The Avnet Electronics Marketing operating group of Avnet, Inc. (NYSE: AVT) has been named by ADI Engineering as a distributor in North America. ADI Engineering – the Open IP ODM – provides off-the-shelf and customizable application-specific single board computers, design services, and board-level intellectual property for Wireless, networking, IP media and other embedded applications in the industrial market place.

“A growing number of customers are looking to cut their design time by incorporating embedded boards or modules into their applications rather than choosing to complete board layouts themselves,” said Alex Iuorio, senior vice president of supplier management for Avnet Electronics Marketing Americas. “Together ADI and Avnet are providing the embedded solutions and integrated services our customers need to maximize their product’s capabilities and speed their design time.”

“Our OEM customers increasingly desire value-added pre- and post-sale fulfillment and support services, so as to reduce time-to-market,” said Steve Yates, ADI Engineering’s CTO. “The combined team of Avnet and ADI offer our OEM customers superior board-level products and services throughout both design and production of their electronic products.”

For more information about Avnet and ADI Engineering’s embedded products, please visit www.em.avnet.com/mgw/adi.