Good Vibrations Felt in New Distribution Deal between Avnet Electronics Marketing Americas and Energy Harvester, Midé

Avnet Electronics Marketing Americas, a business region of Avnet, Inc. (NYSE:AVT), today announced the addition of vibration energy harvesting manufacturer, Midé to its line card. Avnet will offer customers a broad array of Midé energy harvesting products including its integrated Volture™ Vibration Harvester power supplies, and raw piezoelectric energy harvesters. Products can be ordered by visiting Avnet’s e-Commerce engine, AvnetExpress.com, or by contacting an Avnet sales representative.

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Midé’s proprietary materials exploit the piezoelectric effect to scavenge otherwise wasted energy from mechanical vibration to use as an electrical power source. Vibration energy harvesters can supplant traditional batteries, creating permanently powered and maintenance-free devices for use in wireless sensors, process controls, transportation and aerospace applications. Also available to Avnet customers is the Midé Slam Stick™ Vibration Recorder, an ultra-portable vibration data logger for characterizing vibration sources.

"We are excited to work with Avnet to bring our full line of energy harvesting solutions to market,” said Chris Ludlow, director of engineering at Midé. "Choosing Avnet as a distribution partner was based as much on Avnet’s ability to support our products through their technical, design-chain specialists, as it was the ability to introduce our products to its more than 100,000 customers. We look forward to working together to help bring more products to market.”

"Energy harvesting is a hot topic in the design community,” said Joe Tillison, technology director for Avnet Electronics Marketing Americas. "The addition of Midé to Avnet’s line card rounds out our portfolio of energy harvesting transducers and enabling technologies for energy harvesting applications. Together, with the expertise of suppliers like Midé and reference designs from best-in-class IC suppliers, Avnet offers our mutual customers an advantage that helps get products to market faster.”

To find out more, or to purchase Midé products, visit the Avnet Electronics Marketing website.

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About Midé

Midé is headquartered in close proximity to the nation's premier high-technology research and development areas of Cambridge and Boston, Massachusetts. Founded and staffed by several graduates of MIT, Midé develops and manufactures smart material based solutions including innovative products such as piezoelectric energy harvesters.

About Avnet Electronics Marketing

Avnet Electronics Marketing is an operating group of Phoenix-based Avnet, Inc. that serves electronic original equipment manufacturers (EOEMs) and electronic manufacturing services (EMS) providers in more than 70 countries, distributing electronic components from leading manufacturers and providing associated design-chain and supply-chain services. The group's website is located at www.em.avnet.com.

About Avnet, Inc.

Avnet, Inc. (NYSE:AVT), a Fortune 500 company, is one of the largest distributors of electronic components, computer products and embedded technology serving customers in more than 70 countries worldwide. Avnet accelerates its partners' success by connecting the world's leading technology suppliers with a broad base of more than 100,000 customers by providing cost-effective, value-added services and solutions. For the fiscal year ended July 2, 2011, Avnet generated revenue of $26.5 billion. For more information, visit www.avnet.com.