Avnet, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, distributes electronic components, enterprise computer and software products, and embedded subsystems primarily in Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia, Australia, and New Zealand. It operates in two segments, Electronics Marketing and Technology Solutions. The Electronics Marketing segment markets and sells semiconductors, as well as interconnect, passive, and electromechanical devices to various end-markets, including automotive, communications, computer hardware and peripheral, industrial and manufacturing, medical equipment, military, and aerospace. It also offers various value-added services, such as supply-chain management, engineering design, inventory replenishment systems, connector and cable assembly, and semiconductor programming services to original equipment manufacturers, electronic manufacturing service providers, and electronic component manufacturers. The Technology Solutions segment markets and sells mid- to high-end servers, data storage, and software and networking solutions, as well as services required to implement these products and solutions to the value-added reseller channel channels, system integrators, and enterprise computing customers. It also provides logistics, financial, marketing, sales, and technical services, including in-house engineering support, systems integration, and configuration services. Avnet was founded in 1955 and is headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona.