILICA, an Avnet, Inc. (NYSE: AVT) company, today announced that Avnet Electronics Marketing and ROHM Semiconductor, (ROHM) a Japanese IC manufacturer, have collaborated to jointly design and develop a power supply module board optimized for Xilinx 7 series FPGAs and Zynq™-7000 all programmable SoC’s evaluation kits. This high-speed, high-performance and high-efficiency power module reduces power consumption for industrial equipment applications and will be

SILICA appoints Martin Bielesch new Regional Vice President Sales Central Europe

Poing, 21 October 2013 – SILICA, an Avnet, Inc. (NYSE: AVT) company, announced today the promotion of Martin Bielesch to Regional Vice President Sales for Central Europe, effective immediately. He will be responsible for SILICA’s sales and demand creation strategy in Germany, Austria and Switzerland (DACH), reporting directly to Mario Orlandi, VP Sales and Marketing SILICA EMEA. Martin Bielesch joined SILICA in 2012 as General Manager Lighting & New Markets. Under his leadership, the distributor has significantly expanded its Lighting and Identification business and partner network. In

SILICA Appoints Hubert Ott as New Technical Director for Lighting Europe

Poing, 10 October 2013 – SILICA, an Avnet, Inc. (NYSE: AVT) company, is expanding its lighting team and has appointed Hubert Ott as technical director lighting Europe. He will be responsible for the implementation and development of SILICA’s technical lighting strategy as well as for the progress and realisation of the company’s lighting demand creation activities. Hubert Ott will report directly to Martin Bielesch, general manager lighting and new markets SILICA. “Our Lighting division is specialised in LED solid-state lighting, providing deep technical knowledge and a broad range of

SILICA Appoints Mario Orlandi Vice President Sales & Marketing Europe

Poing, 20 September 2013 – SILICA, an Avnet, Inc. (NYSE: AVT) company, today announced that Mario Orlandi has been promoted to the role of vice president of sales and marketing for Europe. This appointment is part of SILICA’s focused growth strategy and is an important step that will contribute to solidify the company’s position as one of the largest semiconductor distributors in Europe. In this new role Mario Orlandi will be responsible for the strategic direction and leadership of SILICA’s 350 strong sales and application engineer team, including the execution of demand creation and

SILICA rolls out Power ’n More design support strategy

Investment will boost technical support for power system designs at device and system levels across every phase of the design cycle Poing, Germany 30 April 2013 – SILICA, an Avnet, Inc. (NYSE: AVT) company, today announced a strategy to establish itself as the power experts in European semiconductor distribution. The new strategy is being rolled out under the brand Power ’n More, and builds on Silica’s strong ability to support end-to-end designs both at system and device level. Explains Karlheinz Weigl, Silica’s regional vice president of sales for Central Europe and Executive

Silica Launches ArchiTech to Support Design and Development Tools for the European market

Poing, Germany, 5 March 2013 – SILICA, an Avnet, Inc. (NYSE: AVT) company, today announced the launch of a major engineering support initiative called ArchiTech. With ArchiTech, the semiconductor distributor aims at providing a full solution and single-point-of-contact for all requirements related to design tools. ArchiTech solutions will help customers to bring new designs to market on time and in the most efficient possible way. The distributor brings together robust development tools, engineering and software expertise, in-depth training and extensive documentation. Mauro

Pengwyn open development platform from SILICA targets industrial applications

Distributor provides industrial customers an easy, low-cost yet powerful open development board for applications on Linux or Windows Embedded Poing, Germany 24 January 2013 – Silica, an Avnet (NYSE: AVT) company, has expanded its range of microcontroller development tools by introducing a new ARM-based board for industrial applications. Designed under the umbrella of Silica's Core ‘n More support programme, Pengwyn is a low cost single-board computer based on TI's AM 3354 ARM Cortex™-A8 Microprocessor. It provides industrial customers with a powerful open platform to develop applications

Philips Lumileds appoints SILICA as a Pan-European Distribution Partner

New Franchise Agreement Supports SILICA’s Lighting Growth Strategy Poing, January 14, 2013 – Silica, an Avnet, Inc. (NYSE:AVT) company, and Philips Lumileds announced they have signed a distribution agreement which comes into effect immediately. Under the terms of the agreement, SILICA will support sales, marketing and support activities for Philips Lumileds full line of LED products in Europe. The addition of SILICA to the network of distribution partners will allow Philips Lumileds to meet the increasing demand for its lighting solutions and to further strengthen its service and

SILICA Hits New Peak with Renesas’ ‘Distributor of the Year’ Award

Poing, 11 December 2012 – SILICA, an Avnet, Inc. (NYSE:AVT) company, has been named as the Renesas Distributor of the Year for 2012. Silica received this exceptional honour from Renesas in recognition of Best Revenue Performance in FY’12. Robert Green, CEO of Renesas Electronics Europe, presented the award at Renesas’ European Distribution Meeting in Hamburg, in appreciation of exceptional business growth performance. “2012 has been a challenging year for all of us, however Silica’s innovative Core ‘n More Microcontroller Program, is enabling Renesas to outperform in a competitive market.

ROHM Semiconductor GmbH recognises SILICA with the Power Devices Excellence Award

Munich, Germany, 29 November 2012 – ROHM Semiconductor GmbH announced that it has awarded semiconductor distributor SILICA, an Avnet Inc (NYSE: AVT) company, for its support in driving demand creation for its Silicon Carbide (SiC) Power Devices across Europe. The award has been given in recognition of Silica’s outstanding performance and proactive support for ROHM’s technology to customers across Europe. SiC is widely expected to be used for the next generation of power devices due to its superior electrical characteristics, resulting in power devices with lower power loss. ROHM

Silica Appoints Martin Bielesch as General Manager, Lighting & New Markets EMEA

New leadership to strengthen the distributors’ position in the lighting & new markets segmentPoing, November 12, 2012 – Silica, an Avnet, Inc. (NYSE:AVT) company, has appointed Martin Bielesch as General Manager EMEA for its Lighting and New Market business. In his position he will join the SILICA Executive Management, reporting directly into Miguel Fernandez, President of SILICA. Martin, a 18-year industry veteran, has a successful track record of various distribution management roles. He joins Silica from Future Electronics Ltd where he most recently held the position of VP Deputy

Lux Live 2012 – Stand G34, 6 -7th November, Earls Court, London.

Silica to Highlight End-to-End Lighting Solutions at LuxLive 2012 in London Key partners and suppliers on hand to discuss technologies and applicationsPoing, Germany, 30th October 2012 – Silica, an Avnet, Inc. (NYSE:AVT) company, with partners Avnet Abacus, Sharp Microelectronics Europe, Seoul Semiconductor, TE Connectivity and Excelys will be showcasing the latest innovative lighting solutions at LuxLive 2012 in London. Technical and market experts will be available on booth G34 to discuss advances in lighting technology and applications. LuxLive is dedicated to educating and

Silica Launches UK Student Design Competition

Silica Opens Engineering Design Competition for UK Universities Three winners will receive a £3000 scholarship each Poing, 01 October 2012 – Silica is today launching its design competition, Pedal4Innovation, open to all engineering students at UK universities. Registration for the competition is open at, http://www.silica.com/pedal4innovation.html from 1st October to 30th November with the winning three students each securing £3000 towards their tuition fees. Pedal4Innovation (P4I) kicked-off back in May 2012 when a team of cyclists from Silica and its suppliers pedalled 450 miles

SILICA to showcase leading technologies at Metering Billing/CRM Europe 2012 exhibition

Semiconductor Distributor partners with Analog Devices, STMicroelectronics, Infineon and ON Semiconductor to highlight metering solutionsSilica - Metering, Billing/CRM Europe 2012, October 9-11, RAI, Amsterdam Booth B40 Poing, 18 September 2012 – Silica, with suppliers Analog Devices, ST, Infineon and ON Semiconductor will be highlighting the latest technologies and solutions at Billing/CRM Europe 2012 in Amsterdam. Market experts will be on hand on booth B40 throughout the show to discuss new applications. Axel Kleinitz, Business Development Manager Metering at Silica commented, “

Microcontroller Industry Leaders team with SILICA to deliver MCU Solution Summit in Europe

SILICA unveils plans for 20 training events providing MCU knowledge focussed on local application prioritiesPoing, Germany, 24 April 2012 – SILICA, an Avnet, Inc. (NYSE: AVT) company, today announced its largest European training series ever, taking targeted training events to twenty venues throughout Europe. Joining forces with leading Microcontroller and Microprocessor vendors Cypress, Freescale, Infineon, Intel, Microchip, NXP, Renesas, STMicroelectronics, Texas Instruments and technology vendor ARM, around 1000 design engineers are expected to attend. For complete program and

Silica Team Tackle 5-Day Charity Cycling Marathon

“Pedal4Innovation” initiative will support UK universities and charitiesStevenage, UK, 17 April 2012 – Two cyclists from Silica are aiming to raise at least £30,000 for charity during a 5-day cycling marathon in May. The 750km event, which will take in leading universities, key suppliers and six of Silica’s UK offices en-route, will raise money for the Neuroblastoma Alliance and Alzheimer’s Research UK as well as providing support for the next generation of electronics engineers. The driving forces behind the event are Laurence Dellicott, EMEA Director of Field Applications and Pete Carr,

Silica named as Distributor of the Year by Analog Devices

Poing, Germany, 4 April 2012 – Silica has been named as Distributor of the Year 2011 by Analog Devices. The team was presented with the award in recognition of their exceptional performance and growth rates in 2011. The award also reflects the success of Silica’s Demand Creation Programs and its continued excellence in providing technical support to customers across Europe. During the award ceremony in Munich, Dr. Carsten Suckrow, European vice president of sales at Analog Devices, said: “It is a privilege to present Silica with the Distributor of the Year award as they excel in

SILICA Opens Registration for X-Fest 2012 Technical Seminars

SILICA Opens Registration for X-Fest 2012 Technical Seminars Poing, Germany, 8 March 2012 – Continuing a 15-year legacy of innovation, Avnet Electronics Marketing, an operating group of Avnet, Inc. (NYSE: AVT), and Xilinx, Inc. (NASDAQ: XLX) today announce that registration is now open for X-fest 2012. Representing the European region, Avnet EM’s business unit, SILICA, will manage the complete X-Fest series of free, one-day seminars that will be presented in 7 locations across Europe. The program features twelve technical courses based on Xilinx’s new Artix™-7, Kintex -7™ and

Silica combines new products with specialist support services for total solution offering at Embedded World

Focus on Microcontrollers, Signal Chain, Smart Power and Design ToolsEmbedded World 2012 – Stand 1-334, Nuremberg from 28 February to 1 March Poing, Germany, 23 February 2012 – Silica, an Avnet (NYSE: AVT) company, is showcasing its Core ‘n More support programme alongside its comprehensive range of products and design support services on Stand 1-334 at Embedded World 2012. A series of demonstrations and specialist advice will be available with a focus on the four key areas of Microcontrollers, Signal Chain, Smart Power and Reference Designs. Core ‘n More / Microcontroller Core ‘n

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